FEBRUARY 2005

Report Card on ’s Elementary Schools 2005 Edition

Peter Cowley and Stephen Easton

Contents Introduction ...... 3 A measure of academic effectiveness for schools ...... 6 Other indicators of school perfomance ...... 8 Notes ...... 11 Detailed school results ...... 12 Ranking the schools ...... 81 Appendix 1: Calculating the Overall rating out of 10 ...... 95 Appendix 2: Calculating the Valued added indicators ...... 97 About the authors ...... 99 Acknowledgments ...... 100 Studies in Education Policy are published periodically throughout the year by The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, , .

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2 Introduction

The Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools: tained by the provincial ministry of education and 2005 Edition (hereafter, Report Card) reports a local school boards may also provide useful infor- variety of relevant, objective indicators of school mation.1 Parents who already have a child enrolled performance. These indicators are used to calculate at the school provide another point of view. an overall rating for each school. On the basis of The Report Card provides a detailed picture of this rating, the schools are ranked. The Report Card each school’s academic outcomes that is not easily brings all of this information together in one eas- available elsewhere. Naturally, a sound academic ily accessible public document so that anyone can program should be complemented by effective pro- analyze and compare the performance of individual grams in areas of school activity not measured by schools. By doing so, the Report Card assists parents the Report Card. when they choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their school. The Report Card facilitates school improvement

The Report Card can Certainly, the act of publicly rating and rank- help parents choose ing schools attracts attention. Schools that per- form well or show consistent improvement are In Alberta, many parents enjoy considerable choice applauded. The results of poorly performing schools regarding the school in which they will enroll their generate concern, as do those of schools whose per- children. Where choice is available, the Report formance is deteriorating. This inevitable attention Card provides a valuable decision-making tool. provides an incentive for all those connected with Because it makes comparisons easy, the Report Card a school to focus on student results. alerts parents to nearby schools that appear to have But do schools act on this incentive? Preliminary more effective academic programs. Further, par- data from this series of report cards on Alberta’s ents can determine whether schools of interest are elementary schools suggest that they do. The first improving over time. By first studying the Report edition of the Report Card, published in June 2002, Card, parents will be better prepared to ask relevant analyzed each school’s overall rating to determine questions when they interview the principal and whether there was statistically significant change teachers at the schools they are considering. during the four-year period from May 1997 to Of course, the choice of a school should not May 2001. As noted in Table 1, of the 757 schools be made solely on the basis of a single source of included in that edition, 64 (about 8.5 percent of information. Families choosing a school for their total) experienced a decline in their overall rat- students should seek to confirm the Report Card’s ing during the period. In this 2005 edition, just findings by visiting the school and interviewing 41 schools (5.5 percent of total) suffered such a teachers and school administrators. Web sites main- decline during the corresponding period.

3 4 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Table 1: Number of Alberta’s elementary schools experiencing statistically signifi cant change in the Overall rating Edition of Report Card on Alberta’s ElementaryElementary ScSchoolshools 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total number of schools 757 766 769 748 Declining schools 64 63 54 41 Declining schools (% of total) 8.5 8.2 7.0 5.5 Improving schools 48 43 50 44 Improving schools (% of total) 6.3 5.6 6.5 5.9

As part of the increased scrutiny of comparative Figure 1: Chief Justice Milvain (Calgary) school performance made possible by the Report Card, Trend in Academic Performance it is heartening to see that schools may be responding 5.0 more quickly to any deterioration in their achieve- 4.5 ment levels. Interestingly, the annual percentage of 4.0 schools enjoying improvement has remained relative- 3.5 ly stable during the same period. This would suggest 3.0 that the incentive to overcome a decline is stronger 2.5 Overall rating than the incentive to improve further. 2.0 Some schools have, however, been unable to 1.5 1.0 reverse long-standing negative trends in their overall 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 ratings. Of the 41 declining schools in the 2005 edi- tion, 17 have shown statistically significant four-year Figure 2: Helen E. Taylor (Wembley) deterioration in two or more consecutive editions of Trend in Academic Performance 7.0 the Report Card. Of these, three schools have shown 6.5 declines in Overall rating inin allall fourfour editionseditions ofof thethe 6.0 Report Card. Figures 1, 2, and 3 illustrate the persis- 5.5 tence of these schools’ downward trends. 5.0 Parents whose children’s school is experiencing 4.5 a downward trend in its Overall rating—or in any Overall rating 4.0 of its indicators—should assure themselves that 3.5 the school’s administration and teaching staff have 3.0 in place achievable improvement plans that will 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 reverse the decline in academic achievement. Figure 3: Bishop Savaryn () Trend in Academic Performance 7.0

Some schools do better than others 6.5

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Knowing that a school’s results require improve- 5.5 ment is the first step. However, to improve a school, 5.0 one must believe that improvement is achievable. 4.5 Overall rating This Report Card provides evidence about what 4.0 can be accomplished. It demonstrates clearly that, 3.5 even when we take into account factors such as the 3.0 students’ family background—which some believe 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 5 dictate the academic success a student will have in cial results places an individual school’s level of school—some schools do better than others. This achievement in a broader context. finding confirms the results of research carried There is great benefit in identifying schools out in other countries.2 It will come as no great that are particularly effective. By studying the surprise to experienced parents and educators that techniques used in schools where students are the data consistently suggest that what goes on in successful, less effective schools may find ways to the schools makes a difference to academic results improve. This advantage is not lost on the United and that some schools make more of a difference Kingdom’s Department of Education and Skills. Its than others. Beacon Schools program3 identifies schools across the country that have demonstrated expertise in a Comparisons are at the heart wide variety of challenging aspects of the manage- of the improvement process ment of schools and the teaching and counselling Many elementary school authorities in Alberta of their students. provide students and their parents with report Comparisons are at the heart of improvement: cards that include both the student’s mark and making comparisons among schools is made simpler the median mark for each subject in which the and more meaningful by the Report Card’s indica- student is enrolled. The report cards also show any tors, ratings, and rankings. marks awarded to the student earlier in the year. Comparative and historical data like these enable students and parents to see a clearer picture of You can contribute to the an individual student’s progress. By comparing a development of the Report Card school’s results with those of neighbouring schools or of schools with similar school and student char- The Report Card program benefits from the input acteristics, we can identify more successful schools of interested parties. We welcome your sugges- and learn from them. By comparing a school’s latest tions, comments, and criticisms. Please call Peter results with those of earlier years, we can see if the Cowley, Director of School Performance Studies, school is improving. Reference to overall provin- at 604.714.4556. A measure of academic effectiveness for schools

The foundation of the Report Card is an overall Indicators of effective teaching rating of each school’s academic performance. Building on data about student results provided Average achievement-test marks by Alberta Education (the provincial ministry of These indicators (in the tables Avg test mark) report education), we rate each school on a scale from zero the average percentage achieved by a school’s stu- to 10. We base our overall rating of each school’s dents on the uniform achievement tests in two core academic performance on seven indicators: subject areas. For each school, each indicator is the average score (expressed as a percentage) achieved (1) average achievement-test marks (percent) in by all of the school’s students who completed the grade-3 language arts; tests in language arts and mathematics at the grade- 3 and grade-6 levels. (2) average achievement-test marks (percent) in Fundamental to the mission of elementary grade-3 mathematics; schools is teaching its students sound basic skills (3) average achievement-test marks (percent) in in reading, writing, and mathematics. Basic literacy grade-6 language arts; and numeracy are essential building blocks for life- long learning. The tests upon which the Report (4) average achievement-test marks (percent) in Card is based assess students on these dimensions. grade-6 mathematics; These tests are designed to achieve a distribution of results reflecting the differences in students’ mastery (5) the percentage of achievement tests in (1) of this course work. Differences among students in to (4) where the results were below the abilities, motivation, and work-habits will inevita- acceptable standard; bly have some impact upon the final results. There (6) the difference between male and female are, however, recognizable differences from school students in their average achievement-test to school within a district in the average results mark in grade-6 language arts; on the achievement tests. There is also variation within schools in the results obtained in different (7) the difference between male and female subject areas. Such differences in outcomes cannot students in their average achievement-test be wholly explained by the individual and family mark in grade-6 mathematics. characteristics of the school’s students. It seems reasonable, therefore, to include the average test We have selected this set of indicators as they pro- marks in these two critical subject areas as indica- vide systematic insight into a school’s performance: tors of effective teaching. because they are based on annually generated data, we can assess not only each school’s performance Percentage of achievement tests failed in a year but also its improvement or deterioration For each school, this indicator (in the tables over time. Percentage of tests failed) provides the rate of fail-

6 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 7 ure (as a percentage) on the achievement tests. It arts and mathematics. The indicators report the size was derived by dividing the sum of all the above of the difference and the more successful sex. achievement tests written by the school’s students where either the score was below the acceptable standard or the test was only partially completed In general, how is the school by the total number of such tests written by those doing, academically? students. The Overall rating out of 10 Since reading and mathematics are critical to students’ further intellectual and personal develop- While each of the indicators is important, it is ment, students should, at the minimum, be able to almost always the case that any school does bet- demonstrate that they meet the acceptable standard ter on some indicators than on others. So, just as of performance for their grade in these subject areas. a teacher must make a decision about a student’s Schools have the responsibility of ensuring that their overall performance, we need an overall indicator students are adequately prepared to do so. of school performance (in the tables Overall rat- ing out of 10). Just as teachers combine test scores, homework, and class participation to rate a student, How well do the teachers we have combined all the indicators to produce an take differences among overall school rating. The overall rating of school students into account? performance answers the question, “In general, how is the school doing, academically?” The Gender gap indicators To derive this rating, the results for each of Undoubtedly, the personal characteristics of stu- the indicators, for each of the seven years, were dents can influence the way that they learn. first standardized. Standardization is a statistical Successful teachers will take into account these procedure whereby sets of raw data with different characteristics as they develop and implement characteristics are converted into sets of values their lesson plans and teaching strategies. The with “standard” statistical properties. Standardized extent to which a school’s teachers succeed in this values can readily be combined and compared. task can be measured by comparing the results of The standardized data were then combined two different groups of students known to exhibit where required to produce seven standardized differences in their learning patterns and aca- scores—one for each indicator—for each school, demic results.4 for each year. The seven standardized scores were The relative academic success of boys and girls weighted and combined to produce an overall is a subject of considerable interest in the education standardized score. Finally, this score was converted establishment as evidenced by the near universal into an overall rating out of 10. It is from this collection of student results data for these two Overall rating out of 10 that the school’s provincial groups of students by ministries of education. The rank is determined. For schools where only boys or Report Card uses these data to construct the Gender girls were enrolled, there are, of course, no results gap indicators. for the Gender gap indicators. In these cases the The Gender gap indicators measure the differ- Overall rating is derived using the remaining five ence, if any, between boys and girls in their average indicators. (See Appendix 1 for an explanation of marks on achievement tests in grade-6 language the calculation of the Overall rating out of 10.) Other indicators of school performance

The Tests not written indicator indicator. This indicator uses statistical analysis to identify those dimensions of school performance in The Report Card includes other indicators that, which there has likely been real change rather than a while they are not used to derive the Overall rat- fluctuation in results caused by random occurrences. ing out of 10, add more information on the school’s To calculate the trends, the standardized scores effectiveness. rather than raw data are used. Standardizing makes The uniform achievement tests provide objec- historical data more comparable and the trend tive measures of how each student is progressing measurement more reliable. Because calculation of in important basic subject areas. Such feedback is trends is uncertain when only a small number of important to students and parents. It is also impor- data points is available, a trend is indicated only tant to teachers, school administrators, and taxpay- in those circumstances where five years of data are ers, for whom the test results are an indication of available and where the trend is statistically signifi- the extent to which the schools have successfully cant. For this indicator, we have defined the term discharged their responsibilities. “statistically significant” to mean that, nine times Alberta Education requires that all students who out of 10, the trend that is noted is real; that is, it are able to write these tests do so. The Tests not writ- did not happen just by chance. ten indicator calculates the percentage of the tests that could have been completed by the school’s students but which were not assigned a score. Such The socio-economic indicator non-participation results when students are excused from the tests, are absent for some part of the tests, Educators can and should take into account the or do not complete the test to the extent necessary abilities, interests, and backgrounds of their stu- to score it. Thus, this indicator assesses the extent dents when they design lesson plans and teach to which each school takes full advantage of the the curriculum. By doing so, they can overcome uniform achievement tests as useful measurements disadvantages that their students may have. The of student achievement. socio-economic indicator enables us to identify schools that are roughly similar to each other with respect to the home background of their students The Trend indicator so that their results can be compared. Effective schools produce good results regardless of the family Is the school improving academically? The Report background of their students. Card provides seven years of data for most schools. For this edition of the Report Card, we use the Unlike a simple snapshot of one year’s results, this Parents’ average education (yrs) as the socio-eco- historical record provides evidence of change (or nomic indicator. This indicator is calculated using lack thereof) over time. To detect trends in the data provided by Alberta Education that shows performance indicators, we developed the Trend the number of students enrolled at the school who

8 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 9 live in each of the province’s census dissemination ing indicator.indicator.7 His analysis used the employment areas. It also uses 2001 census data for each of the income of the parents to capture family character- province’s dissemination areas that measures a vari- istics and the proportion of students entering the ety of family and parental characteristics of families Secondary IV level (the equivalent of Alberta’s that include at least one child of elementary-school grade 10) who were older than expected (16 years age at the date of the census. old or more) to capture the influence of individ- Previous studies5 have shown that variations ual students’ characteristics and academic history. in student results from school to school cannot Using a technique similar to regression analysis, he be accounted for solely by the personal and family reduced the Overall rating by the amount estimated characteristics of its students. Many other factors— to be associated with the two general, non-school including good teaching, counselling, and school effects. The remainder was the portion of the Overall administration—contribute to the effectiveness of rating attributed to school effects. He then ranked schools. Indicators like Parents’ average education the schools on this remainder, divided the ranked (yrs) describe past relationships between a socio- schools into quartiles, and assigned a letter-grade to economic characteristic and a measure of school the schools in each of the quartiles. Schools that effectiveness. It should not be inferred that these had the greatest effect on their students—those in relationships will, or should, remain static. The the first quartile of the ranking—received an A for more effectively schools enable all their students value added. Schools ranked in the second quartile to succeed, the weaker will be the relationship had an effect that was somewhat above average on between the home characteristics of students and their students and received a B. Schools ranked in their academic success. Thus, this socio-economic the third quartile had an effect that was somewhat indicator should not be used as an excuse for poor below average and received a C. Those schools that school performance. had the least effect on their students received a D. For this Report Card, we have adopted a similar technique using regression analysis to determine the The Value-added indicatorindicatorss effect of schools on student results as demonstrated by their relative success in the grade-6 language Value-added measures are designed to show whether arts and mathematics provincial achievement tests. a school is having a positive effect on its students The procedure estimates the extent to which the over a period of time. That is, does what happens in grade-6 results are associated with Parents’ average school—teaching, counselling, encouragement, and education (yrs.)—as the measure of student family the like—really matter? Do students succeed, at least characteristics—and the results achieved by the partly, because of the quality of the school or is it sim- school’s students on the corresponding grade-3 ply that the bright children of well-educated, highly achievement test written three years earlier—as the motivated, parents do relatively better than all the measure of combined student characteristics like rest. One way to measure the effect of the school is basic ability, motivation, and prior academic expe- to estimate how much of a given school result is due rience. The grade-6 results were then reduced by to the personal characteristics of the students and the amount estimated to be associated with these to their families’ characteristics and then to assume two non-school effects. Finally, the schools were that the remainder is due to school effects. ranked and assigned a letter grade for value added In the Report Card on ’s Secondary Schools: as described in the preceding paragraph. 2002 Edition,6 Professor Richard Marceau, co-author Note that the value-added letter grade is only of the Report Card, developed a technique to isolate an estimate. First, we cannot be certain that every the schools’ effect on the Report Card’s Overall rat- student at the school in grade 6 was also at the 10 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition school in grade 3. Second, for schools whose grade- tion in English. Because they subsequently take 3 classes scored very well or very poorly, it is likely instruction in English, it is likely that they will that any change in their level of achievement will show considerable improvement in that language be towards the average rather than away from it. by the time they take the grade-6 Language Arts For instance, at a school where the average test achievement test. mark for the grade-3 class was in the top 2% of Nevertheless, the Value-added indicators can be all schools, it would be extremely unlikely that its useful in that they estimate change over time in grade-6 results three years later would be even bet- the school achievement of a particular cohort of ter. Third, there may be factors unrelated to school students. Thus, they take personal and family char- performance that explain why grade-6 results at a acteristics into account and provide a reasonable school will differ markedly from grade-3 results. measure of the effect of the school on the students’ For instance, students at French immersion schools level of achievement between grades 3 and 6. (See take the grade-3 Language Arts test in English Appendix 2 for further details of the calculation of even though they have not yet received instruc- the Value-added indicators.) Notes

1 See, for instance, the Alberta Education web 4 See for example, Peter Cowley and Stephen site at for a Easton, Boys, Girls, and Grades: Academic variety of useful information on schools. Gender Balance in British Columbia’s Secondary Schools. Public Policy Sources 22 (Vancouver, 2 See, for instance, Michael Rutter et al., Fifteen BC: The Fraser Institute, 1999). Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their Effects on Children (Cambridge, MA: Harvard 5 Peter Cowley with Shahrokh Shahabi-Azad, University Press, 1979); Peter Mortimore et Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2001 al., School Matters: The Junior Years (Wells, Edition. Studies in Education Policy (Vancouver, Somerset: Open Books, 1988); and Laura Lein BC: The Fraser Institute, 2001), page 14. et al., Successful Texas Schoolwide Programs: Research Study Results (STAR Center at the 6 Richard Marceau and Peter Cowley, Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools: Austin), (as of January 31, 2005). (Vancouver, BC: The Fraser Institute, 2002).

3 See the Beacon Schools program site at 7 Richard Marceau and Peter Cowley, Report (as of January 31, 2005). Edition, pages 12–15, 23–24.

11 Detailed school tables

How to read the tables B The number of students enrolled in grade 6 as of September 30, 2003. Indicator results for small Use the sample table and the explanation of each schools tend to be more variable than those for larger line below to help you interpret the detailed results schools and caution should be used in interpreting for individual schools. Families choosing a school the results for smaller schools. for their students should seek to confirm the Report Card’s findings by visiting the school and inter- C The average number of years of education viewing teachers, school administrators, and other of the most educated parent (or lone parent in a parents. And, of course, a sound academic program single parent family). Higher values of this statistic should be complemented by effective programs in are commonly thought to be associated with better areas of school activity not measured by the Report student performance. Use this statistic to identify Card. More information regarding schools may be schools at which the students share similar family found on the Alberta Education web site at and on the web sites of local school authorities. D (left) The percentage of the tests that could have been completed by the school’s students but A Each of the schools in the Report Card hashas beenbeen were not assigned a score. The Tests not written assigned to a Geographic Area based on the city or percentage takes into account tests not completed town in which the school is located. Grouping schools due to students’ absence; because students were in these Geographic Areas makes it easier to compare excused from writing the test by the superintendent; them. Within each Geographic Area, the schools are or where students’ results were withheld because, for listed in order of their 2003/2004 provincial ranking. instance, they retired during the test sitting due to Where schools are tied, they are listed in order of illness or they were found to have cheated. their provincial ranking for the past fi ve years. Note that schools that administer these tests are

A – GEOGRAPHIC AREA School Name (Affiliation) Gr 6 Enrolment: 44 – B C – Parents' average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years D – Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 369 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend –| E – Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 69.1 72.1 71.1 67.5 65.8 65.7 down | F – Math 68.7 73.7 78.0 78.3 75.8 72.3 72.4 down | G – Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 67.2 67.1 66.2 70.3 69.8 69.5 up | H – Math 76.8 72.3 67.4 75.8 67.8 71.3 76.3 — | I – Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.5 F 2.5 F 2.5 F 5.6 F 7.9 F 5.1 F 7.5 — |– O J – Math M 3.2 M 9.0 M 6.8 F 0.3 M 2.2 M 1.3 F 1.3 — | K – Percentage of tests failed 14.6 8.6 9.2 7.9 15.4 9.3 11.8 — | L – 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B B n/a | M – Math n/a n/a n/a A D C B n/a | N – Overall rating out of 10 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.9 5.5 6.3 6.2 — –

12 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 13 expected to ensure that all their students partici- written by students at the school that were below pate. For this reason, you should take note of the the acceptable standard. Note that tests that were Tests not written percentage when you consider each found to be only partially complete are included in school’s results on the Report Card. The principal this percentage. of a school with a high Tests not written percentage should be able to provide good reasons for the stu- L & M These are estimates of the school’s dents’ failure to complete the tests. contribution to its students’ results on the grade-6 language-arts and mathematics achievement tests. D (right) The school’s overall academic rank Schools that have a strong positive impact on their in the province for 2003/2004 and for the most students receive an A for this indicator. Those that recent fi ve years. The rankings show how the receive a B or a C may have some positive impact school has done academically compared to the on their students. Schools that have little impact other schools in the province. A high ranking receive a D. over fi ve years indicates consistently strong results at the school. N The Overall rating out of 10 takes into account the seven indicators described in rows E through K E The average mark (%) achieved by the students above to answer the question, “In general, how is on the grade-3 language-arts achievement test. Note the school doing academically?” that all the academic performance indicators—except the 3-year value added indicatorsindicators andand thethe Overall rating O An “up” at the end of an indicator row out of 10—are expressed as percentage points. means that the school is probably improving on that indicator. A “down” means that the school F The average mark (%) achieved by the students is probably getting worse. The researchers had on the grade-3 mathematics achievement test. to be at least 90% sure that the changes were not just random before indicating a trend. A dash G The average mark (%) achieved by the students indicates that there is no signifi cant change. Where on the grade-6 language-arts achievement test. insuffi cient data were available, “n/a” appears in the column. Note that for Percentage of tests failed and H The average mark (%) achieved by the students the two Gender gap indicators, a downward trend in on the grade-6 mathematics achievement test. the data will lead to an “up” in the trend column. For example, a decreasing Percentage of tests failed I & J The difference (in percentage points) indicates improvement and so “up” is displayed. between boys and girls in their average marks on the grade-6 language-arts and mathematics achievement tests. Where the difference favours Other notes the girls the value is preceded by an F. Where boys are favoured, the value is preceded by an M. An E Note 1 Not all the province’s elementary schools means that there is no difference between the girls are included in the tables or the ranking. Of all the and the boys on this measure. Smaller differences schools in the province reporting results for the indicate that the school is doing a good job for all achievement tests, 748 are included in this Report its students. Card. In some school districts and divisions that operate middle schools or junior high schools, the K The percentage of all the grade-3 and grade-6 elementary schools may not enroll students in grade achievement tests in language arts and mathematics 6. Since the Report Card is based on the results of 14 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition tests given in grades 3 and 6, these elementary Education has also refused to provide data on test schools cannot be included. results from federally-funded, First-Nations, on- In addition, schools at which fewer than 15 reserve schools. students were enrolled in either grade 3 or grade 6 are excluded, as are schools that did not generate a Note 3 Where there were insuffi cient data sufficiently large set of student data to enable the available with which to calculate an indicator or calculation of an Overall rating out of 10 for the where a school was not in operation during a specifi c school year 2003/2004. year, “n/a” appears in the tables. The exclusion of a school from the Report Card should not be considered a judgement of the Note 4 You can compare a school’s results with school’s effectiveness. the all-schools average results below.

