NLIS 3
June 9, 2005
(Education)


Minister releases Indicators 2005 - A Report on Schools

Education Minister Tom Hedderson today released Indicators 2005 - A Report on Schools, the second consecutive provincial report of its kind to provide school-level data on each K-12 school in Newfoundland and Labrador.

"The first Indicators document, released last year, was very well-received," Minister Hedderson said. "It was clear that educators, administrators, researchers and parents are interested in seeing a broad range of statistical data on individual schools, including information on student achievement, graduation rates, attendance rates, participation in extra-curricular activities and average class size."

The scope of the document was expanded this year to provide additional information on student achievement and school life. Included, for example, are the results from the 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which show significant advances in Newfoundland and Labrador�s educational standing, both nationally and internationally, as well as an analysis of the results of a Quality of School Life (QSL) survey administered to students throughout the province.

The document�s main subject matter, however, remains school-based statistical data designed to show parents, teachers, administrators and others how their children and their schools are performing - and where there is room for improvement.

"People may choose to compare statistics from this year to last to see if the strategies they developed to improve performance are having the desired effect," Minister Hedderson said. "This is the information a school community needs to see, on a regular basis, to help them be the very best they can be."

Indicators 2005 was produced in co-operation with the province�s school districts in an ongoing effort to make the educational system accountable to the people it serves. School- level information contained in the document, as well as historical data, is available through the Department of Education�s K-12 School Profile System accessible online at: www.education.gov.nl.ca/sch_rep/pro_year.htm.

Media contact: Nora Daly, Communications, (709) 729-1906, 728-2819

2005 06 09                                              11:20 a.m.


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