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Background Each year Alberta Education provides school boards with information on their students’ results. In earlier newsletters, I reported on the provincial achievement and diploma testing results and on the results of the provincial satisfaction surveys of students, parents and teachers. In this newsletter, I am reporting on our results for Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility, High School to Post- Secondary Transition, Dropout and Return, and High School Completion. Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility Rate Grade 12 students are eligible for provincially awarded Rutherford Scholarships if they achieve excellence in specified courses in Grade 10, 11 or 12. A student can be eligible to receive as much as $400 for Grade 10 academic excellence, $800 for Grade 11 and $1,300 for Grade 12. In 2007, 39% of our graduates were eligible for these scholarships. Students receive the scholarships when they have confirmed enrolment in a post-secondary institution. Post-Secondary Transition Rates The High School to Post-Secondary Transition Rate is a calculation of the rate at which students move into post-secondary education within four and six years of starting Grade 10. Our students’ Transition Rate after four years of entering Grade 10 was 40%, and after six years of entering Grade 10, it was 59%. More Measures of Success High School Completion Rates High school completion rates track a specific group of first-time Grade 10 students for three, four and five years. Within three years of entering Grade 10, 70% of our students completed high school; after four years 76% completed; and after five years 77%. Our completion rates have climbed over the past several years; however, we want to see further growth. Increasing completion rates is a strong focus for action. All levels of the school system work towards increasing high school completion rates. Every school does annual improvement planning, which includes strategies that have a direct or indirect impact on students completing school. Strategies range from increasing academic success, to strategies that help students recover from setbacks, to others that enable students to explore career and postsecondary options. School plans are rolled up into the five administrative Areas’ plans, which are then consolidated into the system plan that drives budget decisions. In addition to this strategic planning, other actions are being taken based on the recommendations from our Review of Secondary Education. The review included representatives of our many stakeholders, to reflect the powerful impact families, community, partners, service agencies, potential employers and the economy have on students completing high school. Dropout and Return Rates Dropout Rates are based on the number of 14 to 18 year old students who are enrolled in our schools on September 30 in a given school year. At the end of the next year, students from this group who did not complete high school and were not in one of our schools or a school elsewhere in the province are considered to have dropped out. Our Dropout Rate has improved steadily, to an all-time low of 4.9%. The Return Rate is calculated by tracking the students who were identified as having dropped out and who then returned to school the next year. Our most recent Return Rate is 20%. Significant Growth Our rates of Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility, High School to Post-Secondary Transition, Dropout and Return, and High School Completion have shown steady and statistically significant growth. This is a foundation of success upon which we will continue to build in order to serve our students even better. Dr. Brendan J. Croskery, Chief Superintendent For definitions of the measures discussed here, visit http://www.cbe.ab.ca/results/default.asp Note: All figures are the most recent provided by Alberta Education.
Academic Success at the Calgary Board of Education “We accept all students who come to us for a public education: The gifted. The talented. The comfortable. The motivated. The well-nourished. Children from every nation on Earth. Those whose English is poetic and whose self-discipline is extraordinary. We also welcome those who do not speak English at all. The unloved, the poor, the hungry. The refugees from war, repression and torture. And those with physical, emotional and learning disabilities”. – Dr. Brendan Croskery, CBE Chief Superintendent of Schools For each student in the Calgary Board of Education academic success means something personal. For some, it’s finishing high school and moving on to post-secondary education. For others, it’s completion of an apprenticeship or non-certificated program, or continued adult education. CBE’s most vulnerable For many of our most vulnerable students, academic success means the acquisition of basic life skills that prepare them to function – living and working in the community -- with dignity and integrity. Some of our special needs students achieve a lot more than this, becoming leaders in the community. With more than 100,000 students, each of whose educational needs are personal, our continued success in preparing them for 21 st century life has required new thinking. In recent years, we’ve tried to tie together Canadian citizenship, personal development, character and academic studies. We’ve done so as a group, working together as representatives of all Calgarians. In 2007, this governance model that links values to academics won national recognition from the Conference Board of Canada. It’s easy to find out how our students are doing on tests...and in terms of Canadian citizenship, personal development and character strength. Go to www.cbe.ab.ca and take a look at our Ends monitoring reports. They’re published on an annual basis, and they provide statistical and anecdotal evidence of student progress, academic and otherwise. In terms of academic success specifically, the latest Academic Success monitoring report (December, 2007) is available at www.cbe.ab.ca/Trustees/pdfs/ends2monitoring.pdfAll Ends monitoring reports can be found at: http://www.cbe.ab.ca/Trustees/ends/default.asp You can review other studies of academic success on our website, as follows: 2006 Accountability Pillar Results Report This conveyed an exceptionally positive story, demonstrating continued CBE improvement. It included information about our decreasing drop-out rate, our increase in high school completion, and in the number of students who qualify for the Rutherford Scholarship. It is posted online at: www.cbe.ab.ca/aboutus/documents/account_pillar_summary_06.pdf. Annual Education Results Report 2006-2007 On the majority of Provincial Achievement Test measures, CBE students performed at higher levels than students from across the province. Jim Dueck, an Assistant Deputy Minister with Alberta Education, wrote to CBE recently to commend us on our sixth consecutive improvement on Provincial Achievement Tests. He further complimented us when he asked us to discuss what strategies we use to accomplish such extraordinary results. You can see the latest results at: www.cbe.ab.ca/aboutus/aerr.asp. In closing, we want to hear from you on issues that are important to you. Please contact us by email at BoardofTrustees@cbe.ab.ca or by calling your Ward Trustee (see our website for telephone numbers). March 2000 Newsletter Insert
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