Note 2 In accordance with its regulations Note 5 If you have questions about the Report regarding the privacy of personal information, Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools, contact Peter where school results involved less than six students, Cowley, Director of School Performance Studies at Alberta Education provided no data. Alberta the Fraser Institute at 604.714.4556.

AVERAGE VALUES FOR ALL SCHOOLS 2003-2004 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Tests not written (%): 5.6 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 68.6 71.6 70.2 69.9 69.7 69.9 — Math 71.1 74.2 74.8 74.3 75.1 75.4 76.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.8 67.6 68.2 66.7 69.0 68.8 68.5 — Math 69.8 70.1 68.0 72.0 72.2 70.6 71.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts* 5.5 6.0 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.8 5.5 — Math* 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.0 — Percentage of tests failed 17.3 15.1 13.0 13.5 12.3 14.1 15.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a — Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 —

* These results reflect the average size of the gender gaps. The Language Arts gender gap favoured females at 86.1% of schools, males at 13.2% of schools, and was even at 0.7% of schools. The Math gender gap favoured males at 57.6% of schools, females at 40.9% of schools, and was even at 1.5% schools. Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 15

List of cities and geographic areas City Geographic area City Geographic area

Acme Acme Area Duffield St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Airdrie Airdrie Area Eckville Rocky Mountain House Area Alberta Beach St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Edmonton Edmonton Andrew Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area Edson Edson/Whitecourt Area Ardmore St. Paul/Bonnyville Area Elk Point St. Paul/Bonnyville Area Ardrossan Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area Evansburg St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Ashmont Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Exshaw Banff Area Banff Banff Area Fairview Peace River Area Barnwell Taber/Medicine Hat Area Falher Peace River Area Barrhead Barrhead/Westlock Area Falun Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area Bassano Brooks Area Foremost Taber/Medicine Hat Area Bawlf Camrose Area Forestburg Stettler Area Beaverlodge Grande Prairie Area Fort Chipewyan Fort McMurray Area Bentley Rocky Mountain House Area Fort McMurray Fort McMurray Area Berwyn Peace River Area Fort Saskatchewan Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area Blackfalds Lacombe/Ponoka Area Fort Vermilion High Level/Fort Vermilion Area Blackie High River Area Fox Creek Edson/Whitecourt Area Bowden Olds/Didsbury Area Gift Lake Peace River Area Boyle Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Gleichen Strathmore Area Bragg Creek Cochrane/Bragg Creek Area Glendon St. Paul/Bonnyville Area Breton Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area Grande Prairie Grande Prairie Area Brooks Brooks Area Granum Fort MacLeod Area Bruderheim Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area Grassland Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Burdett Taber/Medicine Hat Area Grimshaw Peace River Area Calgary Calgary Hay Lakes Camrose Area Calmar Leduc Area Heinsburg St. Paul/Bonnyville Area Camrose Camrose Area High Prairie Grande Prairie Area Canmore Banff Area High River High River Area Cardston Lethbridge Area Hinton Jasper/Hinton Area Caroline Rocky Mountain House Area Holden Camrose Area Carseland Strathmore Area Hythe Grande Prairie Area Carstairs Acme Area Irma Wainwright/Vermilion Area Cayley High River Area Irvine Taber/Medicine Hat Area Chestermere Strathmore Area Jasper Jasper/Hinton Area Clive Lacombe/Ponoka Area Joussard Grande Prairie Area Clyde Barrhead/Westlock Area Kathyrn Airdrie Area Coaldale Lethbridge Area Kikino Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Coalhurst Lethbridge Area Killam Camrose Area Cochrane Cochrane/Bragg Creek Area Kinuso Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Cold Lake St. Paul/Bonnyville Area Kitscoty Wainwright/Vermilion Area Condor Rocky Mountain House Area La Crete High Level/Fort Vermilion Area Consort Stettler Area Lacombe Lacombe/Ponoka Area Cremona Olds/Didsbury Area Lamont Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area Crooked Creek Grande Prairie Area Lancaster Park St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Dapp Barrhead/Westlock Area Langdon Strathmore Area Darwell St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Leduc Leduc Area Daysland Camrose Area Legal Barrhead/Westlock Area Delburne Stettler Area Leslieville Rocky Mountain House Area Drayton Valley Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area Lethbridge Lethbridge Area Drumheller Drumheller/Three Hills Area Lundbreck Fort MacLeod Area Duchess Brooks Area Magrath Lethbridge Area 16 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

List of cities and geographic areas City Geographic area City Geographic area

Mallaig St. Paul/Bonnyville Area Seba Beach St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Manning High Level/Fort Vermilion Area Sedgewick Wainwright/Vermilion Area Mannville Wainwright/Vermilion Area Seven Persons Taber/Medicine Hat Area Mayerthorpe Edson/Whitecourt Area Sexsmith Grande Prairie Area Medicine Hat Taber/Medicine Hat Area Sherwood Park Sherwood Park Area Millarville Okotoks Area Slave Lake Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Millet Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area Smoky Lake Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Monarch Picture Butte Area Spruce Grove St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Morrin Drumheller/Three Hills Area Spruce View Olds/Didsbury Area Mundare Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area St. Albert St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Namao Barrhead/Westlock Area St. Paul St. Paul/Bonnyville Area Nanton High River Area Stirling Lethbridge Area Neerlandia Barrhead/Westlock Area Stony Plain St. Albert/Stony Plain Area New Norway Camrose Area Strathmore Strathmore Area New Sarepta Sherwood Park Area Sundre Olds/Didsbury Area Niton Junction Edson/Whitecourt Area Swan Hills Edson/Whitecourt Area Nobleford Picture Butte Area Sylvan Lake Rocky Mountain House Area Okotoks Okotoks Area Thorsby Leduc Area Olds Olds/Didsbury Area Three Hills Drumheller/Three Hills Area Onoway St. Albert/Stony Plain Area Turner Valley Okotoks Area Peace River Peace River Area Two Hills Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area Picture Butte Picture Butte Area Valleyview Grande Prairie Area Pincher Creek Fort MacLeod Area Vauxhall Taber/Medicine Hat Area Plamondon Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Vegreville Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area Ponoka Lacombe/Ponoka Area Vermilion Wainwright/Vermilion Area Provost Wainwright/Vermilion Area Viking Wainwright/Vermilion Area Rainbow Lake High Level/Fort Vermilion Area Vilna Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area Red Deer Red Deer Vulcan High River Area Rimbey Lacombe/Ponoka Area Wainwright Wainwright/Vermilion Area Riviere Qui Barre Barrhead/Westlock Area Warburg Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area Rocky Mountain House Rocky Mountain House Area Wembley Grande Prairie Area Rosemary Brooks Area Westerose Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area Rycroft Peace River Area Westlock Barrhead/Westlock Area Sangudo Edson/Whitecourt Area Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 17

Index of geographic areas Geographic Area Page Geographic Area Page

Acme Area ...... 18 Lacombe/Ponoka Area ...... 62 Airdrie Area ...... 18 Leduc Area ...... 63 Athabasca/Smoky Lake Area ...... 18 Lethbridge Area ...... 64 Banff Area ...... 19 Okotoks Area ...... 65 Barrhead/Westlock Area ...... 19 Olds/Didsbury Area ...... 65 Brooks Area ...... 20 Peace River Area ...... 66 Calgary ...... 20 Picture Butte Area ...... 67 Camrose Area ...... 38 Red Deer ...... 67 Cochrane/Bragg Creek Area ...... 39 Rocky Mountain House Area ...... 67 Drumheller/Three Hills Area ...... 39 Sherwood Park Area ...... 68 Edmonton ...... 40 St. Albert/Stony Plain Area ...... 70 Edson/Whitecourt Area ...... 57 St. Paul/Bonnyville Area ...... 73 Fort MacLeod Area ...... 58 Stettler Area ...... 73 Fort McMurray Area ...... 58 Strathmore Area ...... 74 Grande Prairie Area ...... 59 Taber/Medicine Hat Area ...... 74 High Level/Fort Vermilion Area ...... 61 Vegreville/Fort Saskatchewan Area ...... 76 High River Area ...... 61 Wainwright/Vermilion Area ...... 78 Jasper/Hinton Area ...... 62 Wetaskiwin/Drayton Valley Area ...... 78 18 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

ACME AREA ATHABASCA/SMOKY LAKE AREA Hugh Sutherland [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Boyle [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.9 Rank: 230 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 8.5 Rank: 134 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 68.3 67.2 67.0 65.2 66.5 69.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 70.6 72.2 70.8 70.8 73.5 75.2 up Math n/a 76.5 66.9 64.7 67.6 68.4 76.7 up Math 82.2 74.8 73.4 78.9 84.5 87.2 81.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 67.4 70.8 69.4 68.3 64.6 68.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 73.3 72.8 70.6 74.0 69.8 72.5 — Math n/a 74.8 69.3 83.2 80.4 76.5 80.4 — Math 79.8 72.7 68.4 76.9 71.7 68.1 75.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 6.3 F 8.9 M 1.0 F 5.4 F 7.2 F 3.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.0 F 2.7 F 2.0 F 8.9 F 7.6 F 7.5 F 3.3 — Math n/a M 2.6 F 6.7 M 4.7 F 1.0 M 0.6 M 1.1 up Math M 3.6 M 8.1 F 3.2 F 12.0 M 0.2 F 11.3 F 5.2 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 9.6 11.4 14.4 13.7 16.2 11.3 — Percentage of tests failed 7.1 7.4 9.8 5.9 2.2 8.7 7.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 6.7 5.4 6.2 5.7 5.5 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 7.9 7.0 6.7 6.5 7.5 6.5 7.5 —

Acme [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 H. A. Kostash [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 540 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 265 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.3 74.2 73.0 72.9 67.0 76.7 64.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.6 76.6 76.1 67.2 72.2 76.0 70.7 — Math 76.0 79.6 75.3 79.1 74.4 87.4 69.5 — Math 69.5 82.6 75.7 71.5 78.1 78.1 79.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.6 69.1 68.1 66.7 69.1 69.9 68.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.5 58.3 67.5 69.5 71.7 70.2 70.0 — Math 72.3 74.2 70.2 72.6 73.4 70.4 75.2 — Math 55.8 64.1 69.9 71.3 76.5 72.6 75.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.4 M 0.3 F 4.7 F 7.0 F 3.7 F 12.1 F 13.6 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.0 F 6.2 M 3.2 F 7.1 F 6.4 F 6.7 F 6.8 — Math F 5.4 M 4.9 F 5.2 F 9.4 M 2.9 M 2.2 F 5.7 — Math M 1.8 M 2.3 M 11.7 M 0.1 M 0.6 F 3.7 F 7.6 — Percentage of tests failed 14.5 9.6 11.8 5.1 10.3 6.2 12.7 — Percentage of tests failed 23.1 15.9 9.3 5.2 2.8 2.9 6.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C n/a A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B n/a A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.5 7.3 6.3 6.6 6.2 7.1 5.2 — Overall rating out of 10 5.2 6.2 6.3 6.6 7.4 7.3 6.7 — AIRDRIE AREA Airdrie Koinonia [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Grassland [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 90 / 748 69 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.1 Rank: 369 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 81.9 83.5 79.6 80.0 75.3 78.0 75.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.5 n/a Math 74.2 84.7 75.5 82.5 79.8 82.1 86.0 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 79.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 80.4 74.0 81.3 76.4 75.8 73.6 74.4 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.1 n/a Math 87.4 71.9 63.6 76.4 76.3 69.6 74.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 4.9 n/a F 9.2 F 9.0 F 4.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 4.2 n/a Math n/a n/a M 1.2 n/a M 1.7 M 1.9 M 6.7 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 4.4 6.9 7.7 2.4 3.6 5.3 2.4 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.9 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.4 8.3 7.5 8.6 7.4 7.5 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.2 n/a

Ralph McCall [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Plamondon [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 10.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.1 Rank: 249 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 520 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 70.0 69.4 69.4 69.4 69.6 71.6 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.0 66.8 70.4 68.0 66.4 66.6 64.8 down Math n/a 81.7 74.4 76.8 80.3 74.0 81.4 — Math 66.4 74.0 72.2 70.1 70.6 73.7 73.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 69.0 69.9 63.4 69.3 69.8 66.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 70.6 67.1 63.5 64.8 66.9 64.5 — Math n/a 67.1 63.3 65.1 67.6 67.4 69.4 — Math 68.8 71.6 62.2 71.1 67.9 68.3 68.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 2.5 F 13.2 F 8.7 F 4.2 F 3.5 F 4.2 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.0 M 0.1 M 2.1 F 0.6 M 0.4 F 7.0 F 5.7 — Math n/a M 0.9 F 5.5 F 3.0 M 1.4 M 7.0 F 0.7 — Math M 8.7 M 10.9 M 17.6 M 2.7 M 6.8 M 3.7 M 3.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 11.9 11.4 14.7 9.6 12.8 8.3 — Percentage of tests failed 15.2 9.3 10.5 8.8 11.0 12.9 16.9 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 6.9 5.4 5.5 6.5 5.9 6.8 up Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.4 5.2 6.2 5.6 5.6 5.4 —

Our Lady Queen of Peace [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 106 Kinuso [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 369 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 668 / 748 599 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 69.1 72.1 71.1 67.5 65.8 65.7 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 73.4 70.7 69.6 67.1 67.2 64.1 down Math 68.7 73.7 78.0 78.3 75.8 72.3 72.4 down Math 84.8 83.7 74.0 82.4 75.1 74.9 75.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 67.2 67.1 66.2 70.3 69.8 69.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 54.6 52.9 44.1 50.8 56.8 60.9 56.4 up Math 76.8 72.3 67.4 75.8 67.8 71.3 76.3 — Math 54.9 46.1 38.8 54.1 46.6 59.3 52.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.5 F 2.5 F 2.5 F 5.6 F 7.9 F 5.1 F 7.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 14.2 F 11.3 n/a F 22.8 F 5.8 F 1.3 F 7.5 n/a Math M 3.2 M 9.0 M 6.8 F 0.3 M 2.2 M 1.3 F 1.3 — Math F 3.5 F 12.2 n/a F 18.4 M 5.6 M 5.0 M 0.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.6 8.6 9.2 7.9 15.4 9.3 11.8 — Percentage of tests failed 25.3 25.6 37.5 20.0 27.6 20.9 27.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.9 5.5 6.3 6.2 — Overall rating out of 10 4.6 3.9 1.1 2.9 3.2 4.8 3.7 up

Kathyrn [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 Vilna [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.3 Rank: 662 / 748 540 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 696 / 748 581 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 66.2 69.8 71.3 68.9 66.0 66.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 50.5 67.1 73.2 63.3 62.6 63.5 61.7 — Math 70.2 77.4 65.4 76.2 71.4 68.4 78.3 — Math 45.2 62.5 66.9 68.0 73.3 65.8 62.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 57.9 63.7 56.5 63.4 65.8 65.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.1 61.4 59.8 59.5 59.7 64.2 58.1 — Math 61.3 54.1 64.3 56.1 63.1 65.2 59.3 — Math 65.7 67.0 56.8 63.0 60.3 57.8 63.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.5 F 4.5 F 3.9 F 10.7 F 8.1 F 2.6 F 12.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.2 M 1.8 F 7.5 F 11.1 F 13.1 F 1.7 F 7.6 — Math F 2.7 M 4.1 F 4.2 M 2.0 F 1.5 M 15.6 F 14.4 — Math F 6.1 M 2.0 F 10.9 F 2.3 F 5.4 M 7.4 M 6.3 — Percentage of tests failed 22.4 32.3 15.8 29.0 21.8 17.6 24.4 — Percentage of tests failed 41.8 16.7 21.3 28.7 24.0 23.1 28.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.2 4.2 5.1 4.0 4.5 4.5 3.8 — Overall rating out of 10 2.4 5.5 3.9 3.6 3.2 4.1 3.2 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 19

BARRHEAD/WESTLOCK AREA Ashmont [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Namao [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 14.6 Rank: 696 / 748 625 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.2 Rank: 23 / 748 46 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.0 59.3 59.5 59.8 58.2 54.1 65.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.1 77.8 77.9 77.2 79.1 74.9 75.8 — Math 53.6 58.8 53.3 58.0 62.6 54.0 62.9 — Math 80.0 83.9 80.4 82.8 88.9 80.5 85.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.1 53.2 56.1 51.1 54.1 51.2 56.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.2 74.5 77.2 70.8 73.5 72.5 79.8 — Math 48.4 52.4 50.8 41.2 45.6 41.5 51.3 — Math 75.5 77.8 77.3 77.3 80.1 76.3 83.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.7 F 5.7 F 8.5 F 6.2 M 0.9 F 0.9 M 1.2 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 2.9 F 4.4 F 9.2 F 5.5 F 5.1 F 2.5 — Math M 5.1 F 1.3 F 4.1 F 0.9 M 12.8 M 0.7 M 0.9 — Math F 0.1 M 1.6 F 3.8 F 4.0 M 1.4 F 1.7 F 0.2 up Percentage of tests failed 44.9 44.2 40.8 47.4 44.5 53.6 37.1 — Percentage of tests failed 5.4 3.0 4.4 4.1 1.8 4.0 6.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.7 2.3 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.0 3.2 — Overall rating out of 10 8.4 8.5 8.0 7.5 8.4 7.8 8.7 —

St. Mary of the Lake [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Dapp [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 714 / 748 625 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.7 Rank: 33 / 748 129 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.1 58.5 58.8 49.1 55.0 55.7 58.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.7 74.5 72.8 70.2 78.8 77.0 74.1 — Math 49.2 57.2 60.1 48.9 46.9 55.2 66.0 — Math 64.2 81.9 75.6 76.6 87.3 80.9 85.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.2 62.8 59.5 61.9 57.0 62.4 58.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 74.6 73.3 64.2 73.1 71.7 72.9 — Math 61.3 57.2 55.6 61.6 51.9 61.1 51.9 — Math 74.6 84.3 76.8 69.6 75.7 75.6 84.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 7.4 F 0.5 F 17.8 F 9.8 F 12.6 F 3.0 F 6.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.9 M 4.0 n/a F 12.9 M 5.5 F 4.7 M 1.2 n/a Math M 6.9 M 10.8 F 10.4 M 4.7 F 18.6 M 7.0 M 0.6 — Math F 0.8 M 3.7 n/a F 10.0 M 6.1 F 2.8 M 0.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 46.8 41.5 39.7 42.7 47.3 44.4 38.5 — Percentage of tests failed 12.2 1.4 2.2 13.7 3.9 5.5 3.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 2.2 2.7 0.9 1.2 0.0 1.6 2.6 — Overall rating out of 10 6.9 8.4 7.9 5.2 7.8 7.7 8.5 —

Kikino [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Neerlandia [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Parents’ average education (yrs): 11.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.7 Rank: 741 / 748 630 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 161 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 50.8 60.8 56.0 51.4 53.1 55.6 53.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 72.6 80.5 74.3 73.9 76.4 — Math 48.3 72.0 49.4 42.6 65.9 51.6 42.6 — Math n/a n/a 76.7 80.3 82.4 80.0 77.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.5 54.1 46.7 56.8 58.5 58.9 60.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 67.2 69.9 67.6 62.7 73.9 — Math 59.2 48.1 43.8 50.4 48.3 42.2 53.5 — Math n/a n/a 65.2 80.6 72.6 65.9 73.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.7 F 11.6 n/a F 9.5 F 3.2 F 6.4 F 10.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 15.5 F 8.1 F 14.2 F 7.1 M 2.6 — Math F 10.2 F 0.3 n/a M 2.1 M 0.8 F 12.2 F 8.5 n/a Math n/a n/a F 9.2 M 0.1 F 14.3 F 7.8 M 3.9 — Percentage of tests failed 50.0 38.1 58.8 54.1 40.4 45.6 48.6 up Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 13.6 4.2 9.1 11.3 9.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.1 0.2 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 5.1 7.9 5.5 5.8 7.3 — BANFF AREA Our Lady of the Snows [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 Legal [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 265 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 205 / 748 340 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 72.6 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 72.1 67.4 67.3 74.8 80.4 78.0 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 82.4 n/a Math 78.1 76.1 71.2 67.7 73.5 81.9 82.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 64.1 64.7 64.0 67.4 67.2 64.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 68.5 n/a Math 62.1 72.3 65.9 70.0 69.0 65.7 74.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 4.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.4 F 7.6 F 3.3 F 5.6 F 2.4 F 11.2 F 3.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 3.0 n/a Math F 4.8 F 3.7 F 0.7 F 12.6 M 2.3 M 0.4 M 4.6 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 18.3 10.8 17.9 14.4 12.8 12.9 10.5 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.7 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.4 5.5 5.0 6.3 6.5 7.0 up

