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Peer reviewedHarker, W. John – Journal of Reading, 1978
Discusses the role of Canadian teachers' organizations in influencing possible legislation about competency testing. (MKM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
This test booklet contains a two and one-half-hour achievement test in Social Studies 30, administered in June 1985. It is used as a twelfth grade diploma examination in Alberta, Canada. The multiple choice section, comprising 70 percent of the total score, contains 70 items. For the essay test, which counts toward 30 percent of the total score,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
This test booklet contains a two and one-half-hour achievement test in Social Studies 30, administered in January 1985. It is used as a twelfth grade diploma examination in Alberta, Canada. The multiple choice section, comprising 70 percent of the total score, contains 70 items. For the essay test, which counts toward 30 percent of the total…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
General Information: Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program, 1986-87 School Year. Student Evaluation.
Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
This bulletin contains general information about the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program in Alberta, Canada. All twelfth graders must write at least one diploma examination to receive a high school diploma. The examination certifies academic achievement in English 30 and 33, Social Studies 30, Mathematics 30, Biology 30, Chemistry 30, Physics…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Credit Courses, Equivalency Tests, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1985
Results of the Alberta, Canada Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program are presented for the January 1985 test administration. All twelfth grade students are required to pass at least one of these tests in order to receive a high school diploma. Some students also receive course credit by passing the appropriate examination. Examinations are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biology, Chemistry, English
