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TestscoresdropforNorthernstudentsGrade1studentshighestachieversfor2011-2012functionalgradelevelsCommunitiesRegionalCentresYellowknifeNWTGr.3ELACommunitiesRegionalCentresYellowknifeNWTCommunitiesRegionalCentresYellowknifeNWTCommunitiesRegionalCentresYellowknifeNWTCommunitiesRegionalCentresYellowknifeNWT1009080706050403020100Gr.6ELAGr.9ELAGr.3MATHGr.6MATHGr.9MATHCommunitiesRegionalCentresYellowknifeNWT9TuesdayJuly232013ByRENEFRANCOEURNorthernstudentshaveslippedwhenitcomestomak-ingthegradeasindicatedbyrecentlyreleasedtestresultsfromthegovernmentoftheNorthwestTerritories.Overallonlyanaverageof65percentofstudentsfromgrades1to9areworkingattheappropriategradelevelfortheirageinEnglishLan-guageArtsasfoundthroughtheFunctionalGradeLevelsFGLsassessmentwhichil-lustratesstudentperformanceoverthefullyear.Inmathabout71percentofstudentsareatorabovetheirgradelevels.ThegoldstarstickerforthemostsuccessgoestoGrade1students-approximately83percentmasteredthelan-guageartscurriculumfol-lowedbyGrade5at67percent.ThelowestscoreintheNWTwenttoGrade8with60percentmeetingthegradelevel.Grade1alsoleadthewaywhenitcametomathwith90percentmeetingtheFGLlevel.Resultsvariedbasedonlo-cation.TheFGLsdiscoveredYellowknifestudentsandthoseinregionalcentressuchasInuvikFortSmithandNor-manWellsdidbetterthanthoseinsmallercommunities.StudenttestscoresdroppedintheEnglishLanguageandArtsdepartmentsintheAlbertaAchievementTestsstandardizedteststhatmea-surestudentperformanceinNWTcurriculumintheareasoflanguageartsandmathe-maticsinasingleday.Thepercentageofgrades36and9whoachievedtheaccept-ablelanguagestandardcameinslightlybelowresultsfrom2011.InGrade345.3percentpassedcomparedwith53.1thepreviousyear43.3inGrade6comparedto49.3and41.2inGrade9comparedwith44.Whenitcametomathhow-everstudentsimprovedonlastyearsresults.Theper-centageofGrade3studentswhoachievedthestandardofexcellencewas54.1versus48.3lastyear40.3inGrade6versus38and34.3inGrade9comparedto30.2in2011.MeanwhileattendancewasslightlyupacrosstheNWTwiththeaveragestudentat-tendingschool84.4percentofthetimeinthe2011-2012schoolyearcomparedwith83.7percentin2010-2011.Attendancewaslowerinsmallercommunitieswhereonaveragestudentsattendedclasses80.8percentofthetime.Eightypercentatten-danceroughlytranslatesintoastudentmissingonedayperweek.Overseveralyearsthismeansastudentismissingoneentireschoolyearforeveryve.Eachyeartheseresultshelptrackstudentperfor-manceandthesuccessoftheeducationsystemintheNorth-westTerritoriesMinisterofEducationCultureandEm-ploymentJacksonLaffertysaidinapressrelease.Weknowhoweverthattheyonlyprovidesnapshotsofparticu-larkindsoflearning.Albertawhowepartnerwithonanumberofeducationsystemcomponentsiscompletelyoverhaulingtheseassessmentsanddevelopingtoolsdesignedtomeasureauthenticstudentlearning.IntheNWTwehavebegunanEducationRenewalInitiativeandassessmentthattrulymeasuresstudentlearn-ingisoneoftheareaswewilladdress.TheEducationRenewalInitiativehasbeenengagingwithstakeholdersforthepastseveralmonthstodeterminegapsandsuccessesintheNWTeducationsystemandplanstousethisinformationtoinformanewdirectionforeducationintheNorth.followusatSIGNEDYK502451STSTREETABOVETRUHARDWARE920-0770SIGNEDYK.COMJANETSIGNEDYK.COMHeythankyouFolkontheRocks...Signedwouldliketoextendahugethankyouandcongratulationstoeveryoneinvolved...thevolunteersvendorsorganizersandperformers.YoumadetheweekendYoudidanawesomejobImageEducationCultureandEmploymentEducationStandardizedTests2011-2012NWTResultsforAATSStudentsachievingbelowacceptablestandardasaofavailabletestresultsStudentsachievingbelowacceptablestandardasaoftotalenrollment