Banff [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 St. Mary [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.0 Rank: 567 / 748 413 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 249 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.2 67.4 73.0 61.7 65.8 70.1 65.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 70.9 73.6 70.4 78.2 65.9 76.0 — Math 69.3 72.1 79.1 64.6 72.6 76.5 69.8 — Math 62.1 69.6 73.7 68.4 76.9 62.6 76.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 71.6 67.3 66.6 70.4 67.4 65.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.8 68.4 67.1 70.3 70.9 65.2 67.8 — Math 75.3 72.6 69.3 68.6 72.1 65.7 65.0 down Math 63.6 71.6 65.5 76.9 79.7 71.1 70.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 F 8.8 F 9.9 F 6.7 F 0.1 F 8.4 F 6.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.5 F 14.5 F 0.1 F 1.4 M 9.5 F 4.1 F 3.3 — Math M 2.7 F 1.7 M 0.2 M 1.7 F 2.0 F 2.2 M 0.6 — Math F 0.6 F 8.4 M 5.9 F 1.1 M 16.0 M 6.1 M 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 11.2 12.5 10.9 16.8 10.3 14.4 19.4 — Percentage of tests failed 22.5 14.0 12.3 10.1 5.8 19.8 9.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A D n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.3 6.4 5.0 6.4 5.7 5.0 — Overall rating out of 10 5.0 5.5 6.2 6.8 6.3 4.7 6.8 —

Exshaw [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Camilla [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Parents’ average education (yrs): 9.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.5 Rank: 744 / 748 624 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.0 Rank: 286 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.5 n/a 71.1 59.9 58.9 53.1 42.4 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.0 76.7 78.2 76.2 76.7 71.4 74.2 — Math 52.3 n/a 69.2 69.1 53.8 48.8 31.9 down Math 78.3 79.4 78.3 75.5 76.0 73.3 77.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.4 n/a 58.2 56.4 54.9 53.5 42.9 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.5 64.5 69.0 64.0 71.4 71.7 68.0 — Math 59.8 n/a 54.2 56.1 50.8 50.2 34.8 down Math 62.4 68.1 68.1 70.2 73.0 70.0 66.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.1 n/a M 4.3 F 2.8 M 3.1 M 2.2 F 5.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.1 F 3.7 F 8.3 F 5.5 F 8.8 F 2.1 F 3.8 — Math F 18.9 n/a M 5.6 M 4.3 F 1.9 M 1.3 M 17.4 — Math M 8.1 M 6.7 F 0.7 F 5.6 F 1.0 M 6.5 F 2.4 — Percentage of tests failed 49.4 n/a 31.8 41.1 47.9 55.8 88.2 down Percentage of tests failed 14.4 15.0 8.3 12.6 6.0 6.2 11.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D n/a D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D n/a D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.2 n/a 3.6 2.7 0.8 0.0 0.0 down Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.5 6.9 6.2 6.9 6.9 6.6 — 20 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Westlock [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 78 Duchess [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 395 / 748 404 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 395 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 67.6 69.5 70.7 71.0 70.4 66.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.7 75.6 70.8 71.7 64.3 63.3 68.2 — Math 69.1 73.5 70.6 72.7 75.6 73.3 69.6 — Math 72.2 81.2 75.3 70.7 61.2 62.3 69.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.4 72.1 67.8 66.2 69.0 66.7 70.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 69.0 72.1 67.1 71.1 66.0 69.9 — Math 63.9 71.8 65.5 65.4 71.1 60.6 73.5 — Math 66.9 65.4 68.7 68.8 73.8 68.1 71.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.9 F 4.5 F 11.4 F 4.7 F 3.5 F 3.9 M 0.5 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.0 F 0.6 F 1.1 F 11.7 F 1.1 F 11.3 E — Math M 6.7 M 5.3 M 3.4 F 0.5 M 6.5 M 3.0 M 7.2 — Math M 8.9 M 17.5 M 5.4 M 4.1 M 3.6 F 10.2 F 2.8 — Percentage of tests failed 23.3 12.6 16.1 19.7 8.0 13.8 13.5 — Percentage of tests failed 15.9 9.3 6.8 11.1 19.5 15.7 17.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.9 6.4 5.1 5.6 6.3 5.7 6.1 — Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.5 6.9 5.7 5.1 4.1 6.1 —

Eleanor Hall [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Rosemary [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 Parents’ average education (yrs): 11.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 455 / 748 255 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 520 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 n/a 72.7 72.1 75.6 73.4 62.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 72.3 n/a 70.4 n/a Math 69.7 n/a 76.3 70.5 79.2 77.9 58.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 77.6 n/a 77.4 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.3 n/a 70.4 63.0 63.4 72.9 71.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.6 n/a 69.6 n/a Math 73.8 n/a 67.9 71.4 75.8 77.4 76.9 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 84.7 n/a 71.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.6 n/a F 8.2 F 0.7 F 0.4 F 1.8 M 1.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.2 n/a F 12.2 n/a Math M 1.5 n/a F 1.5 M 7.0 M 7.6 M 3.9 M 3.5 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a M 11.1 n/a F 10.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 10.6 n/a 1.3 12.0 14.1 4.8 12.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 3.5 n/a 14.7 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B n/a A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A n/a A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 n/a 7.1 6.0 6.3 7.7 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.6 n/a 5.4 n/a

Barrhead [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 78 Bassano [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 473 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 574 / 748 516 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 68.2 73.9 70.5 70.0 73.9 70.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.2 66.3 72.5 62.9 63.3 74.0 70.7 — Math 69.5 67.6 73.1 69.6 78.7 78.8 72.5 — Math 58.0 72.9 79.6 69.3 63.5 73.7 79.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 64.1 64.3 65.9 65.8 67.8 64.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 59.1 65.2 62.4 63.1 71.4 64.2 — Math 64.4 63.6 62.9 69.0 64.6 72.6 68.2 — Math 62.1 54.9 54.3 61.4 65.2 72.8 61.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.9 F 10.7 F 5.5 F 3.7 F 3.7 F 2.0 F 7.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.8 M 7.6 F 7.9 M 7.4 M 2.0 F 9.0 F 12.6 — Math F 4.9 F 3.8 F 4.8 F 0.8 M 0.4 M 6.5 F 2.2 — Math M 9.7 M 18.3 F 12.0 M 6.9 M 4.1 F 5.4 F 8.5 — Percentage of tests failed 15.8 18.6 11.6 14.7 14.0 6.5 14.5 — Percentage of tests failed 26.0 28.1 17.0 27.3 27.9 12.5 17.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.6 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 7.0 5.7 — Overall rating out of 10 4.6 3.4 4.8 3.8 3.7 6.2 4.9 — BROOKS AREA CALGARY Holy Family [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Glenmore Christian [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 60 / 748 32 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 1 / 748 8 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.7 81.2 83.2 79.7 76.0 76.0 78.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.3 79.3 85.1 85.7 79.6 83.8 84.9 — Math 86.8 84.1 85.7 85.4 84.1 91.6 90.0 — Math 83.6 88.6 90.3 88.7 87.2 88.4 87.4 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.6 74.6 79.6 76.3 75.1 76.5 71.0 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.6 78.2 77.9 76.6 77.2 79.1 81.4 up Math 79.5 76.5 81.5 80.0 75.9 75.4 74.4 down Math 79.1 87.0 79.9 81.5 81.1 82.4 88.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 8.7 F 7.6 F 4.0 F 9.3 F 6.1 F 1.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.4 F 5.0 F 3.5 F 1.7 F 2.4 F 3.8 F 0.2 — Math M 1.5 E F 1.0 F 2.4 F 5.4 F 3.5 M 8.5 down Math F 4.1 F 4.2 M 5.6 M 6.0 F 2.8 F 0.2 M 1.1 up Percentage of tests failed 3.9 5.9 0.0 1.7 3.8 3.8 2.2 — Percentage of tests failed 3.2 1.0 1.0 2.2 2.0 0.5 1.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.2 8.2 9.1 8.6 7.4 8.3 8.1 — Overall rating out of 10 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.7 9.5 9.8 —

Eastbrook [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Nellie McClung [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 90 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.0 Rank: 161 / 748 129 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.3 Rank: 3 / 748 12 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 67.2 75.7 74.6 73.1 79.3 75.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.8 73.5 74.5 69.6 77.1 73.6 78.6 — Math 65.7 69.2 77.8 78.1 80.0 87.0 83.3 — Math 71.7 81.5 72.7 74.8 86.6 86.3 86.7 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 73.3 68.9 71.4 70.1 70.8 65.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 76.4 82.0 81.9 85.2 85.8 87.3 up Math 74.1 78.2 73.1 78.0 76.5 76.9 74.6 — Math 75.2 82.4 82.4 88.9 88.2 90.4 93.0 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 F 0.5 F 7.4 F 5.3 F 2.4 F 2.7 F 1.2 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.6 F 9.3 F 8.1 F 1.5 F 3.2 F 5.0 F 3.0 — Math M 2.3 M 4.4 F 1.5 M 3.3 M 0.7 M 2.0 F 1.1 — Math F 5.2 F 10.9 M 3.6 M 1.9 F 0.6 M 0.4 M 1.3 — Percentage of tests failed 12.5 8.8 6.7 5.7 7.1 9.4 9.2 — Percentage of tests failed 8.0 7.6 3.4 4.3 0.0 2.1 1.5 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.4 7.3 7.9 7.3 — Overall rating out of 10 6.9 7.2 7.8 8.3 9.5 9.4 9.7 up

Griffin Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 85 Sunalta [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.1 Rank: 329 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.8 Rank: 3 / 748 13 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.6 73.8 69.6 74.0 66.7 63.8 67.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 73.1 86.9 76.8 74.7 82.2 82.9 — Math 65.7 76.6 69.7 68.2 67.7 62.8 69.3 — Math n/a 83.7 91.2 82.4 78.7 86.5 91.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 71.1 69.2 69.1 70.7 69.7 71.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 77.1 73.8 75.3 75.3 79.8 79.3 up Math 70.3 75.4 71.3 75.1 71.8 67.8 76.9 — Math n/a 85.4 74.7 86.9 84.0 83.1 88.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.9 M 1.2 F 3.0 M 3.3 F 4.2 F 6.0 F 1.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 10.6 F 6.1 n/a F 0.9 F 7.5 F 1.9 n/a Math F 7.2 M 6.8 M 5.5 M 4.3 M 2.8 F 1.7 M 5.2 — Math n/a F 4.3 F 6.1 n/a M 1.0 F 3.5 M 1.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 21.3 8.0 8.7 7.5 15.3 18.6 12.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 0.0 1.3 1.6 1.0 7.3 0.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a B C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.0 7.3 6.3 6.7 5.6 5.0 6.4 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a 8.2 8.7 8.8 8.4 8.5 9.7 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 21

Elbow Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 St. Vincent De Paul [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 18.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 6 / 748 3 / 630 Tests not written (%): 8.1 Rank: 27 / 748 9 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.7 75.2 82.3 78.8 81.6 81.5 81.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 81.4 78.8 86.3 85.7 84.8 80.7 72.4 down Math 89.4 87.0 86.6 89.4 88.2 89.1 89.0 — Math 91.6 93.5 90.2 92.2 92.7 92.1 79.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.2 82.0 73.5 85.3 83.6 82.6 79.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.2 77.7 79.1 76.3 82.7 83.8 84.7 up Math 85.4 79.0 76.1 92.6 89.1 89.8 91.1 — Math 85.3 80.6 75.9 84.9 91.6 91.7 89.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.5 F 5.5 F 4.6 M 0.7 F 3.0 F 1.0 F 4.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.6 F 0.1 F 13.4 F 4.1 F 2.5 F 3.5 F 6.5 — Math M 8.8 M 6.2 M 0.8 M 3.5 M 3.7 F 0.6 M 0.4 — Math F 3.4 M 6.0 F 10.4 F 2.9 M 2.9 F 1.3 E up Percentage of tests failed 2.9 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 up Percentage of tests failed 1.7 1.6 0.9 2.7 1.1 6.8 3.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.8 8.5 8.7 9.8 9.5 10.0 9.6 — Overall rating out of 10 9.7 9.1 8.2 9.2 9.9 9.6 8.6 —

Clear Water Academy [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 John Costello [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 86 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 10 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 7.4 Rank: 27 / 748 23 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 83.3 83.9 80.0 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.6 77.2 81.2 81.1 77.1 78.0 81.4 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 91.5 91.2 89.0 n/a Math 77.0 82.1 84.6 84.5 85.2 81.4 85.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 88.0 84.4 84.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 73.8 78.1 74.6 76.7 76.5 78.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 93.8 88.5 88.1 n/a Math 75.7 79.9 83.0 87.4 85.3 82.2 89.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 6.6 F 3.2 F 2.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.3 F 12.5 F 4.1 F 9.8 F 2.4 M 3.2 F 5.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a F 0.5 F 1.5 M 5.7 n/a Math F 3.0 M 0.3 M 5.2 M 0.3 M 4.1 M 2.6 F 4.4 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 3.8 0.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 5.2 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.4 5.1 6.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 10.0 9.9 9.4 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.8 8.0 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.6 —

Webber [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Westmount [Charter] Gr 6 enrollment: 93 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 11 / 748 2 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 27 / 748 29 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 83.2 90.3 87.5 80.8 81.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 80.9 77.7 79.9 77.1 75.9 — Math n/a n/a 90.3 92.8 89.9 88.6 89.5 down Math n/a n/a 85.1 83.0 80.8 85.1 86.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 82.9 81.0 83.8 78.4 81.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 78.4 75.7 77.7 72.6 76.5 — Math n/a n/a 83.9 89.6 90.4 89.8 90.6 — Math n/a n/a 77.7 92.3 84.4 78.9 82.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a M 2.8 F 9.2 F 3.1 F 5.0 F 7.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 1.2 F 7.2 F 6.4 F 7.0 F 4.1 — Math n/a n/a M 4.5 F 3.3 M 2.9 M 2.8 F 4.1 — Math n/a n/a M 11.1 M 0.5 M 1.5 F 0.4 M 0.2 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 2.1 1.0 3.4 3.2 3.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 9.5 9.7 10.0 9.3 9.3 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 8.3 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.6 —

Calgary Jewish Academy [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 Briar Hill [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.9 Rank: 11 / 748 3 / 630 Tests not written (%): 8.2 Rank: 27 / 748 46 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.2 79.1 83.4 85.6 82.6 82.2 78.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.3 78.7 75.8 75.6 73.5 79.4 77.2 — Math 88.5 85.6 89.1 91.5 90.2 88.8 83.3 down Math 79.8 90.7 81.6 80.9 83.3 86.7 86.7 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.0 81.6 83.7 83.8 83.0 80.1 83.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 80.4 75.3 74.8 75.6 75.7 80.6 78.8 — Math 83.5 87.0 84.7 88.4 86.6 86.7 88.7 — Math 80.2 85.5 80.4 79.7 84.3 83.5 84.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.4 F 8.9 F 7.4 F 2.6 F 2.9 F 6.8 F 1.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 7.0 F 3.3 F 4.4 F 6.3 F 11.1 F 3.4 — Math F 1.3 F 3.4 M 1.2 M 4.2 M 0.6 F 2.4 M 1.1 — Math n/a F 1.2 F 0.4 M 15.6 F 1.9 F 5.6 M 3.9 — Percentage of tests failed 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.3 — Percentage of tests failed 1.3 1.5 1.1 4.5 2.1 3.4 4.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.5 8.9 9.5 9.8 9.7 9.3 9.3 — Overall rating out of 10 9.3 8.9 8.4 7.3 8.0 8.4 8.6 —

Rundle College [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Master’s Academy [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 11 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 3.3 Rank: 33 / 748 61 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 79.5 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 74.5 77.2 73.9 75.9 74.3 75.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 92.4 n/a Math 81.0 85.5 81.5 77.0 79.9 86.0 86.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 79.2 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.6 73.4 73.0 72.1 76.2 78.3 77.3 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 83.1 n/a Math 67.9 77.9 68.1 77.6 76.7 79.3 78.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 3.8 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.8 F 6.7 F 7.6 F 4.0 F 0.5 F 3.4 F 1.4 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 1.1 n/a Math M 5.6 M 1.4 M 0.7 M 8.2 M 4.5 M 2.8 M 0.6 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed 10.3 3.3 5.6 7.4 3.1 2.5 4.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9.3 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 8.1 7.4 7.1 8.0 8.5 8.5 up

Calgary French & International [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 40 Calgary Montessori [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 19 / 748 18 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 36 / 748 7 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.4 79.2 79.2 75.7 80.5 78.6 82.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.9 78.9 86.4 89.1 79.1 76.3 72.8 down Math 84.0 88.5 81.8 77.5 85.9 82.8 87.7 — Math 85.4 91.6 88.1 89.4 85.7 83.7 81.2 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.6 76.9 79.6 78.1 82.3 75.7 75.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 84.2 86.3 77.9 79.2 83.5 79.8 — Math 81.5 82.3 87.9 85.1 83.8 76.5 81.1 down Math n/a 92.2 89.5 90.3 93.0 88.3 91.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.3 F 7.1 M 0.3 F 6.6 F 0.7 M 3.8 F 0.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 14.6 n/a F 1.2 M 2.3 F 1.0 F 8.6 n/a Math M 7.5 F 1.8 M 0.4 M 0.4 M 6.0 M 10.0 M 3.1 — Math n/a F 8.3 n/a F 2.6 M 0.8 F 3.1 M 2.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 1.2 0.5 0.0 3.0 1.0 4.0 0.5 — Percentage of tests failed 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 5.0 0.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.6 8.8 9.4 8.3 8.8 7.6 8.9 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a 8.8 10.0 9.9 9.3 9.1 8.4 down 22 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Hillhurst [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 63 Monsignor E. L. Doyle [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 93 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 36 / 748 13 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 51 / 748 18 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.9 77.7 78.7 75.3 82.1 77.7 78.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.9 76.2 78.6 74.5 79.0 78.4 75.6 — Math 70.4 81.7 87.0 84.9 86.7 77.9 82.9 — Math 81.4 86.7 82.6 79.6 85.8 85.1 87.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 80.5 80.9 84.0 79.1 81.1 81.8 81.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.5 78.4 79.2 73.7 78.4 78.3 77.4 — Math 85.7 86.4 84.0 87.4 88.2 87.2 87.2 — Math 81.2 85.7 82.8 83.0 85.1 82.2 85.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.8 F 7.8 F 2.8 F 3.2 M 1.2 F 3.1 F 7.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.7 F 4.8 F 5.6 F 1.1 F 3.2 F 5.3 F 8.8 — Math M 2.4 F 1.3 M 3.8 M 6.6 M 10.3 M 2.4 M 2.0 — Math M 2.4 M 1.6 M 1.7 M 4.1 M 1.7 F 0.2 F 5.4 — Percentage of tests failed 7.9 0.7 2.4 1.9 1.2 5.0 6.1 — Percentage of tests failed 3.3 0.7 1.3 2.9 0.9 1.0 2.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.1 8.8 9.2 8.6 9.0 8.8 8.4 — Overall rating out of 10 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.9 8.9 8.2 —

Prince of Wales [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Jennie Elliott [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.4 Rank: 36 / 748 23 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.0 Rank: 51 / 748 32 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.9 75.8 78.4 78.5 79.7 78.0 78.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.5 77.9 83.0 80.0 77.4 76.3 79.2 — Math 80.5 86.8 86.2 82.7 84.7 84.0 85.0 — Math 82.3 84.6 88.2 84.6 80.1 80.9 85.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.6 75.4 77.5 75.1 74.3 77.8 76.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.5 69.5 79.1 73.6 77.0 76.1 77.3 — Math 81.0 77.8 77.4 82.6 88.1 83.7 85.2 — Math 81.9 75.2 78.4 84.7 84.1 77.4 79.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 5.2 F 7.1 M 0.3 F 3.5 F 3.3 F 4.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.3 F 14.2 F 7.3 F 2.8 F 2.4 F 1.5 F 3.7 — Math M 4.4 M 1.2 M 3.7 M 2.9 F 1.1 M 3.1 F 4.1 — Math M 6.7 F 9.8 M 4.5 F 2.1 M 4.2 M 10.2 M 3.1 — Percentage of tests failed 4.2 5.6 4.1 2.0 3.1 2.5 4.6 — Percentage of tests failed 2.7 8.1 1.9 2.9 2.6 6.2 7.3 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.7 8.2 8.2 8.6 8.6 8.8 8.4 — Overall rating out of 10 8.7 6.8 8.7 8.6 8.3 7.7 8.2 —

St. Sylvester [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Calgary Waldorf [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 36 / 748 61 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.3 Rank: 51 / 748 36 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.6 77.0 80.5 79.5 73.3 69.6 84.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 80.2 76.0 76.2 81.0 76.2 78.7 — Math 86.1 88.1 83.7 83.3 82.7 80.5 89.3 — Math n/a 88.4 81.3 77.9 84.5 87.2 91.9 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 73.6 72.9 75.6 73.2 74.0 72.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 81.7 79.5 72.7 80.1 77.1 71.0 — Math 84.7 76.8 72.2 85.4 78.7 80.4 80.9 — Math n/a 69.7 81.2 76.2 84.2 83.0 64.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 1.7 F 4.8 F 6.3 F 11.1 F 3.8 M 2.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 13.4 F 9.0 F 6.6 F 2.2 F 7.3 n/a n/a Math M 2.2 M 2.3 F 4.2 M 2.0 F 6.7 F 2.8 M 12.2 — Math n/a M 1.0 F 4.8 F 7.6 M 5.2 F 3.7 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 2.2 4.4 4.7 2.3 4.8 5.2 1.1 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 5.8 2.2 2.2 1.0 1.1 3.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B A D n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.1 8.4 7.8 8.5 6.9 7.7 8.4 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a 8.0 8.0 7.4 8.9 8.5 8.2 —

