New School ranking system includes social, economic factors
Posted Aug 22, 2013 7:16 am.
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A new school ranking system is using social and economic factors to evaluate how well students are doing.
The C.D. Howe Institute used Grades 3, 6, and 9 provincial achievement test results from students with similar backgrounds to rank Alberta’s best and worst schools.
The institute wants to isolate schools based on the quality of its principals, teachers and other staff, rather than the level of parents’ education.
Alberta’s private schools, Strathcona-Tweedsmuir and Webber Academy score remarkably well, but surprisingly, so do charter schools.
Almadina Language Charter Academy is made up of mostly newcomers to Canada, but gets high praise using the C.D. Howe method.
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