School Grades: Identifying Alberta's Best Schools, an Update

David Johnson ()

No 96, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: This study compares student outcomes at Alberta elementary schools where students come from similar socio-economic backgrounds, thus revealing “good” schools where principals, teachers and staff are making a positive difference in student performance. The study screens out the influence of socio-economic factors on how a school’s students perform on Alberta’s Provincial Achievement Tests for grades 3, 6 and 9. This identifies those schools that perform better or worse than other schools with students of similar backgrounds.

Keywords: Education Papers; Alberta elementary schools; Provincial Achievements Tests (PATs); socio-economic factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H44 H75 I21 I28 L33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2010-03
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Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, March 2010

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