St. Boniface [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Mother Mary Greene [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 86 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.4 Rank: 44 / 748 23 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.8 Rank: 51 / 748 55 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 74.5 82.3 78.6 81.7 75.4 78.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 72.3 77.1 78.0 80.6 72.7 76.4 — Math 81.9 83.2 88.3 83.0 84.3 85.8 82.6 down Math 74.1 78.4 83.0 83.8 85.7 82.1 86.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.6 75.6 74.9 73.4 77.2 74.5 75.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.2 73.8 74.1 76.5 72.1 75.6 75.3 — Math 80.6 83.1 76.8 86.3 85.3 80.4 83.0 — Math 77.1 78.2 76.1 83.7 78.7 83.0 78.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.3 M 1.6 F 0.8 F 6.9 F 4.0 F 4.9 F 3.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.3 M 1.5 F 7.5 F 3.2 F 5.6 F 5.2 F 3.0 — Math M 5.3 M 4.7 M 5.6 F 0.2 M 2.6 F 3.3 M 0.4 — Math M 6.2 M 7.5 M 1.7 M 5.5 F 4.3 F 0.9 F 0.7 — Percentage of tests failed 8.8 3.3 1.3 1.2 1.9 4.7 7.2 down Percentage of tests failed 8.9 6.0 7.0 3.2 4.5 9.3 6.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.2 8.4 8.8 8.5 8.8 8.1 8.3 — Overall rating out of 10 7.5 7.6 7.6 8.4 7.9 7.8 8.2 —

Cardinal Newman [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 108 Rideau Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 44 / 748 29 / 630 Tests not written (%): 14.9 Rank: 51 / 748 55 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 74.3 80.8 74.3 77.8 73.9 74.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 70.4 77.1 80.2 76.9 78.0 75.0 — Math 75.8 86.2 86.5 79.7 85.3 81.9 86.2 — Math 74.3 81.4 86.6 87.7 84.2 86.0 86.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 73.6 75.4 71.7 75.1 76.6 74.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 73.3 75.1 78.3 72.0 74.8 77.2 — Math 80.6 79.0 80.0 83.3 80.9 83.7 81.9 — Math 75.0 78.6 78.5 80.6 79.7 74.8 85.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 F 3.3 F 5.1 F 3.5 F 0.8 F 0.3 F 4.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 11.8 F 3.7 F 8.8 F 4.1 F 2.6 F 4.6 — Math M 2.6 M 4.7 M 3.0 F 1.8 M 2.2 M 0.9 E up Math F 2.6 F 7.6 M 8.2 M 3.6 F 2.8 M 10.7 M 0.6 — Percentage of tests failed 6.9 3.4 2.0 3.6 3.3 1.7 4.2 — Percentage of tests failed 13.1 7.2 4.4 1.1 3.0 10.8 9.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.0 8.1 8.6 8.0 8.5 8.8 8.3 — Overall rating out of 10 7.0 6.9 8.0 8.5 8.0 7.4 8.2 —

St. Gerard [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Our Lady of Peace [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 100 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 44 / 748 111 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.7 Rank: 51 / 748 61 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.5 73.8 75.5 75.2 68.2 72.2 74.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 75.1 77.7 79.2 74.3 74.1 75.0 — Math 65.4 84.7 83.8 67.3 78.2 82.6 86.0 — Math 77.0 85.3 81.7 83.1 83.4 84.4 85.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 73.7 75.1 74.8 71.5 73.3 72.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 75.5 74.2 72.0 75.7 73.4 77.6 — Math 75.7 84.8 84.7 84.8 79.5 84.3 87.0 — Math 68.1 74.1 76.0 78.6 82.9 81.7 86.7 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.5 F 7.9 F 4.3 F 7.6 F 5.8 F 1.7 F 5.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 F 3.6 F 2.3 F 12.5 M 0.8 F 0.9 F 5.6 — Math M 2.5 M 1.6 M 0.3 F 8.8 M 6.5 M 11.3 F 1.1 — Math M 11.3 M 0.9 M 2.4 F 8.0 M 8.8 M 4.1 F 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed 13.2 0.7 2.3 6.3 4.5 7.5 1.2 — Percentage of tests failed 10.6 5.5 3.3 5.0 3.2 5.3 6.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 8.3 8.5 6.9 6.5 7.3 8.3 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 8.1 8.1 7.2 8.0 8.2 8.2 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 23

Father James Whelihan [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 67 Simons Valley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 89 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.1 Rank: 60 / 748 32 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 60 / 748 98 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.2 78.4 80.6 79.8 79.6 75.4 77.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 72.6 77.6 76.5 69.5 75.2 76.0 — Math 81.1 90.8 86.1 87.1 87.1 83.0 85.0 down Math 72.4 80.1 78.2 80.5 72.6 78.6 81.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 74.7 71.6 69.3 75.3 71.5 73.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.1 73.7 75.0 72.1 73.1 77.5 76.9 — Math 80.6 77.9 79.2 82.0 85.0 75.4 82.8 — Math 78.4 75.8 73.8 77.8 77.9 79.4 82.4 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.6 F 4.9 F 8.7 F 1.0 F 1.6 F 3.5 F 4.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.0 F 9.8 F 5.2 F 2.5 F 4.7 F 2.6 F 2.4 — Math M 0.7 F 4.1 F 0.2 M 3.3 M 2.0 M 3.9 M 3.0 — Math M 0.1 F 2.2 M 1.2 M 1.5 M 3.9 M 5.4 M 6.9 down Percentage of tests failed 6.9 2.9 2.6 3.5 1.2 4.5 4.8 — Percentage of tests failed 7.1 6.9 5.2 7.8 9.9 5.8 4.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.0 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.9 7.8 8.1 — Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.3 7.7 7.7 6.5 7.9 8.1 —

West Dalhousie [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Olympic Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 105 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 60 / 748 36 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 72 / 748 79 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.8 74.9 76.9 76.6 75.8 75.8 76.2 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 74.6 74.2 72.8 75.1 72.1 74.7 — Math 85.9 84.6 81.0 76.1 85.4 81.2 82.9 — Math 78.7 82.0 76.5 79.1 82.7 82.1 85.2 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 80.3 77.5 76.4 73.8 78.4 78.1 75.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.1 76.9 76.3 70.1 73.7 73.3 73.8 — Math 89.7 84.0 78.7 82.5 85.1 83.9 82.2 — Math 78.6 76.8 78.6 80.2 78.7 75.0 82.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.9 F 5.6 F 0.9 F 4.5 M 2.0 F 3.0 F 3.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 F 2.2 M 1.0 F 6.0 F 2.9 F 3.6 F 6.8 — Math M 5.8 F 4.8 M 2.1 F 2.1 M 10.1 M 0.4 M 4.4 — Math M 2.7 M 0.9 M 6.8 F 2.1 M 3.1 M 3.1 F 1.7 — Percentage of tests failed 0.0 1.1 2.1 1.9 2.2 8.9 4.8 — Percentage of tests failed 8.0 4.0 6.0 8.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.6 8.5 8.5 8.0 8.3 8.3 8.1 — Overall rating out of 10 7.9 8.3 7.6 7.2 7.9 7.7 8.0 —

William Reid [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 Fish Creek [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 96 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 60 / 748 46 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 80 / 748 79 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.6 69.9 75.8 76.2 71.7 74.9 76.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 70.3 76.4 75.6 74.2 72.2 75.9 — Math 70.7 72.1 72.4 78.5 82.8 86.0 90.0 up Math 73.9 80.3 80.0 85.1 83.0 78.1 83.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.8 76.2 76.7 71.6 76.2 75.6 77.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 70.0 74.2 70.1 74.2 71.7 74.1 — Math 84.1 82.4 80.6 82.4 85.2 79.6 85.6 — Math 77.1 73.9 77.2 80.4 82.5 77.6 82.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.8 M 2.7 F 0.1 F 4.5 F 3.1 F 2.0 M 8.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.8 F 0.1 F 1.9 F 7.2 F 5.6 F 3.5 F 6.7 — Math F 2.8 M 11.0 M 4.5 M 1.9 M 3.0 M 1.5 M 4.8 — Math M 1.0 M 7.7 M 3.7 F 3.4 M 2.3 M 6.7 F 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 8.8 5.3 4.8 2.3 1.7 1.8 2.5 — Percentage of tests failed 9.4 7.1 4.9 5.7 3.4 4.4 4.5 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.7 7.2 7.9 8.0 7.9 8.5 8.1 — Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.2 7.9 7.6 7.9 7.3 7.9 —

Chinook Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 70 St. Philip [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 62 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.3 Rank: 60 / 748 46 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.6 Rank: 80 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.4 74.4 75.6 76.3 77.7 77.6 79.5 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.5 74.3 74.0 78.9 68.8 73.1 78.1 — Math 84.3 85.4 82.1 84.6 86.6 88.1 88.4 — Math 75.0 80.8 75.4 82.4 73.7 78.1 83.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 70.1 73.3 73.0 75.5 72.2 74.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.9 68.7 70.1 70.9 74.2 70.7 76.5 — Math 81.7 75.3 76.7 83.7 81.8 81.7 81.7 — Math 76.9 72.9 73.5 76.7 77.6 72.0 78.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.4 F 2.2 F 6.3 F 1.7 F 1.3 F 1.8 F 6.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.7 M 0.5 F 1.1 F 0.2 F 5.7 M 1.7 F 5.0 — Math M 8.5 M 0.9 F 8.4 F 0.5 M 3.0 M 5.6 M 3.5 — Math M 4.3 M 4.5 M 4.1 M 11.2 M 3.2 M 2.6 M 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed 5.0 4.7 5.9 2.8 2.6 6.1 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 11.3 7.4 9.3 4.5 9.1 11.7 7.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.0 7.9 7.3 8.6 8.5 8.2 8.1 — Overall rating out of 10 7.6 7.5 7.0 7.7 6.6 7.0 7.9 —

Dr. E. W. Coffin [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Varsity Acres [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 57 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.6 Rank: 60 / 748 55 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 80 / 748 214 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 71.4 78.4 74.4 74.4 74.4 73.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 67.0 71.5 66.3 70.7 71.4 73.5 — Math 67.7 76.8 79.8 79.0 80.1 78.4 87.9 — Math 69.4 70.4 70.0 69.6 74.6 74.8 79.8 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.8 73.5 79.4 72.7 79.6 78.2 78.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 69.6 72.2 71.5 72.7 71.2 74.2 — Math 82.1 75.3 80.9 79.6 86.9 84.6 83.3 — Math 73.8 72.2 74.9 80.0 82.4 77.7 83.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.5 F 1.8 F 8.1 F 6.3 F 8.1 F 9.5 F 10.7 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.3 F 7.5 F 4.8 F 1.4 F 9.2 F 3.7 F 4.0 — Math M 1.5 M 8.9 F 0.2 M 3.0 F 0.9 F 5.0 M 0.9 — Math M 5.5 F 5.1 M 0.9 M 5.0 F 0.7 M 12.2 M 0.2 — Percentage of tests failed 12.1 7.2 5.4 3.8 2.9 4.8 4.0 up Percentage of tests failed 9.5 15.1 9.0 12.0 8.0 7.7 5.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.7 7.2 8.2 7.6 8.1 7.8 8.1 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 5.8 6.8 6.4 6.6 6.5 7.9 —

St. Cecilia [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Andrew Sibbald [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 60 / 748 98 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.8 Rank: 90 / 748 69 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 67.5 75.8 77.3 74.3 71.5 75.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 71.6 78.8 81.5 78.7 80.8 77.2 — Math 74.0 70.5 70.6 79.6 73.5 76.0 80.5 — Math 72.1 80.9 86.0 83.4 84.3 84.9 83.1 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.2 70.0 72.1 68.6 73.5 73.9 74.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.3 72.4 70.6 71.4 69.4 76.3 72.7 — Math 78.2 72.0 77.9 82.0 81.5 80.0 83.3 — Math 68.3 75.4 69.5 78.0 74.0 81.5 77.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.2 F 9.6 F 4.7 F 4.2 F 3.3 F 3.5 F 4.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.1 F 3.9 F 9.1 F 5.7 F 4.7 F 5.1 F 7.8 — Math M 3.5 M 0.7 M 0.7 M 6.3 M 2.4 M 3.7 F 0.9 — Math M 1.7 M 3.3 F 5.4 M 3.1 M 6.4 F 2.2 M 4.3 — Percentage of tests failed 6.9 16.0 2.8 3.4 4.4 5.3 2.3 — Percentage of tests failed 11.4 6.5 7.5 4.9 4.8 2.0 2.4 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.1 5.7 7.6 7.6 7.3 7.4 8.1 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 7.5 7.1 8.0 7.4 8.7 7.8 — 24 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Bearspaw Christian [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Capitol Hill [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 90 / 748 69 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.8 Rank: 107 / 748 69 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.4 74.7 75.0 75.2 81.5 74.1 71.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.7 75.1 78.1 78.0 70.5 81.4 75.9 — Math 69.6 80.3 72.2 74.4 82.7 78.6 81.7 — Math 72.3 72.0 82.6 83.2 79.9 80.9 80.0 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 76.9 72.6 75.9 75.4 80.7 79.3 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.9 74.3 78.0 74.7 78.7 72.8 75.9 — Math 62.1 74.6 71.8 79.6 84.6 79.6 80.2 — Math 75.1 71.3 81.6 80.3 82.9 81.3 83.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.6 F 4.4 M 0.4 F 2.7 F 2.8 F 4.3 F 6.1 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.3 F 6.8 F 4.1 M 1.5 M 2.3 F 6.6 F 8.8 down Math M 9.6 M 5.4 M 17.4 M 6.0 M 1.9 M 1.9 F 5.4 — Math M 13.1 F 1.5 F 5.7 M 13.1 M 17.5 M 0.9 M 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 21.7 6.8 9.8 5.3 1.4 1.4 3.3 up Percentage of tests failed 7.8 5.5 4.9 2.9 2.4 6.0 6.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.4 7.6 6.2 7.6 8.7 8.5 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.3 8.2 7.9 7.3 8.1 7.7 —

Hawkwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 116 Monsignor J. S. Smith [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 86 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 90 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.9 Rank: 107 / 748 79 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 72.6 74.7 73.4 72.4 74.9 72.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 73.5 75.6 73.2 77.2 72.8 74.4 — Math 75.5 83.0 79.7 80.2 78.3 87.0 82.9 — Math 70.9 82.0 78.6 79.3 82.1 80.5 82.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 72.0 75.4 71.0 74.5 74.9 72.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.5 76.3 76.7 73.5 73.6 73.7 72.2 down Math 76.7 80.0 78.0 78.4 81.2 78.9 81.5 — Math 72.1 82.3 82.2 83.0 78.8 82.6 80.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.6 F 2.0 F 0.9 M 0.8 M 0.4 F 0.1 F 6.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.8 F 7.8 F 5.4 F 7.5 F 6.8 E F 1.8 — Math F 1.0 M 5.1 M 6.3 M 7.6 M 5.4 M 5.7 M 0.4 up Math M 5.3 F 3.5 F 3.2 F 0.8 F 3.3 M 8.1 M 4.3 — Percentage of tests failed 10.4 5.2 5.5 8.2 5.7 7.5 4.5 — Percentage of tests failed 14.2 4.4 6.6 7.0 4.2 6.8 6.4 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.9 7.8 7.3 7.6 8.1 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 6.8 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.7 —

Red Deer Lake [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Woodbine [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 95 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 90 / 748 98 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 107 / 748 79 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.2 70.1 76.5 73.6 72.8 71.8 80.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.3 73.5 75.4 74.0 75.2 72.2 71.8 — Math 82.8 78.3 78.2 77.2 82.8 85.1 86.0 up Math 85.7 86.9 82.2 84.4 83.6 79.5 81.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.3 76.4 76.7 76.0 77.4 68.8 70.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 77.5 76.0 76.5 76.0 72.0 74.3 — Math 73.6 71.4 75.5 81.7 82.0 68.5 76.9 — Math 77.8 79.9 78.9 86.4 83.9 71.7 80.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.3 F 9.7 F 4.9 F 6.7 M 3.0 F 9.2 F 9.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.8 F 3.5 F 4.1 M 8.0 F 4.2 M 0.5 F 5.7 — Math F 4.3 F 4.4 M 4.7 M 0.9 M 7.3 F 0.7 F 0.2 — Math M 2.7 M 5.4 F 4.2 M 9.0 F 1.4 M 10.7 F 0.7 — Percentage of tests failed 4.9 7.8 2.8 6.8 2.3 7.0 5.3 — Percentage of tests failed 6.9 2.6 5.9 3.7 3.3 11.0 5.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.8 6.9 7.8 7.6 7.9 6.9 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 8.3 8.3 7.9 7.8 8.3 6.7 7.7 —

St. Ambrose [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 Sam Livingston [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 84 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.1 Rank: 90 / 748 165 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 107 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 76.4 77.0 75.8 70.9 74.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.9 74.5 76.0 76.4 64.5 72.8 72.7 — Math n/a n/a 83.6 85.4 82.1 77.9 83.3 — Math 81.9 78.3 81.0 84.9 72.3 76.9 78.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 71.3 66.8 68.1 71.0 71.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 71.1 73.1 70.3 73.8 76.2 73.7 — Math n/a n/a 69.3 73.6 77.1 76.9 77.6 up Math 74.0 78.7 73.9 76.6 79.0 81.5 82.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 8.4 F 13.2 F 2.2 F 4.7 F 4.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts E F 10.4 F 6.2 F 7.4 F 2.2 M 0.1 F 4.1 — Math n/a n/a F 4.4 F 11.0 M 4.6 M 3.1 M 0.2 — Math M 6.5 F 1.5 M 0.3 F 1.7 M 1.8 M 7.2 F 6.1 down Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 3.7 9.6 7.7 7.3 5.4 — Percentage of tests failed 11.0 10.6 5.1 7.7 9.4 3.0 1.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 7.3 6.3 7.2 7.1 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.1 7.6 7.5 6.6 7.9 7.7 —

Banff Trail [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Haysboro [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 90 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 126 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.2 69.4 72.3 74.4 72.9 71.6 75.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 67.3 75.8 71.9 73.9 71.6 73.3 — Math 76.5 71.6 75.0 78.3 76.8 80.5 78.1 — Math 69.9 75.1 82.6 71.9 81.5 79.3 81.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 69.7 68.8 71.6 70.5 68.7 74.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.8 74.6 73.1 69.2 71.3 75.9 72.2 — Math 78.2 72.8 68.3 81.1 76.0 70.9 80.7 — Math 79.0 78.4 75.1 75.5 78.6 81.3 77.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.4 F 3.5 F 7.9 M 0.1 F 3.4 F 2.3 F 5.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.3 F 6.4 F 11.2 F 1.4 E F 7.2 E — Math F 0.7 M 12.1 M 4.2 M 2.4 F 0.4 M 5.7 M 1.3 — Math M 9.4 M 4.3 F 6.6 M 9.2 M 1.6 F 2.6 M 8.7 — Percentage of tests failed 10.2 10.4 10.6 6.8 2.7 11.1 4.0 — Percentage of tests failed 8.5 6.8 2.6 9.5 3.4 0.0 4.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 6.0 6.0 7.7 7.2 6.4 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.1 7.3 6.5 7.9 8.0 7.6 —

Edgemont [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 86 Trinity [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 107 / 748 55 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 126 / 748 129 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.9 75.7 73.9 74.9 76.3 73.8 71.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.2 72.2 75.8 77.3 70.5 78.8 80.1 — Math 77.0 84.7 82.0 84.2 82.8 80.7 83.1 — Math 70.4 72.1 79.1 74.8 72.9 80.0 83.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.2 72.5 76.5 71.8 76.3 74.1 75.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.5 65.6 72.6 72.7 70.8 67.8 76.1 — Math 83.2 79.4 77.5 81.2 84.0 79.3 81.9 — Math 70.3 68.5 77.6 76.7 79.1 75.9 74.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.6 F 3.1 F 4.7 F 4.1 F 6.2 F 6.3 F 1.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 16.6 F 0.5 M 0.6 M 0.3 F 9.5 — Math F 1.5 M 0.4 M 4.1 M 1.7 M 1.2 M 2.8 M 8.9 — Math n/a n/a F 2.2 F 0.1 M 2.7 M 11.7 F 10.4 down Percentage of tests failed 6.6 3.7 3.8 3.5 1.4 3.8 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 18.4 8.6 2.3 4.8 7.2 5.1 1.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.1 8.4 7.9 8.1 8.3 7.8 7.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.6 7.2 7.9 7.0 7.3 7.6 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 25

Foundations for the Future [Charter] Gr 6 enrollment: 149 Heritage [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 126 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 11.3 Rank: 161 / 748 79 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 78.3 75.1 71.8 75.8 73.1 76.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 74.3 74.2 78.6 71.5 73.6 74.0 — Math 75.4 65.6 72.3 75.0 78.0 78.1 81.9 up Math 69.7 81.8 76.7 87.8 81.6 82.1 87.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 67.7 71.6 70.0 74.2 71.1 72.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.1 75.5 73.7 72.3 78.2 73.8 72.9 — Math 74.3 62.8 63.3 72.2 70.3 66.3 73.1 — Math 79.4 72.4 75.1 76.3 85.7 88.5 72.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.9 F 5.6 F 1.2 F 4.7 F 5.5 F 2.9 F 3.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.7 F 5.0 F 0.6 F 11.9 F 5.1 M 3.6 F 4.3 — Math M 7.9 F 7.6 M 5.5 M 4.1 F 0.9 M 10.6 M 2.8 — Math F 0.5 M 2.0 M 2.8 F 6.8 M 1.0 M 5.9 M 3.9 — Percentage of tests failed 11.0 13.3 10.7 9.1 9.9 8.1 6.6 up Percentage of tests failed 13.1 3.5 6.1 2.1 4.6 5.8 11.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.0 6.4 6.6 6.9 6.5 7.6 — Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.9 7.6 7.6 8.0 8.0 7.3 —

