The Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools 2024 ranks 292 public, Catholic, independent and charter secondary schools based on eight academic indicators generated from Grade 12 provincewide testing, grade-to-grade transition and graduation rates.The Report Card offers parents information they can’t easily get anywhere else, about how schools perform over time and how they compare to other schools in Alberta.The Report Card collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools. By doing so, the Report Card assists parents when they choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their schools.
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- The Fraser Institute today published the annual rankings of Alberta secondary schools the most easily accessible tool for parents to compare the academic performance of the provinces high schools. 1
- The ranks 292 public Catholic independent and charter secondary schools based on eight academic indicators generated from Grade 12 provincewide testing grade-to-grade transition and graduation rates. 1
- Contrary to common misconceptions the data suggest every school is capable of improvement regardless of type location and student characteristics. 1
- Over the same period Strathcona-Tweedsmuir a private school in Okotoks improved from a score of 8.2 to 9.7. 1
- We often hear that schools cant improve student performance because of the communities and students they serve but the findings in our school report card suggests otherwise Cowley said. 1
- For the complete results on all ranked schools and to compare the performance of different schools visit www.compareschoolrankings.org . 1
- Peter Cowley Senior Fellow Fraser Institute Drue MacPherson 604 688-0221 ext. 721 drue.macphersonfraserinstitute.org 1
