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Results and Graduation Rates RESULTS ON THE JUNE 2000 UNIFORM MINISTRY EXAMINATIONS BY SCHOOL BOARD AND BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND GRADUATION RATES BY SCHOOL BOARD RESULTS ON THE JUNE 2000 UNIFORM MINISTRY EXAMINATIONS BY SCHOOL BOARD AND BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND GRADUATION RATES BY SCHOOL BOARD Ministère de l'Éducation Direction de la sanction des études This report has been prepared by the Direction de la sanction des études with the cooperation of the Direction des statistiques et des études quantitatives of the Secteur de la planification. The English version has been translated by the Direction de la production en langue anglaise of the Services à la communauté anglophone. © Gouvernement du Québec Ministère de l'Éducation, 2001 ISBN 2-550-37251-4 Legal deposit–Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 1 PART I 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE EXAMINATION SESSION...............................................5 1.1 Coordination .........................................................................................................5 1.2 Certification Requirements ...................................................................................5 1.3 Preparation of Uniform Examinations..................................................................6 1.4 Administration of Examinations...........................................................................6 1.5 Correction of Examinations ..................................................................................7 1.6 Processing of Results and Determination of Final Mark......................................7 1.7 Publication of Results ...........................................................................................9 PART II 2. EXAMINATION RESULTS..........................................................................................13 2.1 Overview.............................................................................................................13 2.2 Results by Educational Institution and Administrative Region..........................16 PART III 3. GRADUATION RATES BY SCHOOL BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGION ......................................................................................89 APPENDIXES APPENDIX 1 Additional Information...................................................................................97 APPENDIX 2 Educational Institutions With 10 Students or Fewer Taking a June 2000 Uniform Examination ....................................................99 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1 Examination Sessions, 1996 to 2000 ......................................................14 TABLE 2 Uniform Ministry Examination Results According to Certain Variables, 1996 to 2000 ...........................................................................................14 TABLE 3 Uniform Ministry Examination Results, by Administrative Region, Public and Private School Systems, June 2000 ......................................15 TABLE 4 Results by Subject, for All of Québec and for the Public and Private School Systems, June 2000 .....................................................................16 TABLE 5 Overall Results on the June 2000 Uniform Ministry Examinations, by Educational Institution.......................................................................19 TABLE 6 Overall Results on the June 2000 Uniform Ministry Examinations, French Sector, by Educational Institution ...............................................37 TABLE 7 Overall Results on the June 2000 Uniform Ministry Examinations, English Sector, by Educational Institution..............................................51 TABLE 8 Results on Each of the June 2000 Uniform Ministry Examinations, Ranking of Educational Institutions by Success Rate .............................57 TABLE 9 Graduation Rates by Cohort, Observation Period and Sex, by Administrative Region and School Board .........................................91 INTRODUCTION For several years, the Ministère de l’Éducation has been publishing a statistical report on the results on the June uniform ministry examinations and on graduation rates. This information reflects the Ministère’s desire to facilitate access to information that is in the public domain. The report, which is also available on the Internet, is divided into three sections: organization of the examination session; results on the uniform examinations by administrative region, school board, public school and private school; and graduation rates by administrative region and school board. The results are presented for the examinations as a whole by language of instruction and by ranking of educational institution for each uniform examination. The section covering graduation rates contains only one indicator presented in table form: graduation rates by cohort, observation period and sex. Additional information on the results on uniform examinations and graduation rates are available on the Ministère’s Web site (see Appendix 1). This information document is intended for educational institutions and the general public with a view to enabling: • public and private educational institutions to have access to information for evaluating their educational practices, comparing their effectiveness over time, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, and comparing their performance with that of other educational institutions • the general public to have access to official Ministère information while taking into account the context and different characteristics of each educational institution when interpreting these results. 1 In order for the objectives of this publication to be met, it is important that educational institutions and the general public keep in mind certain factors that may affect students’ academic achievement when comparing their students’ marks with the provincial results. Such factors include: • Family situation: The support and availability of parents, their financial situation and the family’s standard of living in general are among the factors that may affect a student’s academic achievement. Studies carried out in Québec and elsewhere have shown that the academic achievement of students from socio-economically disadvantaged areas is generally lower. • The geographic location of the educational institution: Learning in some subjects, such as the second language, may be affected by the institution’s location. For example, the conditions for learning English as a second language are not the same throughout Québec. • The choice of courses offered by an institution: In educational institutions with relatively few students in the second cycle of secondary school, the choice of courses offered may be somewhat limited and the classes more or less homogeneous. The institution’s overall performance may thus be affected. • Mother tongue: The proportion of students whose mother tongue is not the language of instruction may have an impact on examination results and graduation rates. • The integration of students with special needs into regular classes: It is clear that in educational institutions that routinely integrate students with special needs into regular classes, the increased range of disparities among the students sitting for ministry examinations may affect the overall success rates for those institutions. • The grouping, in some schools, of students with major learning difficulties or psychosocial integration difficulties: Such students enrolled in special classes in an educational institution may have a significant impact on the overall performance of the school. • Different practices related to admission: Some educational institutions take in all students, while others base admission on past academic achievement or performance on aptitude tests. 2 PART I 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE EXAMINATION SESSION 1.1 Coordination The Direction de la sanction des études has the responsibility of defining and applying rules regarding the certification of studies in general education. Consequently, it has a mandate to coordinate the administration of uniform examinations, correct the examinations and publish the results. 1.2 Certification Requirements The application of the certification rules in section 69 of the Basic school regulation for secondary school education is suspended and replaced by the rules under certification system 3, which means that to obtain a Secondary School Diploma (SSD): • students must have accumulated 54 credits, 20 of which must be at the Secondary V level or in vocational education • only Secondary IV and V credits count toward the SSD • the pass mark is 60 percent • a pass mark must be obtained in the following subjects: – Secondary V language of instruction (6 credits) – Secondary IV or Secondary V second language (French sector) (4 credits) – Secondary V second language (English sector) (4 credits) – Secondary IV History of Québec and Canada (4 credits) 5 1.3 Preparation of Uniform Examinations The responsibility for preparing examinations for the certification of studies is shared by the Ministère and the educational institutions. Each year, the Ministère selects a certain number of subjects for which it will prepare uniform examinations. Evaluation in the other subjects is the responsibility of educational institutions. The uniform examinations are summative examinations used for evaluation purposes in subjects that are compulsory
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