Marion Carson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 109 Mother Teresa of Calcutta [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 134 / 748 111 / 630 Tests not written (%): 11.2 Rank: 161 / 748 139 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.3 72.7 73.8 72.3 73.7 69.8 71.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.3 72.3 73.0 71.1 74.8 75.6 77.0 up Math 77.8 78.4 76.2 77.5 78.7 77.2 81.9 — Math 82.4 83.2 80.5 80.4 75.6 80.9 90.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.2 75.5 75.2 70.5 74.1 73.1 72.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.7 74.8 71.5 67.5 71.4 70.7 65.6 — Math 82.0 80.1 78.7 78.2 82.5 78.5 77.8 — Math 77.4 78.1 73.2 79.1 76.4 76.9 76.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 M 1.3 F 6.0 F 4.8 F 1.0 F 3.4 F 2.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.9 F 5.0 F 5.4 F 7.8 F 1.8 F 0.2 F 6.6 — Math M 5.1 M 4.2 M 1.6 F 2.4 M 6.1 F 1.3 M 2.0 — Math F 2.7 M 2.4 M 0.5 F 0.1 M 2.4 M 2.8 M 0.4 — Percentage of tests failed 7.1 6.8 6.3 8.2 6.0 4.5 8.4 — Percentage of tests failed 9.2 1.7 5.4 7.1 8.6 6.7 11.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.5 — Overall rating out of 10 7.8 8.1 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.8 7.3 —

Monsignor J. J. O’Brien [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 69 Glamorgan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 99 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 134 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 12.7 Rank: 161 / 748 139 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.2 79.2 74.3 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 71.6 78.1 73.4 74.2 71.8 71.7 down Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 86.7 82.6 84.0 n/a Math 65.6 77.3 83.2 78.8 83.8 80.0 82.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.1 68.9 72.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.0 71.5 70.0 70.9 71.4 68.5 70.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 74.0 70.9 70.7 n/a Math 76.7 72.9 69.0 76.0 74.3 71.7 81.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 4.2 F 2.8 F 3.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.9 F 7.2 F 8.2 F 1.9 F 4.7 F 7.9 F 6.5 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a M 6.1 M 7.0 F 0.4 n/a Math M 3.1 F 3.5 M 3.1 F 1.0 M 1.6 M 1.9 M 1.9 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.4 8.2 7.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.8 6.1 5.4 4.3 4.4 10.7 8.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.3 7.2 7.5 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 7.1 7.3 7.7 7.5 6.6 7.3 —

Dalhousie [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 92 McKenzie Lake [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 72 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.3 Rank: 149 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 161 / 748 139 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.6 71.3 76.9 75.5 72.7 74.2 75.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 67.5 76.7 77.8 74.7 73.9 72.1 — Math 81.7 83.5 82.9 89.5 83.8 83.0 86.7 — Math 74.4 75.6 78.9 81.6 80.1 77.4 80.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.5 69.2 69.0 69.8 73.5 73.0 71.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 70.9 71.6 71.0 72.2 71.9 73.2 — Math 66.6 72.7 74.4 79.8 80.2 79.8 75.7 — Math 76.8 76.6 70.7 75.6 73.5 73.1 77.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.2 F 6.9 F 6.2 M 0.6 F 3.0 F 5.6 F 9.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.1 F 6.0 F 6.9 F 5.4 M 3.4 F 3.6 F 2.3 up Math M 0.4 F 3.6 F 1.6 M 3.0 M 1.9 M 6.1 F 0.6 — Math M 3.1 M 1.8 M 1.9 F 2.5 M 10.6 M 4.3 M 7.0 — Percentage of tests failed 16.4 9.1 5.7 3.4 5.3 5.8 8.6 — Percentage of tests failed 12.8 7.8 5.4 6.7 4.4 3.1 6.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.1 7.0 7.5 8.3 7.8 7.6 7.4 — Overall rating out of 10 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.6 7.0 7.5 7.3 —

Lake Bonavista [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Canyon Meadows [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.6 Rank: 149 / 748 98 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.6 Rank: 161 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.9 74.3 76.8 71.9 73.5 77.9 74.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 72.6 76.5 75.5 73.7 73.9 71.1 down Math 81.1 86.8 85.3 85.2 87.7 89.8 87.9 — Math 73.4 84.5 81.8 77.8 77.5 81.6 82.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 75.2 71.3 69.8 74.7 70.8 70.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 70.7 76.4 66.3 72.1 70.2 73.1 — Math 72.1 80.1 71.0 78.4 81.3 73.3 81.9 — Math 75.5 71.4 79.2 73.0 72.0 75.4 76.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.6 F 8.8 F 8.9 M 0.4 F 5.6 F 11.8 F 9.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.5 F 5.7 F 5.2 F 6.9 F 7.7 F 6.9 F 2.5 — Math M 0.5 M 6.1 F 1.3 M 2.9 M 3.2 E M 3.0 — Math F 1.2 M 0.7 F 2.1 F 3.5 M 1.2 M 4.3 M 3.5 — Percentage of tests failed 6.5 3.1 7.8 6.1 3.9 9.5 9.7 — Percentage of tests failed 11.1 8.8 5.9 7.0 11.2 6.0 10.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.7 7.9 7.3 7.8 7.9 7.4 7.4 — Overall rating out of 10 6.9 7.4 8.0 6.9 6.5 7.2 7.3 —

Elboya [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 St. Elizabeth Seton [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 67 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 161 / 748 46 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.6 Rank: 161 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.7 78.7 77.2 82.3 76.4 78.4 71.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.4 71.9 71.3 n/a Math 80.7 85.7 80.2 76.6 78.0 83.0 83.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.2 72.8 76.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.3 77.6 82.9 75.9 73.5 73.5 74.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 74.0 73.3 72.9 n/a Math 83.2 84.4 83.5 86.7 77.7 79.3 81.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 81.4 80.6 78.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.7 F 7.1 F 4.4 F 2.1 F 8.0 M 1.1 F 8.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 1.2 F 2.5 F 3.6 n/a Math F 1.5 M 6.7 M 2.0 F 3.2 F 0.5 M 8.3 F 5.2 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a M 4.5 M 3.9 M 3.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 5.2 4.1 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.1 6.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 3.6 8.7 6.9 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.4 8.3 8.7 8.6 7.6 8.1 7.3 down Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.6 7.2 7.3 n/a 26 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

W. O. Mitchell [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 St. Henry [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 177 / 748 98 / 630 Tests not written (%): 14.0 Rank: 189 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.2 73.2 80.6 80.1 72.7 73.7 71.4 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.5 61.2 71.0 77.2 75.6 n/a 74.9 n/a Math 84.6 80.2 84.8 82.9 81.2 83.7 80.7 down Math 66.3 60.9 75.0 78.2 86.7 n/a 82.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 73.3 72.2 72.8 71.3 72.3 71.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.8 63.0 70.7 70.2 69.1 n/a 71.7 n/a Math 76.2 78.9 76.6 79.2 71.1 77.0 72.8 — Math 74.4 64.3 75.4 79.2 69.2 n/a 74.8 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.4 F 5.8 F 3.3 F 6.4 F 4.2 F 4.1 F 5.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.8 F 6.3 F 6.6 M 5.0 n/a n/a F 4.6 n/a Math M 8.7 F 0.4 M 0.9 F 4.2 M 1.6 M 3.3 M 1.9 — Math F 2.2 F 6.4 M 1.5 M 4.5 n/a n/a M 1.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 3.5 3.5 2.8 3.8 10.2 4.4 6.5 — Percentage of tests failed 19.0 25.5 5.6 9.3 9.6 n/a 14.0 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B n/a B n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.1 8.0 8.4 8.0 6.8 7.8 7.2 — Overall rating out of 10 6.1 4.1 7.0 7.2 7.0 n/a 7.1 n/a

St. Maria Goretti [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 Earl Grey [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 189 / 748 98 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.9 Rank: 205 / 748 29 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.5 75.6 78.6 74.9 74.6 75.5 75.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.5 75.5 82.8 72.9 79.4 80.8 77.1 — Math 77.6 83.7 82.9 80.7 82.5 82.1 83.3 — Math 82.0 82.1 85.2 83.9 90.5 93.5 89.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.3 72.9 76.1 69.5 72.4 73.3 71.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 78.3 79.7 79.6 65.9 81.3 70.0 — Math 79.7 78.0 76.7 76.8 78.5 80.6 76.9 — Math 77.0 80.6 82.6 86.6 84.7 83.5 75.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 3.2 F 10.6 F 7.3 M 0.7 F 6.6 F 9.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.1 F 4.9 F 6.1 F 3.8 n/a F 3.8 F 15.3 n/a Math F 1.4 M 3.9 F 3.0 F 2.1 M 4.1 F 0.6 F 5.2 — Math F 6.3 M 6.3 F 3.9 M 4.8 n/a F 7.0 F 3.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 6.1 3.0 2.6 7.3 6.3 3.8 7.3 — Percentage of tests failed 5.0 3.5 1.0 1.7 2.5 1.1 7.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.2 7.7 8.0 7.1 — Overall rating out of 10 7.7 8.1 8.9 8.5 8.5 9.3 7.0 —

Louis Riel [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 St. Jude [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.8 Rank: 189 / 748 111 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 205 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.9 77.9 78.3 72.8 76.4 74.9 71.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.3 77.7 74.8 72.0 72.5 73.4 68.8 — Math 77.8 88.7 87.0 74.5 79.9 78.4 78.1 — Math 77.6 82.3 76.2 80.0 82.8 81.4 78.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.9 72.4 72.7 70.7 75.4 73.6 70.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.0 77.5 75.3 71.8 75.2 78.2 72.0 — Math 76.4 70.4 73.4 80.0 85.3 77.6 81.9 — Math 87.2 79.4 75.3 83.7 82.7 79.6 79.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.4 M 2.3 F 6.6 F 11.6 F 3.8 F 10.2 M 1.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.0 F 7.2 F 7.4 F 4.4 M 0.9 F 10.0 F 2.6 — Math F 4.4 M 6.8 M 1.1 F 7.6 M 1.4 F 0.9 M 8.7 — Math M 7.0 M 2.1 M 1.4 M 4.6 M 3.5 F 3.0 M 9.6 — Percentage of tests failed 7.3 6.9 2.9 5.2 3.8 5.2 7.5 — Percentage of tests failed 2.6 2.0 5.6 4.9 4.6 6.2 5.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.1 7.8 8.1 6.7 8.2 7.4 7.1 — Overall rating out of 10 8.8 8.4 7.4 7.6 8.0 7.6 7.0 —

St. Dominic [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Monsignor Neville Anderson [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 64 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.9 Rank: 189 / 748 129 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 205 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.3 78.0 74.5 72.3 74.1 72.7 74.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 76.3 76.5 78.1 75.5 73.9 70.9 — Math 76.3 90.0 80.7 78.3 81.4 81.9 84.5 — Math 78.6 87.8 82.0 79.4 85.6 80.0 76.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 74.2 74.0 72.5 75.7 72.4 73.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.6 77.7 73.7 70.5 71.4 71.2 74.0 — Math 76.3 81.1 75.8 75.4 77.8 78.1 80.2 — Math 71.2 78.0 71.1 76.8 76.8 72.2 72.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 M 0.3 M 1.4 F 0.7 F 2.2 F 2.5 F 10.4 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.8 F 4.3 F 3.8 F 2.8 F 2.8 F 3.4 F 2.1 — Math F 8.8 M 7.8 F 3.8 M 2.4 M 1.1 M 5.9 F 7.4 — Math F 1.5 F 0.9 M 2.6 M 3.4 M 3.9 M 3.5 M 7.0 — Percentage of tests failed 10.3 0.0 5.9 11.8 7.1 6.3 7.0 — Percentage of tests failed 4.7 1.8 4.6 5.2 6.2 7.4 7.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 8.7 7.7 7.1 7.8 7.5 7.1 — Overall rating out of 10 7.9 8.7 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.0 down

Highwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Rosemont [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 189 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 205 / 748 129 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.6 68.7 74.0 72.6 74.1 66.1 71.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 71.8 75.5 78.4 78.3 74.4 73.8 — Math 69.3 72.9 76.1 79.7 80.3 66.2 70.2 — Math 68.8 75.4 82.0 74.2 81.6 72.3 75.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 68.9 70.5 70.3 69.7 69.0 73.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.6 76.6 72.1 71.7 77.0 75.5 74.1 — Math 74.8 72.5 70.8 81.9 74.7 67.0 80.2 — Math 72.8 73.8 72.1 74.0 77.9 77.0 71.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.0 F 0.1 M 2.8 F 3.7 F 3.6 F 2.5 F 0.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.6 n/a F 4.3 F 3.2 F 0.2 F 12.0 M 0.1 — Math M 13.2 M 10.8 n/a M 3.1 M 3.2 M 19.8 M 6.9 n/a Math M 10.8 n/a M 6.2 M 1.0 F 1.4 F 5.9 M 8.9 — Percentage of tests failed 16.4 9.9 6.7 3.1 7.1 13.2 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 8.6 11.0 4.0 8.2 4.2 5.8 8.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.6 6.3 7.0 7.7 6.9 4.6 7.1 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 7.1 7.4 7.4 8.4 6.8 7.0 —

North Haven [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 103 Holy Angels [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.7 Rank: 189 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 205 / 748 180 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 67.8 70.1 71.9 70.7 65.5 72.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 74.7 69.6 76.7 73.6 70.2 — Math 77.6 72.1 74.4 74.5 73.3 69.3 79.8 — Math n/a n/a 78.8 77.7 80.6 82.3 79.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 72.4 73.8 73.5 69.6 71.1 70.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 71.3 70.6 71.1 71.9 72.7 — Math 73.6 71.3 72.4 80.3 74.2 76.1 74.4 — Math n/a n/a 70.1 74.9 73.4 73.7 75.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.4 F 5.2 F 4.9 F 7.1 F 2.0 F 9.9 F 7.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 11.8 F 7.3 F 7.0 F 2.8 F 1.3 up Math M 5.1 M 1.4 F 4.3 M 2.4 M 6.9 F 1.3 M 1.9 — Math n/a n/a F 5.5 F 2.6 M 2.7 F 0.9 M 8.0 — Percentage of tests failed 11.8 10.4 6.9 7.5 8.1 8.5 6.9 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 7.4 10.9 3.6 4.3 9.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.7 6.8 7.1 6.5 6.2 7.1 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 6.5 6.6 7.3 7.8 7.0 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 27

Jerry Potts [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 64 Calgary Christian [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 68 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.0 Rank: 205 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 230 / 748 214 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.1 73.2 74.0 73.3 73.6 72.4 73.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.2 72.8 80.1 76.6 74.6 74.8 73.5 down Math n/a 81.2 78.7 77.8 83.7 81.9 85.0 — Math 69.9 74.4 80.8 79.9 83.2 80.2 85.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 77.5 68.8 71.7 71.6 68.2 68.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 67.0 68.0 67.2 69.7 69.9 72.3 up Math 65.1 79.2 68.2 81.4 77.7 72.4 71.3 — Math 69.7 70.3 64.9 72.8 68.6 65.4 74.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.4 F 6.2 F 1.7 F 3.4 F 6.2 M 3.0 F 10.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.8 F 5.6 F 6.4 F 10.2 F 3.7 F 6.2 F 10.3 — Math F 0.5 F 6.0 M 7.1 M 9.9 M 6.5 M 8.5 M 0.4 — Math M 5.2 F 1.3 M 2.6 M 2.8 M 1.7 M 0.4 F 5.9 — Percentage of tests failed 17.2 6.9 6.7 6.1 7.4 10.1 7.9 — Percentage of tests failed 19.4 13.9 12.0 10.5 11.7 9.0 8.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 7.6 6.8 7.2 7.0 6.6 7.0 — Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.9 —

Eugene Coste [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 Westgate [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 82 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.0 Rank: 205 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.0 Rank: 230 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.2 69.6 73.1 69.9 67.7 64.1 68.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.2 70.3 73.4 66.8 67.2 69.8 74.4 — Math 79.7 79.8 81.7 72.0 71.7 70.7 73.3 — Math 70.7 77.3 77.6 71.3 73.8 79.5 86.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.0 73.3 71.0 67.6 69.8 71.2 74.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.8 68.9 66.2 65.1 71.0 68.3 65.2 — Math 77.4 74.8 71.9 72.8 70.4 78.1 76.3 — Math 77.3 74.2 69.6 69.8 76.5 69.7 68.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.5 F 4.8 F 2.2 F 5.9 F 4.1 F 7.4 F 2.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.5 F 6.1 F 0.9 M 2.7 F 5.8 F 1.9 F 5.8 — Math M 12.4 M 4.9 M 4.7 F 2.1 M 8.2 M 3.5 F 1.3 — Math M 4.5 M 0.5 M 10.8 M 4.5 F 6.9 F 2.6 M 1.1 up Percentage of tests failed 8.6 6.9 6.8 11.5 11.7 11.5 10.6 — Percentage of tests failed 9.9 8.0 8.4 11.5 7.5 10.1 8.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.2 7.3 6.2 5.7 6.0 7.0 — Overall rating out of 10 6.9 7.0 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.6 6.9 —

Belvedere Parkway [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 75 St. Andrew [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.9 Rank: 205 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 249 / 748 165 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 64.1 71.2 69.3 70.9 70.3 75.3 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 76.2 74.3 68.4 73.6 78.1 76.5 — Math 63.3 68.3 72.1 68.6 73.3 71.6 78.3 — Math 74.0 83.5 79.7 77.3 78.3 84.9 82.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 69.8 73.5 69.0 67.3 71.6 72.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 71.5 67.6 71.9 73.9 72.3 68.2 — Math 69.7 70.4 75.1 74.9 70.9 74.3 75.6 — Math 68.2 73.6 66.0 78.0 78.8 75.4 72.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.0 F 5.2 F 10.5 F 6.7 F 1.4 F 6.1 M 2.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 10.3 n/a F 8.2 F 5.9 F 2.1 M 1.9 n/a Math M 4.4 M 1.5 F 4.3 F 3.2 M 2.9 F 2.8 M 7.8 — Math M 0.9 F 0.9 n/a F 7.7 F 2.2 M 7.4 M 14.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 21.8 16.3 9.4 14.2 13.3 11.7 10.5 — Percentage of tests failed 11.5 1.7 8.5 8.8 5.1 4.0 7.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 5.9 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.4 7.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.1 7.8 6.7 6.5 7.4 7.9 6.8 —

Alex Ferguson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Wildwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 73 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.5 Rank: 205 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 7.2 Rank: 249 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 69.6 77.2 80.0 86.3 n/a 71.2 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.6 76.0 75.1 75.3 73.9 70.4 76.9 — Math 72.4 85.0 76.7 87.1 91.2 n/a 80.7 n/a Math 76.1 80.7 77.8 75.8 77.9 75.6 79.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 81.0 72.7 80.2 72.1 73.1 n/a 71.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 73.1 73.5 69.1 72.2 65.3 67.9 — Math 81.4 80.3 85.8 88.4 69.9 n/a 76.3 n/a Math 72.5 71.3 72.3 77.5 75.3 69.8 73.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.1 F 4.6 F 3.4 F 11.5 M 1.1 n/a F 4.8 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.0 F 4.8 F 2.3 F 2.3 F 6.0 F 2.6 M 1.0 — Math M 0.2 M 0.7 M 7.5 F 1.2 M 0.9 n/a M 3.0 n/a Math F 3.3 M 0.3 M 2.1 M 3.1 M 5.0 M 8.7 M 8.0 down Percentage of tests failed 7.1 5.7 6.4 0.0 2.6 n/a 11.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 6.1 7.0 5.7 7.5 8.0 12.1 12.3 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.4 7.9 8.0 8.5 8.8 n/a 7.0 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.3 6.8 5.9 6.8 —

Ascension of Our Lord [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 69 Don Bosco [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 77 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 230 / 748 151 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.0 Rank: 249 / 748 214 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 73.2 79.5 72.2 72.2 71.8 69.4 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 72.7 74.1 72.5 73.9 72.8 69.9 — Math n/a 80.9 85.0 80.1 76.6 77.4 77.1 down Math 81.3 83.4 78.9 79.5 81.4 76.5 79.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 71.1 69.7 68.4 69.0 72.9 69.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.4 72.4 69.7 66.1 70.2 70.6 69.2 — Math n/a 71.8 71.7 74.1 73.7 80.2 76.7 — Math 75.9 76.1 65.8 72.6 72.9 73.1 75.9 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 5.9 F 4.6 M 1.3 M 1.4 F 5.8 F 1.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.3 F 3.9 F 4.3 F 6.8 F 3.7 F 10.3 F 1.5 — Math n/a M 5.1 F 1.7 M 9.3 M 3.7 M 0.4 F 3.0 — Math F 2.5 F 1.1 M 0.2 M 3.5 M 0.2 F 4.8 M 5.4 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 5.3 4.0 6.8 8.5 7.5 9.9 — Percentage of tests failed 7.1 4.4 8.3 8.1 7.7 8.7 11.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a C A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 7.3 7.9 6.9 6.8 7.4 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 7.6 7.9 7.0 6.7 7.2 6.5 6.8 —

