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46 elementary schools across BC score improvement ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA, 46 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SHOWED significant improvement in their academic performance over the past five years, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual school rankings. The Report Card on BC’s Elementary Schools 2013 rates 853 public and independent elementary schools based on 10 academic indicators using data from the annual Foundation Skills Assessments (FSAs) administered for the BC Ministry of Education. “By pinpointing the subject areas in which individual schools are improving or declining and how their academic performance compares to that of other BC schools over the past five years, our report helps educators prioritize learning challenges in their schools,” says Peter Cowley, Fraser Institute director of school performance studies. The complete results for all 853 elementary schools are available at compareschoolrankings. org, where visitors can compare individual schools with others based on their results over the last five years. “Our report shows that all schools are capable of improvement, regardless of the personal or family challenges their students might face,” says Cowley. “We all want the best possible education for our children. To achieve this, every BC school should make improvement Job One.” Of the 20 BC elementary schools showing the fastest academic improvement over the past five years, 10 are public schools where the parental income is below average. At three of these schools, ESL students account for more than 33 per cent of school enrolment. The complete list follows.
Top 20 Fastest-Improving BC Elementary Schools ›› Cataline (Public), Williams Lake ›› Steeples (Public), Cranbrook ›› Iqra Islamic (Independent), Surrey ›› Alexis Park (Public), Vernon ›› Highlands (Public), Cranbrook ›› T.M. Roberts (Public), Cranbrook ›› Salt Spring (Public), Salt Spring Island ›› Lady Grey (Public), Golden ›› Upper Pine (Public), Fort St. John ›› Southpointe (Independent), Delta ›› Berkshire Park (Public), Surrey ›› Our Lady of Sorrows (Independent), Vancouver ›› Khalsa (Independent), Surrey ›› McLeod Road (Public), Surrey ›› Edgehill (Public), Powell River ›› Elsie Roy (Public), Vancouver ›› Mountainview Montessori (Public), Surrey ››Mount Cheam Chr istian (Independent), Chilliwack ›› Latimer Road (Public), Surrey ›› Nanaimo Christian (Independent), Nanaimo
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