St. Margaret [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Haultain Memorial [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.4 Rank: 230 / 748 165 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 249 / 748 264 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.1 71.9 71.4 76.8 68.1 69.3 70.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.6 68.7 71.4 76.4 74.6 72.3 71.4 — Math 68.0 78.3 79.1 80.8 77.1 84.0 77.9 — Math 72.7 73.7 71.7 76.0 77.9 81.2 82.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 71.9 75.2 72.1 70.2 72.8 72.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 64.3 67.5 65.9 67.3 65.6 70.1 — Math 73.3 83.6 78.6 81.5 73.6 74.4 77.6 — Math 68.0 68.4 68.3 70.1 71.7 67.6 76.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.1 F 4.0 F 2.6 F 4.0 F 2.0 F 5.5 F 4.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.4 F 6.1 F 3.9 F 8.9 F 1.0 M 0.1 F 5.9 — Math F 2.8 M 7.8 M 5.2 M 0.1 M 7.2 F 1.5 M 6.1 — Math M 3.6 M 5.0 M 3.0 F 1.0 M 9.3 M 8.5 F 1.7 — Percentage of tests failed 16.7 4.5 5.0 6.3 10.6 12.4 9.5 — Percentage of tests failed 17.4 15.2 12.8 11.3 6.2 7.1 14.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 7.6 7.6 7.9 6.3 7.0 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 5.7 5.8 6.1 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.8 up 28 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Father Scollen [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys [Francophone] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.8 Rank: 249 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 265 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.0 68.5 71.0 66.0 68.6 72.3 71.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.5 63.9 65.7 61.1 66.8 64.2 68.5 — Math 78.9 79.8 79.8 74.5 72.6 83.7 88.6 — Math 77.0 81.7 81.6 75.8 77.9 75.1 79.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.4 63.2 63.9 67.3 73.2 68.6 66.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 71.1 69.8 71.3 72.3 74.3 71.7 — Math 78.1 68.5 70.0 73.4 75.2 71.5 73.7 — Math 75.8 80.8 74.2 77.6 83.6 77.4 79.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.9 M 0.1 F 7.5 F 7.0 F 3.8 F 1.2 F 5.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.0 F 3.1 F 4.7 F 7.6 F 4.9 F 7.7 F 4.3 — Math F 2.1 M 10.6 F 3.2 F 3.6 M 3.9 M 11.1 M 0.2 — Math M 0.2 M 6.7 F 0.2 F 4.6 M 5.0 F 5.7 F 6.1 down Percentage of tests failed 3.6 17.8 10.6 10.5 11.5 11.6 12.7 — Percentage of tests failed 12.4 7.8 7.6 10.7 9.8 12.0 7.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.1 5.8 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.8 up Overall rating out of 10 6.2 7.0 6.9 6.0 6.4 5.8 6.7 —

Calgary Arts Academy [Charter] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 Kingsland [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 249 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 265 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 73.3 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 65.8 69.3 71.2 73.0 75.9 74.3 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 74.0 n/a Math 79.3 67.9 76.6 70.5 75.0 81.9 70.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 74.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.1 63.4 70.3 64.6 68.6 67.7 69.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 73.7 n/a Math 71.3 67.1 70.3 69.1 70.1 65.6 70.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 8.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.9 F 1.6 F 3.9 F 6.3 M 0.4 F 3.4 M 1.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 7.6 n/a Math M 7.9 M 9.5 F 0.2 M 4.1 M 16.1 F 9.4 M 5.6 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 7.3 19.0 9.5 10.9 9.6 10.7 6.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.8 n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.5 4.9 6.7 5.7 5.7 6.1 6.7 —

Thorncliffe [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 St. Alphonsus [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 265 / 748 111 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 265 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 71.9 74.5 71.8 73.6 67.6 74.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 74.7 75.8 79.7 72.2 n/a 65.8 n/a Math 73.2 84.3 81.5 74.4 84.7 74.0 78.3 — Math 72.1 81.7 86.2 77.5 80.7 n/a 79.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.4 63.8 68.5 76.9 74.0 75.3 71.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 67.6 73.0 71.4 66.5 n/a 74.4 n/a Math 64.9 65.7 72.1 86.5 84.4 77.4 71.7 — Math 72.0 58.3 68.2 77.8 58.3 n/a 74.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.5 F 9.4 F 6.5 F 0.5 F 1.0 n/a F 8.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 6.6 F 6.3 n/a F 11.2 n/a F 6.9 n/a Math M 3.4 M 3.2 F 3.0 M 3.9 F 3.3 n/a F 10.4 n/a Math n/a F 3.3 M 5.0 n/a M 4.2 n/a M 7.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 17.4 16.5 2.6 4.7 0.8 7.8 4.8 — Percentage of tests failed 13.8 9.7 7.1 8.3 17.0 n/a 6.1 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D n/a B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D n/a B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.1 7.4 8.0 8.4 7.2 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.8 6.6 7.3 7.6 5.1 n/a 6.7 n/a

Sundance [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 70 Altadore [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 265 / 748 151 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.5 Rank: 286 / 748 69 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.1 73.5 79.2 74.8 72.6 72.5 67.0 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.2 73.1 76.9 76.5 76.3 80.4 69.6 — Math 75.4 86.0 86.4 81.6 81.0 80.0 72.6 down Math 80.6 82.6 85.3 84.7 85.1 92.6 76.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 68.7 74.0 65.5 72.7 71.5 72.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 66.6 76.2 73.3 69.2 73.2 73.4 — Math 71.6 67.7 80.7 69.7 79.9 76.3 80.0 — Math 57.8 61.9 77.9 86.5 80.2 77.0 81.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.4 F 14.9 F 7.1 F 5.9 F 5.0 F 8.0 F 8.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.5 F 3.6 F 6.9 F 1.5 F 4.2 F 0.9 F 10.5 — Math F 0.5 F 2.8 F 0.8 F 4.3 F 4.8 F 1.3 E — Math M 9.1 M 15.4 F 1.6 M 2.0 M 4.3 M 14.4 F 2.4 — Percentage of tests failed 12.3 14.3 3.8 10.8 6.9 6.8 9.1 — Percentage of tests failed 15.0 11.2 3.0 3.2 1.9 8.3 12.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 6.3 8.4 6.6 7.2 7.2 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.0 8.2 8.6 7.8 7.9 6.6 down

St. Michael [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Rosedale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 15.4 Rank: 265 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 286 / 748 69 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.4 67.4 74.6 73.1 65.5 65.1 68.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.5 73.3 79.7 75.5 80.6 78.6 76.0 — Math 75.9 73.9 80.9 76.0 74.7 78.8 80.2 — Math 72.1 80.3 82.0 75.0 83.9 87.4 86.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 69.2 68.7 75.3 71.9 75.3 74.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.6 75.2 76.1 71.5 77.9 80.3 67.5 — Math 71.3 69.6 70.1 84.1 81.0 80.6 77.2 — Math 83.7 81.4 74.4 78.5 84.2 86.1 69.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.9 M 0.5 M 0.2 M 1.1 F 2.4 E F 6.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 4.6 F 7.2 F 14.5 F 4.1 F 3.4 F 8.9 — Math F 3.0 M 9.9 M 12.6 M 2.4 M 6.5 M 7.2 M 1.7 — Math M 6.8 F 2.9 M 2.4 F 7.7 M 5.0 M 3.9 M 1.5 — Percentage of tests failed 8.8 14.6 10.5 6.4 10.3 17.2 16.1 — Percentage of tests failed 8.6 3.3 3.8 7.3 0.9 0.0 13.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B A n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.1 6.5 7.9 6.4 6.6 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 7.7 8.1 8.0 6.5 8.6 9.3 6.6 —

Riverbend [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 88 Father Doucet [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 65 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 265 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.1 Rank: 286 / 748 165 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 67.1 72.1 69.9 70.0 70.6 66.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.5 73.2 72.8 72.2 74.3 77.8 73.0 — Math 67.7 75.0 77.7 75.4 76.4 78.1 77.6 — Math 85.4 73.4 77.2 75.8 76.8 86.5 83.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 68.8 67.4 66.7 71.3 71.1 72.4 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.2 68.0 70.8 69.6 71.3 71.5 70.4 — Math 66.2 63.3 73.2 73.5 73.8 72.0 77.4 — Math 74.4 71.0 72.6 68.9 70.6 77.0 71.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.3 F 0.3 F 4.9 F 3.3 F 1.2 F 2.7 F 1.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.4 F 6.4 F 1.1 F 2.4 M 1.4 F 2.2 F 7.3 down Math M 7.6 M 2.6 F 2.8 M 2.3 M 4.4 M 5.0 M 10.2 down Math M 0.5 M 5.5 M 2.7 M 0.4 M 11.2 M 1.3 F 5.4 — Percentage of tests failed 13.0 14.1 6.0 9.8 7.3 5.5 7.8 — Percentage of tests failed 3.7 8.6 8.8 8.4 8.5 6.9 12.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.3 6.9 6.6 6.9 7.1 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 8.3 6.6 7.1 6.9 6.6 8.1 6.6 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 29

Janet Johnstone [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 69 Alex Munro [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.4 Rank: 286 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 309 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.7 71.0 72.6 70.3 71.9 74.7 70.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 67.1 67.3 69.6 68.4 67.2 64.1 — Math 69.9 77.8 72.8 74.0 82.4 81.4 80.0 — Math 64.8 67.0 68.8 73.5 77.2 69.5 75.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 75.5 74.7 71.9 70.2 68.1 70.1 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 73.0 71.6 70.8 71.7 69.0 70.0 — Math 68.3 79.3 79.1 79.9 77.5 70.7 74.3 down Math 69.9 76.6 70.3 78.7 71.7 69.4 81.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.3 E F 1.2 F 7.5 F 3.3 F 7.8 F 7.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.0 F 7.6 M 0.5 F 9.7 F 2.4 F 2.3 F 5.8 — Math M 2.4 F 2.0 M 5.6 F 1.4 M 7.1 F 3.3 F 1.1 — Math M 4.8 F 1.5 M 3.1 M 0.5 M 5.4 M 0.7 M 3.9 — Percentage of tests failed 14.9 5.6 7.2 6.2 4.8 8.0 12.5 — Percentage of tests failed 19.2 7.6 15.6 7.0 7.1 17.5 8.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 8.0 7.3 7.1 7.2 6.8 6.6 down Overall rating out of 10 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.8 6.6 5.8 6.5 —

Fred Seymour [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 St. Joseph [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 286 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.8 Rank: 309 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 68.9 72.0 75.2 68.6 71.4 74.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.6 71.7 73.3 75.2 72.6 73.7 71.2 — Math 77.7 78.3 82.2 80.2 77.3 76.7 81.0 — Math 62.8 78.9 77.7 79.7 80.2 81.2 81.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.5 71.6 67.9 66.9 70.2 71.5 70.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.3 64.7 61.9 66.5 68.3 64.1 65.6 — Math 74.2 78.3 67.3 69.3 80.8 73.1 78.0 — Math 65.5 67.8 55.9 68.7 70.5 70.4 75.0 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 5.5 F 7.7 F 17.2 F 3.9 F 4.4 F 13.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.1 F 6.0 F 1.7 F 5.8 F 4.8 F 7.8 F 5.8 — Math M 2.8 M 6.2 F 3.2 M 0.7 M 5.2 M 3.1 F 5.4 — Math M 10.6 F 0.2 M 15.1 M 7.9 M 11.3 F 9.6 M 3.5 — Percentage of tests failed 10.9 6.4 4.9 10.3 4.2 8.3 8.6 — Percentage of tests failed 23.8 8.2 14.3 13.2 7.5 9.8 12.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.2 7.0 6.9 6.6 — Overall rating out of 10 4.9 6.8 5.1 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.5 —

Captain John Palliser [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 98 Glenbrook [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 286 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.1 Rank: 309 / 748 510 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.4 69.9 72.3 67.1 70.1 64.2 69.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.6 63.4 70.4 72.3 67.5 63.5 67.5 — Math 79.9 76.5 76.4 73.4 76.7 71.6 71.9 — Math 62.0 63.7 68.3 80.3 70.9 65.8 81.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 67.8 71.1 65.2 67.8 66.3 68.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.6 61.5 65.6 59.1 67.5 68.5 70.7 — Math 71.5 68.8 71.8 75.7 75.0 72.0 76.3 — Math 64.2 59.4 67.6 61.6 69.3 68.9 72.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.0 F 8.8 F 2.1 F 0.9 F 7.7 F 8.2 F 1.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.5 F 6.3 F 15.2 F 9.5 F 11.0 F 11.2 F 2.7 — Math F 1.9 F 1.9 M 2.0 M 2.3 M 0.3 F 4.6 M 2.0 — Math M 0.8 F 3.2 F 8.2 F 2.2 F 14.2 F 6.9 M 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 11.5 16.0 10.3 11.4 11.2 11.8 12.0 — Percentage of tests failed 24.4 29.9 20.5 21.9 12.5 25.4 11.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 6.1 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.5 6.6 — Overall rating out of 10 4.9 4.0 4.2 5.0 4.5 4.0 6.5 —

St. Luke [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 St. Catherine [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 309 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 13.5 Rank: 329 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 71.8 73.8 72.0 72.0 67.9 71.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.2 71.1 73.5 72.5 74.9 76.3 67.3 — Math 68.9 75.3 70.5 70.2 74.5 76.3 72.8 — Math 75.6 75.2 72.4 76.6 75.7 81.4 70.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.3 71.9 70.6 67.7 74.6 69.9 70.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.2 70.9 73.9 68.4 77.1 70.7 80.7 — Math 78.8 76.4 74.7 77.7 89.6 77.2 79.1 — Math 75.5 68.8 69.9 72.6 74.7 75.9 85.4 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 4.2 F 4.5 F 4.1 F 2.3 F 1.7 M 2.9 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.7 F 10.9 F 5.9 F 8.6 F 6.4 F 2.3 F 7.3 — Math F 4.1 M 1.3 M 3.1 M 6.2 F 2.7 M 1.3 M 8.5 — Math M 4.8 F 8.3 F 9.0 M 4.5 F 1.5 M 6.7 F 3.7 — Percentage of tests failed 5.3 5.6 4.4 8.6 2.8 5.6 9.1 — Percentage of tests failed 7.6 10.0 9.9 11.9 6.5 11.8 19.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D A D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.4 7.0 6.4 7.7 7.1 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 7.9 6.1 6.3 6.3 7.3 7.1 6.4 —

Woodlands [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 66 Glendale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.0 Rank: 309 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.6 Rank: 329 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 71.7 81.2 74.1 74.4 72.9 73.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.4 63.5 76.2 73.1 69.7 70.7 73.7 — Math 78.9 77.9 85.6 78.2 80.8 81.9 77.9 — Math 64.9 62.7 69.3 79.7 77.0 81.2 83.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 65.7 69.7 69.7 73.3 71.4 68.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.2 67.2 72.2 66.0 69.4 74.2 63.2 — Math 71.0 68.0 66.0 73.5 76.1 75.4 73.9 — Math 69.2 74.8 73.7 73.5 74.1 72.0 67.2 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.4 F 11.7 M 3.6 F 12.2 F 3.5 F 10.2 F 7.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.1 n/a n/a M 3.5 F 6.9 F 3.6 F 0.1 n/a Math F 5.1 F 3.1 M 13.1 F 3.5 M 3.0 F 3.1 F 4.1 — Math F 1.7 n/a n/a M 14.1 M 1.6 F 5.6 M 2.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.8 13.5 6.8 11.9 5.6 7.6 10.5 — Percentage of tests failed 18.6 22.2 6.8 4.4 6.6 9.2 19.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 6.0 7.0 6.3 7.5 7.0 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 5.6 4.7 7.0 6.6 6.6 7.0 6.4 —

Silver Springs [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 St. Brigid [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 309 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.0 Rank: 329 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 71.0 74.2 70.8 71.6 76.6 71.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.1 n/a Math 81.0 85.0 79.0 74.5 83.1 83.5 77.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 82.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.6 69.7 71.1 68.2 75.3 66.4 65.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.0 n/a Math 72.5 73.0 72.4 77.7 83.3 62.4 64.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.6 F 5.2 F 5.2 F 9.0 F 7.9 F 3.0 M 2.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 1.0 n/a Math M 7.5 F 3.5 M 0.3 F 2.6 F 5.1 M 6.3 F 0.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 3.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.5 8.8 7.9 6.4 3.4 14.7 10.4 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.7 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.7 7.5 6.3 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.4 n/a 30 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

St. Monica [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Queen Elizabeth [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 18.3 Rank: 329 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 16.1 Rank: 369 / 748 340 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 76.2 76.2 72.1 n/a 68.5 70.2 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 64.8 73.4 69.6 72.5 73.2 71.3 — Math 79.0 78.6 77.3 77.1 n/a 72.6 79.5 n/a Math 64.6 74.8 77.4 75.9 82.2 69.8 73.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.8 69.1 70.3 71.3 n/a 70.2 69.4 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 62.4 67.0 64.3 68.7 66.8 70.8 — Math 83.5 76.3 78.2 74.7 n/a 75.4 78.0 n/a Math 72.9 66.6 63.0 67.9 73.8 63.3 76.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.5 F 12.1 M 2.0 F 16.0 n/a M 0.2 F 9.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.1 F 8.4 F 0.1 M 0.3 M 0.4 M 1.9 F 5.3 down Math M 8.0 F 6.3 F 3.7 F 10.9 n/a F 1.3 F 1.9 n/a Math M 13.2 M 4.8 M 3.5 M 12.4 M 4.4 M 8.3 M 9.8 — Percentage of tests failed 5.8 13.1 6.6 11.3 n/a 11.6 13.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed 20.3 20.0 11.5 15.1 6.8 21.8 13.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.1 6.5 7.5 5.7 n/a 6.8 6.4 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.4 5.1 6.5 5.6 7.2 5.1 6.2 —

St. James [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 St. Pius X [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 15.1 Rank: 353 / 748 165 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 369 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 71.6 77.7 74.1 69.8 68.9 73.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.0 71.8 74.5 74.1 69.2 65.9 68.3 down Math 67.0 80.4 80.1 78.9 85.7 79.8 87.1 — Math 81.1 80.2 70.0 71.5 68.1 63.3 70.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.5 76.7 75.2 71.5 74.9 76.5 68.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.8 71.4 71.5 65.4 70.7 65.9 68.8 — Math 74.8 73.9 77.3 76.2 81.3 80.0 75.0 — Math 79.2 77.9 74.9 72.8 80.7 68.5 76.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.1 F 11.7 F 8.4 M 2.0 F 0.3 F 4.7 F 10.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.9 M 1.2 F 14.9 F 2.2 F 1.7 F 5.4 F 6.2 — Math M 13.8 F 6.1 F 2.5 M 12.2 M 3.5 M 4.4 F 0.7 — Math M 0.9 M 9.3 F 15.2 M 7.0 M 2.8 M 0.7 M 3.3 up Percentage of tests failed 10.5 4.2 6.3 9.4 6.3 12.2 17.8 down Percentage of tests failed 5.6 4.0 4.8 6.3 9.2 16.4 8.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 7.2 7.6 6.8 7.8 7.2 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.4 5.7 6.5 6.4 5.0 6.2 —

Maple Ridge [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 St. Hubert [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 34 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.9 Rank: 353 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 12.7 Rank: 369 / 748 404 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.8 71.2 74.8 73.1 69.4 67.9 70.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.3 72.5 72.4 72.9 63.8 66.5 65.8 — Math 63.7 74.9 79.8 77.2 75.1 69.3 77.6 — Math 66.7 79.7 72.5 80.1 70.6 62.1 72.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 71.9 69.2 65.3 73.1 70.9 71.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.5 73.4 69.6 68.9 67.3 66.1 70.7 — Math 74.1 75.1 71.5 77.3 81.0 77.8 82.6 up Math 78.6 76.8 74.7 76.2 68.2 63.9 78.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.5 F 1.2 F 2.0 F 4.5 M 1.1 F 4.1 E — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 7.8 F 1.2 F 1.1 F 10.9 M 0.2 F 3.9 M 1.4 — Math M 5.5 M 4.0 M 0.6 M 6.7 F 3.6 M 3.1 M 16.3 — Math M 17.1 M 4.5 M 8.1 M 6.2 M 12.4 M 3.5 M 3.7 — Percentage of tests failed 15.2 6.9 7.6 8.4 5.8 19.4 14.3 — Percentage of tests failed 11.2 6.1 6.8 8.4 15.1 23.4 16.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 7.3 7.4 6.7 7.3 5.8 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 6.1 7.7 6.7 6.6 5.0 4.5 6.2 —

Midnapore [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 72 Falconridge [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 79 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.8 Rank: 353 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 369 / 748 496 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.6 67.8 68.5 73.3 71.5 69.6 70.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.9 58.6 66.9 63.7 62.1 66.5 67.2 — Math 78.3 77.7 68.9 74.2 81.2 76.7 75.7 — Math 52.3 51.8 66.8 66.1 63.2 67.2 74.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.8 70.2 70.7 69.8 70.5 71.7 70.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.4 62.2 61.0 61.8 62.2 64.5 66.7 — Math 74.1 62.6 67.6 79.2 72.3 73.0 71.1 — Math 56.3 64.9 65.1 61.5 61.1 66.9 71.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.2 F 3.9 F 6.1 F 4.9 F 5.7 F 2.9 F 7.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.1 F 8.4 F 0.6 F 2.4 F 2.1 F 3.8 F 2.8 — Math M 7.1 M 6.3 F 2.7 M 4.4 M 8.3 M 10.9 F 3.7 — Math F 2.1 F 8.5 M 3.7 M 3.0 M 2.9 F 1.5 M 0.2 up Percentage of tests failed 7.5 15.6 13.0 4.6 9.7 7.9 10.9 — Percentage of tests failed 44.9 35.6 17.1 21.6 24.9 18.5 14.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.5 6.0 5.8 7.2 6.3 6.5 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 2.3 2.7 5.0 4.5 3.8 5.2 6.2 —

St. Wilfrid [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 69 Bearspaw [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 65 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 353 / 748 429 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 369 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 71.3 71.8 67.4 65.5 65.4 69.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.0 67.9 n/a Math 77.6 70.2 74.7 77.1 66.3 68.5 73.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.3 73.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 71.5 66.1 66.9 69.4 69.2 67.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.8 72.2 n/a Math 69.0 75.2 68.2 73.3 69.5 69.1 75.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.0 73.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.5 M 0.1 F 13.2 F 8.2 F 3.6 F 9.4 F 1.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 2.3 F 5.7 n/a Math M 1.9 M 0.5 F 5.7 M 5.8 M 1.2 F 5.4 M 3.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 1.3 F 4.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.0 11.1 13.1 12.5 16.8 18.7 15.3 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 8.1 13.7 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 7.2 5.4 5.9 5.3 4.9 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.0 6.2 n/a

King George [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 81 St. Clare [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 34 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 353 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 369 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 67.3 n/a 70.1 75.9 71.0 70.4 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.3 n/a Math 70.2 70.2 74.9 70.6 75.8 74.4 68.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 79.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 64.3 68.0 65.5 67.1 63.1 68.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 68.1 n/a Math 70.3 66.1 63.1 71.9 69.6 66.1 78.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.0 F 4.5 F 3.5 F 2.4 F 3.3 F 2.0 F 1.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 4.6 n/a Math F 1.5 M 4.5 M 0.8 M 3.2 F 8.0 F 0.2 M 9.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 3.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.5 19.7 32.1 15.2 13.0 11.2 11.0 up Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 10.1 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B n/a B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 5.2 n/a 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.3 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.2 n/a Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 31

St. Augustine [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Beddington Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 76 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.1 Rank: 395 / 748 139 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 414 / 748 264 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.3 64.6 79.2 78.2 72.9 74.7 67.7 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.8 63.1 73.0 68.3 70.6 71.8 66.1 — Math 64.5 66.4 84.1 84.9 84.0 84.2 73.8 — Math 59.3 65.5 75.0 74.9 77.7 78.6 73.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 71.6 76.5 67.8 65.8 72.7 72.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 68.6 67.1 66.6 67.8 73.0 66.5 — Math 78.8 81.3 74.1 63.6 81.7 78.1 77.4 — Math 68.4 73.4 66.2 75.0 74.5 78.0 73.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 1.7 F 9.7 F 2.6 n/a F 2.9 F 10.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.8 F 8.6 F 2.8 F 3.6 F 0.3 F 4.6 F 3.6 — Math F 2.4 M 6.0 F 0.5 M 3.8 n/a F 6.3 M 3.0 n/a Math M 5.7 M 4.3 M 4.9 M 6.0 M 7.9 M 0.4 M 2.0 — Percentage of tests failed 18.6 11.7 4.2 10.8 1.2 8.4 14.6 — Percentage of tests failed 23.4 15.7 8.0 13.3 11.1 5.7 14.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.1 6.5 8.0 7.0 8.0 7.6 6.1 — Overall rating out of 10 5.1 5.4 6.5 6.1 6.4 7.6 6.0 —

St. Cyril [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 St. Bede [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.4 Rank: 395 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.4 Rank: 414 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.0 72.1 75.5 76.0 76.4 66.5 72.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.3 73.3 72.2 69.7 61.5 69.6 67.8 — Math 72.9 77.1 80.9 82.0 74.1 67.4 78.6 — Math 80.5 76.7 78.0 76.2 70.5 75.6 72.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.0 75.7 73.8 74.0 75.4 71.4 64.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 74.5 72.8 69.0 71.3 66.9 67.2 down Math 81.5 82.0 76.1 81.7 82.9 65.2 63.9 down Math 75.5 76.0 75.2 74.8 76.5 68.1 72.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.6 F 8.6 F 5.6 F 0.4 M 1.3 F 0.3 F 2.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 8.1 M 2.8 F 6.4 E F 5.1 F 6.4 — Math M 6.8 F 2.8 F 0.2 M 6.5 M 7.3 M 9.6 M 0.9 — Math M 6.1 F 0.7 M 9.6 M 8.8 M 1.1 M 3.3 F 0.7 up Percentage of tests failed 7.9 3.6 6.1 6.8 7.8 13.3 16.9 down Percentage of tests failed 6.4 8.0 8.7 8.5 13.0 14.6 14.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.9 7.4 5.7 6.1 down Overall rating out of 10 7.9 7.4 6.8 6.3 6.1 5.9 6.0 down

Cambrian Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 Collingwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.3 Rank: 395 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.6 Rank: 414 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 70.6 76.6 68.6 74.8 71.3 70.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 69.8 67.9 70.9 67.9 67.6 73.9 — Math 71.4 78.2 78.9 74.5 84.9 69.8 85.0 — Math 74.3 69.0 69.4 73.2 73.2 70.0 76.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.6 70.9 74.0 71.6 71.6 69.9 67.8 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 70.2 66.8 67.8 67.9 68.4 69.5 — Math 72.4 74.6 72.6 80.3 82.2 70.7 74.4 — Math 66.7 71.6 65.1 71.2 70.2 66.1 67.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.9 F 5.2 F 1.3 F 4.5 F 6.7 F 3.3 F 12.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.2 F 12.1 F 4.3 F 8.6 M 5.3 M 2.5 F 4.0 — Math M 9.6 M 0.7 M 2.1 M 5.7 M 2.6 M 0.9 F 5.2 — Math F 6.8 M 0.2 M 4.0 F 0.7 M 12.8 M 10.9 M 9.6 — Percentage of tests failed 10.3 7.4 3.1 7.6 4.2 17.4 12.8 — Percentage of tests failed 17.3 15.4 15.6 14.4 10.5 15.7 14.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 7.3 7.9 6.9 7.7 6.1 6.1 down Overall rating out of 10 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.0 5.4 5.2 6.0 —

Monsignor A. J. Hetherington [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 111 St. Mark [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 395 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 17.1 Rank: 414 / 748 479 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 64.7 72.4 65.0 68.9 68.9 70.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.6 69.3 67.7 61.6 64.6 71.8 74.4 up Math 54.4 69.8 72.2 71.5 78.3 76.3 76.9 — Math 66.1 76.8 70.9 64.0 65.5 80.2 82.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.6 71.7 67.9 67.0 68.8 71.1 67.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 63.9 64.5 62.0 61.1 61.9 66.8 — Math 73.2 75.0 70.3 69.2 74.5 69.1 70.2 — Math 79.7 63.9 69.7 68.7 72.3 65.0 71.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.9 F 8.0 F 6.3 M 2.2 F 7.8 F 1.9 F 7.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.5 F 10.5 F 7.8 F 9.3 F 1.6 F 0.6 F 0.4 up Math M 3.5 M 1.9 F 1.6 M 7.0 F 2.0 E F 2.0 — Math M 0.1 F 3.0 M 0.7 F 12.0 F 2.0 M 9.1 M 13.7 — Percentage of tests failed 22.1 13.6 10.7 16.2 6.9 8.6 12.7 — Percentage of tests failed 14.2 13.7 11.2 22.4 19.4 22.6 19.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 6.1 6.3 5.5 6.5 7.0 6.1 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 5.7 5.7 3.7 4.8 5.2 6.0 —

Willow Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 77 Braeside [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.8 Rank: 395 / 748 458 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 436 / 748 264 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 73.2 68.9 63.7 66.8 64.2 74.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.0 70.9 73.4 71.3 72.0 69.7 67.0 down Math 68.3 85.1 76.0 70.4 73.4 66.7 81.7 — Math 71.8 81.6 80.3 77.2 79.7 76.7 74.8 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 69.3 70.2 64.0 67.5 64.6 66.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.3 68.7 68.4 62.2 71.5 70.2 66.7 — Math 68.3 72.7 72.6 70.1 67.8 63.3 69.3 — Math 74.1 72.2 68.2 65.1 75.3 75.2 74.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.5 F 7.4 F 4.5 F 2.8 F 2.9 F 1.7 F 7.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.7 F 3.8 F 6.7 M 3.7 F 0.9 F 6.2 F 8.1 — Math M 5.8 F 0.1 M 6.5 M 11.7 M 2.1 M 10.4 M 4.8 — Math M 0.1 M 3.6 M 2.4 M 15.3 M 3.0 M 1.3 F 2.8 — Percentage of tests failed 17.9 8.8 14.7 19.1 15.0 21.0 16.1 — Percentage of tests failed 16.6 9.2 8.9 13.6 3.1 8.6 12.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 7.3 6.0 4.8 5.6 4.3 6.1 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 7.0 6.7 5.3 7.6 6.8 5.9 —

Valley View [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 40 University School [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 18.9 Rank: 395 / 748 548 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.6 Rank: 436 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 49.8 55.3 58.2 66.0 72.3 71.8 69.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 70.4 71.7 72.2 74.0 75.3 71.8 — Math 47.1 56.9 56.3 70.0 71.1 71.6 77.6 up Math 73.6 78.1 74.3 74.2 76.4 81.6 74.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.5 56.0 61.3 58.2 60.2 65.5 66.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.6 69.3 69.2 68.3 70.1 70.2 71.8 up Math 45.8 49.0 56.0 60.9 55.4 53.1 69.1 — Math 75.9 77.1 70.8 73.9 80.3 77.0 68.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.3 F 3.3 F 3.1 F 5.4 F 2.6 F 8.5 F 0.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.9 F 5.9 M 9.2 F 1.6 M 1.4 F 10.3 F 9.3 — Math M 1.9 M 0.8 M 3.2 F 2.3 M 7.8 F 5.0 M 2.4 — Math M 8.6 F 1.7 M 7.8 M 7.6 M 12.1 M 0.4 F 4.6 — Percentage of tests failed 62.2 44.2 34.3 22.9 20.5 24.3 19.5 up Percentage of tests failed 10.0 11.3 10.0 12.1 9.4 9.3 14.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 0.2 2.2 2.6 4.4 4.3 4.3 6.1 up Overall rating out of 10 7.6 7.0 5.9 6.4 6.6 7.1 5.9 — 32 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Ranchlands [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 85 Corpus Christi [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.8 Rank: 436 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 455 / 748 516 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 69.8 71.9 74.2 70.9 74.4 71.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 72.7 70.6 61.0 70.8 60.3 65.4 — Math 74.2 76.2 76.8 73.7 73.6 76.7 76.4 — Math 59.7 72.4 74.7 67.6 81.9 68.4 84.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.0 68.4 68.1 66.1 69.1 68.3 67.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.8 68.0 62.9 64.1 73.3 60.5 65.1 — Math 67.8 66.9 68.3 73.8 71.3 70.2 69.3 — Math 71.1 72.1 60.3 64.1 76.7 67.6 68.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.8 F 5.8 F 6.5 F 6.8 F 0.3 F 4.8 M 2.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.6 F 2.3 n/a F 14.8 F 8.8 F 4.6 M 5.0 n/a Math F 1.0 M 2.1 F 1.3 M 4.7 M 8.7 F 0.7 M 10.2 — Math M 4.4 M 1.8 n/a F 5.4 F 17.0 M 14.1 M 7.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 18.8 13.0 12.1 10.5 12.6 11.8 15.8 — Percentage of tests failed 28.3 6.5 11.4 24.3 25.0 15.1 12.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.7 5.9 — Overall rating out of 10 5.2 7.1 5.5 3.6 4.7 4.1 5.8 —

Cedarbrae [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 Stanley Jones [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.7 Rank: 436 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.2 Rank: 473 / 748 447 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.5 66.3 75.5 64.8 67.4 67.5 66.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.0 70.6 70.3 65.2 66.1 71.4 70.2 — Math 65.2 74.2 76.9 72.2 70.5 73.3 74.3 — Math 77.7 77.7 77.1 76.5 78.0 77.9 82.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 66.6 67.6 64.8 67.8 69.5 65.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.4 64.4 60.4 65.6 62.8 62.0 65.7 — Math 64.0 65.3 66.4 67.2 70.6 72.8 66.5 — Math 68.8 67.1 61.4 74.4 68.6 66.3 71.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.6 F 4.6 F 9.3 F 6.7 F 2.0 F 1.9 F 2.3 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.1 F 5.3 F 8.8 F 0.1 F 2.5 F 1.1 n/a n/a Math M 0.4 M 7.7 F 2.6 M 7.8 M 2.8 M 3.3 F 0.6 — Math F 3.8 F 3.3 M 2.1 M 7.5 M 4.2 M 6.1 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 24.3 15.2 9.1 15.3 9.8 6.5 14.8 — Percentage of tests failed 15.1 12.6 18.7 11.1 17.0 19.3 18.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.8 5.6 6.4 5.1 6.1 6.8 5.9 — Overall rating out of 10 6.1 6.3 5.0 6.2 5.3 5.5 5.7 —

Brentwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 90 Ogden [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 436 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.2 Rank: 473 / 748 496 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 63.3 69.3 68.5 68.4 71.1 68.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.9 63.4 66.8 67.8 63.5 61.8 68.2 — Math 66.9 66.9 71.5 69.1 71.3 76.0 69.5 — Math 63.6 70.3 76.5 68.9 64.2 58.4 76.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 70.9 66.6 66.9 68.4 70.4 68.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.5 61.0 60.1 61.6 64.4 67.4 66.1 up Math 69.6 72.3 69.7 73.1 71.4 70.4 70.7 down Math 54.7 64.7 55.1 64.9 61.6 63.9 69.6 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.2 F 5.4 F 2.3 F 8.6 E F 6.3 F 2.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.5 F 11.2 F 2.0 F 6.0 F 1.4 F 4.0 F 1.3 — Math M 5.7 M 0.1 M 2.2 M 1.5 M 6.1 F 0.9 M 4.6 — Math M 4.4 M 1.5 M 5.8 F 0.5 M 2.8 M 5.2 M 9.3 — Percentage of tests failed 18.1 19.4 12.2 15.4 14.7 10.2 15.6 — Percentage of tests failed 31.1 21.8 19.9 15.5 22.7 17.7 16.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 5.7 6.1 5.6 5.8 6.6 5.9 — Overall rating out of 10 3.8 4.7 4.7 5.3 4.2 4.5 5.7 —

St. Matthew [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Monterey Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 436 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 5.4 Rank: 473 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.3 67.7 n/a 65.8 n/a 63.1 67.2 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.0 n/a Math 70.9 73.5 n/a 70.0 n/a 72.8 76.4 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.8 73.1 n/a 66.2 n/a 63.2 71.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.7 n/a Math 84.7 69.8 n/a 71.2 n/a 66.9 65.4 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.5 F 5.8 n/a F 12.1 n/a F 3.2 F 8.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 7.8 n/a Math M 1.5 E n/a M 2.4 n/a M 9.6 F 0.4 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 4.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.5 14.5 n/a 19.6 n/a 20.5 14.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.5 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.6 6.5 n/a 4.9 n/a 4.5 5.9 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.7 n/a

Holy Name [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Menno Simons [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 455 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.2 Rank: 473 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.1 66.5 74.9 73.9 71.8 71.5 63.1 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 72.7 n/a n/a 80.1 73.1 n/a Math 58.0 73.0 76.7 76.1 78.7 84.7 58.1 — Math n/a n/a 81.0 n/a n/a 84.4 74.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.7 73.5 71.3 67.1 68.5 68.1 72.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 70.3 n/a n/a 70.6 67.5 n/a Math 71.9 80.2 73.9 80.6 70.0 72.2 77.4 — Math n/a n/a 64.0 n/a n/a 68.1 64.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.4 F 5.1 F 3.9 F 6.2 M 1.0 F 7.5 M 1.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 3.5 n/a n/a F 4.1 F 5.3 n/a Math F 0.3 F 4.1 M 1.3 M 6.5 F 0.6 M 3.3 F 2.6 — Math n/a n/a M 5.9 n/a n/a M 6.7 M 3.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 22.7 5.1 4.4 4.4 7.9 5.7 13.6 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 6.3 n/a n/a 9.6 19.1 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.9 7.1 7.4 7.0 6.7 6.8 5.8 down Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 6.8 n/a n/a 7.2 5.7 n/a

Cecil Swanson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Deer Run [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 82 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.1 Rank: 455 / 748 458 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 489 / 748 264 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 64.7 67.8 64.3 66.7 67.8 66.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 69.9 73.1 69.9 70.5 69.3 69.1 down Math 73.8 71.0 74.5 68.9 69.3 77.4 76.4 — Math 74.1 79.6 76.0 75.3 74.4 76.0 76.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 68.8 68.0 58.5 64.6 66.2 66.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.2 70.3 72.9 67.5 70.0 68.5 64.6 down Math 64.8 72.4 68.4 66.5 68.6 63.3 69.1 — Math 68.9 73.6 73.9 76.7 74.3 69.4 68.1 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.2 F 7.9 F 2.6 F 4.9 M 3.8 F 3.1 F 2.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.4 F 2.7 F 7.0 F 3.5 F 4.2 F 1.4 F 6.7 — Math F 1.2 F 2.9 M 1.4 M 1.9 M 10.3 M 1.3 M 3.3 — Math F 4.0 M 2.5 F 2.2 M 1.2 F 0.7 M 4.3 F 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 12.7 11.7 15.9 24.2 15.0 14.6 16.7 — Percentage of tests failed 13.3 5.6 6.6 9.3 9.7 9.7 17.6 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.1 6.1 5.9 4.4 4.8 5.9 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 6.1 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.6 6.5 5.6 down Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 33

Douglas Harkness [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 Queensland Downs [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.1 Rank: 489 / 748 466 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 527 / 748 479 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.9 65.0 70.5 70.2 67.2 67.1 66.2 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 65.7 69.3 65.1 68.4 67.8 67.5 — Math 63.9 68.3 81.2 75.4 67.4 71.2 70.7 — Math 73.2 79.3 75.7 62.8 68.2 68.6 71.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.1 62.2 58.2 63.4 69.2 69.4 64.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.8 68.8 64.2 61.2 67.2 65.4 64.4 — Math 60.9 57.3 54.2 65.9 67.8 68.7 72.6 up Math 72.7 70.3 68.9 69.9 72.4 63.1 67.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.4 F 4.3 F 9.7 F 6.4 F 4.3 F 3.1 F 1.5 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.5 F 8.2 F 14.0 F 8.0 F 1.5 F 5.9 F 7.4 — Math M 5.3 M 2.4 F 5.4 F 4.5 M 5.3 M 8.7 M 3.7 — Math M 1.2 F 6.8 F 15.4 F 0.6 M 2.9 F 2.2 F 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed 30.6 24.7 21.6 14.8 12.8 18.5 18.1 — Percentage of tests failed 15.8 14.4 13.7 22.6 10.8 18.2 15.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.2 4.6 4.4 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.6 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 5.9 4.6 4.5 6.0 5.0 5.3 —

Calgary Islamic [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 Roland Michener [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 22.4 Rank: 489 / 748 488 / 630 Tests not written (%): 15.5 Rank: 527 / 748 576 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 70.0 68.0 69.7 64.8 75.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.4 61.3 64.6 66.9 61.4 64.6 67.1 — Math n/a n/a 75.4 84.0 76.6 68.6 81.2 — Math 64.8 65.1 72.4 75.9 59.4 75.1 75.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 61.4 55.2 67.1 63.2 62.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 59.3 62.0 58.7 62.1 55.0 64.5 — Math n/a n/a 64.0 63.0 71.7 67.4 67.0 — Math 66.4 55.0 57.5 57.5 50.4 49.8 62.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a F 3.3 F 5.7 M 3.7 F 6.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.2 F 11.5 F 4.0 F 3.7 F 4.2 M 8.3 F 5.0 — Math n/a n/a n/a M 15.8 M 3.2 M 10.7 M 2.2 n/a Math F 7.5 F 8.3 F 1.2 M 10.5 M 2.9 M 8.7 F 1.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 16.5 16.7 15.8 26.3 22.5 — Percentage of tests failed 24.0 33.3 23.6 22.0 32.9 39.5 20.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 5.0 4.8 5.6 3.8 5.6 — Overall rating out of 10 4.6 2.9 4.4 4.3 2.5 1.9 5.3 —

Connaught [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Huntington Hills [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 32.0 Rank: 489 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 14.7 Rank: 540 / 748 479 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 60.8 64.0 n/a 70.0 62.0 63.1 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.3 60.2 66.6 63.8 75.0 65.8 64.3 — Math 70.2 66.4 68.1 n/a 66.0 69.1 73.3 n/a Math 64.7 68.9 65.2 71.6 80.0 67.9 82.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.6 65.2 59.9 n/a 69.8 66.2 80.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 65.2 67.3 58.5 63.0 66.7 62.3 — Math 70.3 65.2 64.0 n/a 77.5 66.7 85.9 n/a Math 74.3 71.9 65.2 68.7 70.0 69.6 66.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.9 F 14.7 M 2.3 n/a F 4.2 n/a F 3.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 M 3.6 F 9.4 F 8.3 F 8.4 F 1.9 F 3.6 — Math M 1.8 F 10.6 M 7.4 n/a M 2.3 n/a M 11.1 n/a Math M 6.1 M 10.3 F 2.2 M 12.7 F 2.7 M 1.3 F 4.4 — Percentage of tests failed 18.3 20.4 26.9 n/a 12.1 32.8 27.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 26.5 21.2 19.6 19.3 9.0 24.0 21.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 4.0 3.9 n/a 6.1 2.9 5.6 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.2 6.2 5.2 5.2 —

Ethel M. Johnson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 124 Belfast [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.0 Rank: 500 / 748 413 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.0 Rank: 540 / 748 594 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.4 67.4 70.0 71.5 71.2 69.8 69.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.1 54.8 62.8 71.0 64.8 68.0 72.4 — Math 68.8 76.7 71.3 69.8 76.7 73.3 69.8 — Math 56.7 59.1 58.4 76.6 60.5 76.5 86.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 67.0 68.6 61.8 65.5 68.0 64.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 60.0 65.3 52.9 57.7 58.8 61.0 — Math 71.0 69.8 68.1 73.1 67.9 70.9 72.4 — Math 74.6 60.7 48.6 51.4 53.5 50.6 54.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.2 F 2.4 M 2.9 F 6.2 F 4.7 F 0.5 F 4.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 10.1 F 16.0 F 13.9 n/a F 6.7 n/a Math M 12.6 M 7.3 M 10.0 M 3.6 M 2.5 M 5.0 M 4.1 — Math n/a n/a F 4.4 F 9.9 F 0.4 n/a M 1.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.8 13.5 14.8 13.7 17.6 12.2 19.6 — Percentage of tests failed 23.7 35.6 35.2 23.5 33.3 22.8 22.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.7 5.6 6.3 5.5 — Overall rating out of 10 4.6 2.1 2.3 3.3 2.0 3.6 5.2 —

Crossing Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 106 Sir James Lougheed [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 520 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 540 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 63.4 68.9 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 71.8 72.3 n/a 65.0 61.7 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 66.7 75.0 n/a Math n/a n/a 76.2 67.1 n/a 70.7 77.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 62.3 62.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 69.3 73.2 n/a 67.7 65.0 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 62.0 63.3 n/a Math n/a n/a 69.8 80.6 n/a 73.3 67.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 3.8 F 3.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 13.5 M 0.1 n/a F 1.9 M 1.0 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 2.8 M 3.0 n/a Math n/a n/a F 11.7 M 4.3 n/a F 6.5 M 6.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 23.8 17.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 10.1 7.6 n/a 10.0 18.6 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.2 5.4 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 5.5 7.2 n/a 6.0 5.2 n/a

St. Benedict [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 La Rose Sauvage [Francophone] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.1 Rank: 527 / 748 255 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 540 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 74.6 74.1 73.7 74.6 70.6 66.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 61.8 64.9 60.3 n/a Math 79.7 81.1 82.4 81.0 85.4 77.9 76.4 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 78.0 72.6 80.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 71.7 76.6 73.9 72.2 71.1 66.2 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.1 68.3 66.3 n/a Math 72.9 71.5 71.9 73.1 78.3 71.1 65.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 81.1 75.9 74.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.0 F 3.8 F 8.8 F 12.2 F 0.4 F 1.0 M 0.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.6 F 2.2 F 10.3 n/a Math M 4.1 F 6.1 F 8.9 F 2.5 M 8.9 M 7.2 M 6.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a M 5.8 F 4.1 M 3.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed 8.0 9.1 6.9 6.0 5.8 14.9 22.9 down Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.9 8.8 12.3 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.7 7.2 7.0 7.0 7.6 6.3 5.3 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.7 6.1 5.2 n/a 34 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Penbrooke Meadows [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Killarney [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 552 / 748 540 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.6 Rank: 574 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.9 63.0 69.0 66.3 59.3 66.8 67.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.9 64.1 n/a 70.1 69.7 n/a 65.1 n/a Math 51.3 69.7 72.6 71.4 63.5 67.0 68.3 — Math 62.6 65.2 n/a 76.9 72.5 n/a 71.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.5 55.5 58.2 55.8 60.3 61.2 62.2 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.1 58.8 n/a 68.1 66.5 n/a 64.2 n/a Math 59.4 53.4 63.4 57.5 64.5 62.8 71.3 — Math 58.1 60.4 n/a 77.0 72.2 n/a 70.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 5.1 F 9.3 F 0.8 F 0.4 F 3.6 F 1.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.5 F 10.5 n/a M 3.4 M 1.4 n/a F 0.1 n/a Math M 9.6 M 2.6 M 2.8 M 2.1 M 4.2 M 12.4 M 11.3 down Math M 13.2 F 3.6 n/a M 2.3 M 4.1 n/a n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 39.8 28.7 18.0 25.3 25.0 18.1 16.8 — Percentage of tests failed 22.0 25.0 n/a 5.6 4.8 n/a 18.2 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 2.9 3.9 4.7 4.4 3.7 4.2 5.1 — Overall rating out of 10 4.3 4.0 n/a 7.1 6.6 n/a 4.9 n/a

Vista Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 St. Peter [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 11.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.6 Rank: 552 / 748 573 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 580 / 748 570 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.2 60.5 66.4 62.1 66.2 58.4 65.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 67.9 66.1 61.4 55.7 55.6 64.5 — Math 48.7 49.9 66.4 65.1 56.5 60.9 70.5 — Math 77.1 63.2 65.6 64.0 54.1 61.4 66.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.4 56.5 61.0 60.1 63.7 65.0 63.4 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 67.1 61.7 65.5 66.9 63.5 63.5 — Math 53.7 50.6 51.5 57.7 56.8 57.8 66.9 up Math 66.4 67.5 63.7 77.8 66.2 65.4 70.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.5 M 5.8 F 2.6 F 15.5 F 2.9 F 0.1 F 4.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.6 F 4.8 F 5.1 M 7.2 F 5.2 F 2.0 F 6.2 — Math F 10.8 M 14.4 M 3.1 F 10.2 M 10.3 F 4.3 M 9.4 — Math M 2.2 M 5.0 F 2.0 M 20.1 F 15.2 F 5.0 F 1.3 — Percentage of tests failed 50.9 46.4 18.8 23.9 23.5 30.9 14.3 — Percentage of tests failed 19.1 18.0 17.0 24.2 30.1 22.1 22.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 0.8 1.3 4.4 2.9 3.3 3.4 5.1 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 5.4 4.8 3.6 2.2 3.9 4.8 —

St. Patrick [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 St. Stephen [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 567 / 748 496 / 630 Tests not written (%): 13.3 Rank: 580 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 61.9 66.8 63.1 60.6 61.5 70.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.3 61.4 72.3 60.8 66.4 n/a 58.0 n/a Math 70.3 65.3 67.7 69.4 67.3 72.1 74.5 up Math 76.8 70.8 78.8 78.2 71.7 n/a 71.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.4 63.9 64.6 68.0 61.6 65.6 62.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.4 69.4 68.7 68.3 64.2 n/a 69.4 n/a Math 72.6 63.6 62.8 76.3 63.1 69.6 64.1 — Math 72.8 71.8 75.2 77.1 68.4 n/a 68.5 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.8 F 4.0 F 6.5 F 3.8 F 4.1 F 1.3 F 4.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 19.0 M 1.9 n/a F 7.2 n/a n/a F 1.1 n/a Math F 3.6 F 2.3 M 7.9 F 1.5 M 4.5 M 2.0 F 3.7 — Math F 20.5 M 12.3 F 0.8 F 9.3 n/a n/a M 6.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.0 24.0 18.7 8.7 26.4 15.4 24.0 — Percentage of tests failed 16.3 13.3 6.0 9.3 13.3 n/a 24.2 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D n/a A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 4.7 4.4 6.3 3.5 5.5 5.0 — Overall rating out of 10 4.7 5.6 7.2 5.9 5.2 n/a 4.8 n/a

Pineridge [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 Annie Foote [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 72 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 567 / 748 540 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.6 Rank: 593 / 748 496 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.2 62.8 64.8 67.3 61.8 63.2 66.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.5 63.3 65.8 64.3 60.9 67.1 64.7 — Math 63.7 63.3 68.5 68.4 63.2 63.5 70.7 — Math 65.0 67.4 68.4 67.2 64.9 72.6 65.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 56.9 59.8 63.1 65.9 64.7 63.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.1 59.9 64.4 59.2 63.1 67.5 60.9 — Math 67.3 55.5 58.9 65.5 65.1 62.6 67.2 — Math 66.1 59.1 64.0 64.5 70.9 71.9 67.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.2 F 7.5 F 4.1 F 6.3 F 4.3 M 1.4 F 5.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.2 F 13.1 F 3.0 F 3.8 F 0.8 F 2.4 F 1.3 — Math F 8.7 F 1.8 M 1.4 M 2.9 M 0.2 M 11.9 M 2.8 — Math M 10.9 F 11.4 M 5.1 M 1.1 M 4.1 M 3.1 F 0.4 — Percentage of tests failed 25.9 32.7 25.9 22.1 23.5 22.6 19.8 — Percentage of tests failed 20.9 29.3 17.2 24.1 19.3 16.8 25.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.4 3.5 4.0 4.7 4.2 3.9 5.0 — Overall rating out of 10 4.7 3.2 5.0 4.5 4.6 5.8 4.7 —

St. Rupert [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Grant MacEwan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 83 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.7 Rank: 574 / 748 429 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.6 Rank: 593 / 748 559 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 71.4 71.2 65.3 69.5 66.8 67.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.4 59.1 63.3 66.4 61.3 62.6 65.7 — Math 69.0 77.2 77.5 73.4 74.9 67.9 72.9 — Math 65.4 64.0 64.5 68.6 67.1 74.7 73.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.2 67.1 65.4 62.5 70.6 68.1 64.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 59.0 57.1 64.2 64.8 65.7 62.7 — Math 70.3 72.0 70.8 72.5 76.4 72.0 70.7 — Math 63.8 55.2 56.6 66.5 69.9 61.1 60.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.5 F 5.1 F 12.1 F 8.9 F 4.8 F 13.2 F 9.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.9 F 10.7 M 0.5 F 11.2 M 2.6 F 9.7 F 0.9 — Math F 0.5 F 1.3 F 5.2 M 0.1 M 1.5 F 8.1 F 8.5 — Math M 5.1 F 5.4 M 7.1 F 10.2 M 9.3 F 4.8 M 5.2 — Percentage of tests failed 16.0 11.5 10.1 11.3 7.3 18.4 18.6 — Percentage of tests failed 23.9 33.7 29.9 22.3 18.8 21.2 23.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.8 5.9 5.8 6.8 4.6 4.9 — Overall rating out of 10 5.0 2.9 3.2 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.7 up

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 Richmond [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.3 Rank: 574 / 748 496 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 593 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 66.5 65.9 62.0 66.8 67.8 62.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.0 64.5 62.5 n/a 71.4 65.7 69.9 n/a Math 74.2 70.7 71.0 70.9 78.4 79.1 76.9 — Math 70.6 66.5 66.9 n/a 66.6 70.0 78.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 66.6 62.4 61.0 63.0 65.9 64.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.3 61.9 63.6 n/a 68.4 66.6 55.6 n/a Math 63.6 65.4 55.7 63.0 62.3 66.5 63.5 — Math 66.6 56.3 58.3 n/a 70.6 56.9 55.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.1 F 4.9 F 9.9 F 4.8 F 4.9 F 0.3 F 0.4 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.4 M 4.0 F 1.8 n/a F 5.6 F 7.4 F 5.8 n/a Math M 6.5 M 1.0 M 0.7 F 4.0 F 0.7 M 11.1 M 2.6 — Math F 0.1 M 5.2 M 4.0 n/a M 0.8 F 0.9 M 0.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 23.3 15.2 18.1 24.5 17.7 14.5 26.1 — Percentage of tests failed 24.1 22.1 22.4 n/a 12.3 22.0 22.3 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C B n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a C D n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.2 5.9 4.5 4.2 5.1 5.7 4.9 — Overall rating out of 10 5.1 4.5 4.2 n/a 5.9 4.5 4.7 n/a Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 35

Mount View [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 St. Martha [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 593 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 9.9 Rank: 633 / 748 488 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 69.4 72.8 66.5 n/a 67.6 68.5 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 64.1 64.6 60.9 68.3 65.0 65.9 — Math n/a 73.0 76.6 76.0 n/a 70.0 76.4 n/a Math 66.2 74.6 69.9 68.2 75.0 75.1 68.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 66.3 69.4 65.4 n/a 60.3 63.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.7 62.9 61.3 62.6 67.3 67.5 65.9 — Math n/a 65.8 65.6 66.5 n/a 52.0 60.7 n/a Math 61.6 63.9 62.2 63.7 67.4 72.8 70.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 4.3 M 2.3 M 3.9 n/a M 4.0 F 10.5 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 F 2.7 M 2.7 F 6.9 F 1.3 F 3.0 F 13.1 — Math n/a M 0.1 M 14.7 M 7.4 n/a M 13.1 M 7.2 n/a Math M 7.5 M 5.5 M 13.5 M 3.0 M 7.9 F 2.0 F 15.6 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 16.7 14.8 12.5 n/a 28.2 18.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 26.7 15.6 19.9 23.4 6.8 14.8 14.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 6.1 5.6 5.7 n/a 3.2 4.7 n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.6 5.6 4.1 4.2 6.2 6.0 4.3 —

Our Lady of the Assumption [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Rundle School [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 71 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 13.0 Rank: 614 / 748 479 / 630 Tests not written (%): 12.4 Rank: 633 / 748 581 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.1 70.4 70.6 61.0 66.9 70.4 75.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.1 63.0 66.3 63.4 57.3 56.3 66.8 — Math 71.7 80.1 74.9 65.6 64.4 73.7 80.0 — Math 61.3 65.3 76.2 63.6 52.8 63.0 73.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.9 66.4 61.8 66.4 67.0 68.5 65.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.2 62.9 60.0 63.9 58.1 64.5 60.4 — Math 68.2 68.1 54.7 66.2 66.7 70.9 59.4 — Math 53.6 63.5 57.8 66.7 53.7 69.8 60.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 M 1.6 F 6.3 F 2.4 F 2.4 F 2.0 F 13.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.4 F 6.0 F 4.8 E F 5.8 F 2.6 F 0.9 — Math F 5.5 M 10.5 F 8.9 M 2.2 F 1.2 M 0.6 F 9.4 — Math F 1.2 F 1.3 F 3.6 M 9.1 F 5.9 M 0.6 M 11.1 — Percentage of tests failed 15.6 10.9 24.2 22.9 14.3 15.1 23.9 — Percentage of tests failed 37.1 22.5 19.9 21.8 43.0 29.7 24.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 6.4 4.2 4.7 5.4 6.4 4.6 — Overall rating out of 10 3.4 4.8 4.7 4.5 0.9 3.8 4.3 —

Holy Family [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 St. Bernadette [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.5 Rank: 614 / 748 599 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.2 Rank: 641 / 748 458 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.7 61.7 66.8 61.3 63.9 57.4 67.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.0 75.1 76.4 68.8 70.7 62.9 58.2 down Math 68.1 62.9 70.8 66.4 69.3 62.1 71.2 — Math 71.5 80.8 75.9 71.7 71.3 67.7 57.6 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 63.5 56.1 57.5 58.6 55.7 58.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.3 74.8 69.4 61.9 71.5 64.5 65.4 — Math 68.0 68.6 56.6 55.8 54.0 60.6 65.0 — Math 76.5 75.7 71.2 77.2 76.2 60.4 71.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.1 F 2.2 F 8.0 F 13.7 F 1.6 F 11.4 F 5.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.1 F 8.0 F 9.1 F 7.2 F 9.3 F 5.9 F 5.9 — Math M 7.8 M 11.0 F 3.2 M 4.8 M 0.1 F 8.7 F 4.8 — Math M 0.1 M 1.2 F 3.1 F 8.7 F 3.7 M 3.3 F 5.0 — Percentage of tests failed 16.0 25.0 24.2 31.0 29.8 40.7 20.0 — Percentage of tests failed 9.5 5.8 9.8 9.9 6.7 23.1 22.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.4 4.3 3.8 2.7 3.5 1.1 4.6 — Overall rating out of 10 7.5 7.7 6.6 5.7 6.3 4.2 4.1 down

Almadina [Charter] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Guy Weadick [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 14.4 Rank: 614 / 748 622 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 641 / 748 565 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 44.2 50.6 58.5 61.7 60.0 52.0 65.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.3 61.7 64.0 57.0 66.6 62.4 62.2 — Math 57.0 57.4 60.1 69.1 69.1 51.4 61.0 — Math 61.8 65.2 60.2 52.2 68.8 67.0 72.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 54.2 48.8 50.7 44.3 57.7 56.6 61.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.1 64.4 63.0 64.9 62.7 59.8 57.8 down Math 50.3 50.3 47.7 39.5 53.8 55.2 70.2 — Math 66.6 68.1 65.3 66.4 66.9 55.4 61.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.4 n/a F 4.9 M 4.4 M 5.1 F 7.9 M 0.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.3 F 7.7 F 8.1 M 0.4 F 4.1 F 3.8 F 8.6 — Math F 0.9 n/a F 1.4 M 9.1 M 7.4 M 0.7 M 1.7 — Math M 7.5 M 2.1 M 3.7 M 5.4 M 5.0 M 0.2 F 2.0 — Percentage of tests failed 54.4 53.8 43.6 51.4 42.5 47.2 26.0 — Percentage of tests failed 23.5 23.0 18.6 30.6 22.0 25.1 21.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.2 0.0 1.2 0.7 1.7 0.5 4.6 — Overall rating out of 10 5.0 4.8 4.2 3.4 4.4 3.8 4.1 —

Colonel J. Fred Scott [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 77 Dr. J. K. Mulloy [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.0 Rank: 625 / 748 565 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.0 Rank: 641 / 748 576 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.4 65.3 64.8 59.8 59.4 56.9 62.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.1 61.4 67.4 62.0 60.4 56.2 63.6 — Math 64.2 70.4 69.6 65.6 65.1 59.5 71.2 — Math 60.7 63.9 70.1 62.6 57.7 60.9 68.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.8 61.4 64.0 61.3 62.7 63.5 62.0 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 64.7 60.9 59.4 64.6 66.0 60.5 — Math 59.9 63.5 54.2 64.5 61.9 62.8 61.7 — Math 60.0 68.2 63.9 61.4 57.7 61.1 63.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.5 F 2.8 F 1.7 F 7.1 F 8.3 M 0.3 F 4.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.0 F 16.8 F 10.3 F 8.2 F 0.1 M 0.3 F 6.0 — Math M 4.7 M 5.3 M 4.0 F 0.8 M 0.5 M 10.6 M 5.4 — Math M 0.4 F 12.2 F 1.2 F 7.5 M 8.8 M 9.6 M 2.2 — Percentage of tests failed 33.5 22.1 22.7 25.9 20.4 27.0 20.8 — Percentage of tests failed 29.5 24.2 17.9 29.5 25.8 29.7 25.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.3 5.0 4.4 4.0 3.8 3.2 4.5 — Overall rating out of 10 4.6 3.5 4.7 3.1 3.3 3.2 4.1 —

David D. Oughton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 St. Rita [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.4 Rank: 630 / 748 553 / 630 Tests not written (%): 16.5 Rank: 648 / 748 214 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.1 60.9 64.7 63.4 66.1 62.1 69.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.4 70.6 79.3 75.0 73.2 67.0 64.1 down Math 61.4 66.3 70.5 71.6 71.5 64.9 73.8 — Math 84.2 82.7 82.2 80.7 74.8 72.1 67.9 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.5 59.6 55.6 58.2 67.5 62.6 62.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.8 75.4 78.1 75.4 76.1 72.8 74.7 down Math 58.8 59.0 50.7 65.0 61.4 63.9 60.0 — Math 83.1 81.5 78.0 83.5 82.9 76.3 84.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 M 1.5 F 9.9 F 10.1 F 3.1 F 3.0 M 1.1 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.9 F 3.0 M 0.6 F 4.3 F 0.7 F 2.7 F 20.6 — Math M 2.2 M 2.1 F 2.1 F 9.6 F 2.0 F 4.1 M 17.2 — Math F 2.1 M 11.1 M 0.1 M 5.9 M 10.4 F 0.4 F 14.3 — Percentage of tests failed 37.0 28.7 24.7 24.8 15.2 23.9 21.3 — Percentage of tests failed 1.1 3.1 2.1 7.4 9.8 16.8 24.8 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.7 4.2 3.4 3.7 5.3 4.1 4.4 — Overall rating out of 10 8.8 7.7 8.8 7.7 7.0 6.4 4.0 down 36 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Rosscarrock [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Greenview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.3 Rank: 648 / 748 524 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 668 / 748 605 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 64.7 65.0 64.4 68.1 71.9 67.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.3 62.2 60.7 62.3 66.2 62.2 62.2 — Math 54.3 66.4 65.4 63.8 74.8 75.3 69.8 — Math 57.7 61.1 56.4 63.2 66.1 58.6 66.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.2 65.4 63.3 66.0 65.9 67.6 58.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.5 62.0 59.4 59.7 56.8 56.8 61.9 — Math 54.6 69.2 63.4 64.8 73.5 58.5 56.1 — Math 66.2 63.2 55.2 58.6 61.9 53.1 60.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.2 F 12.5 F 13.4 F 6.4 F 2.4 F 7.4 F 2.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.4 F 9.3 F 0.3 F 16.3 M 1.0 F 1.5 F 4.9 — Math M 10.0 F 6.4 F 11.1 M 6.4 M 10.7 M 5.7 M 0.6 — Math M 0.6 F 4.1 F 1.7 F 12.6 M 0.3 F 1.3 M 10.2 — Percentage of tests failed 28.0 18.6 23.7 23.9 7.4 11.5 31.5 — Percentage of tests failed 26.1 28.0 38.5 26.4 27.7 36.0 23.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.4 4.7 3.3 4.2 6.0 5.6 4.0 — Overall rating out of 10 4.6 3.7 2.6 2.4 3.9 2.5 3.7 —

Mayland Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 Marlborough [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 648 / 748 565 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.0 Rank: 668 / 748 610 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.0 63.4 64.0 68.3 65.9 58.8 57.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.2 63.1 66.2 57.2 62.0 58.3 63.0 — Math 63.0 66.8 60.5 63.4 60.7 61.4 60.8 — Math 58.2 63.8 65.7 53.0 64.5 64.4 70.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.3 60.8 65.4 61.4 64.1 62.8 65.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 59.4 63.7 58.3 59.8 59.3 61.4 — Math 62.2 63.7 65.5 68.7 61.8 67.8 66.2 — Math 61.4 57.2 59.3 56.8 52.6 54.3 58.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.5 F 0.6 F 6.2 F 8.2 F 3.6 M 2.2 F 2.6 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.3 F 4.5 F 7.2 F 2.3 F 2.8 F 1.3 F 5.8 — Math M 6.1 M 2.7 M 8.7 F 5.6 M 3.1 M 4.3 M 2.8 up Math M 6.1 M 1.9 F 10.0 M 3.8 M 10.2 M 7.6 M 3.7 — Percentage of tests failed 29.1 24.7 20.7 20.2 25.0 23.8 26.1 down Percentage of tests failed 31.1 31.2 25.8 37.3 35.0 31.5 29.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.1 4.7 4.0 4.3 3.8 3.9 4.0 — Overall rating out of 10 3.8 3.9 3.5 2.3 2.2 2.7 3.7 —

Blessed Damien [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Bowcroft [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.4 Rank: 648 / 748 570 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.7 Rank: 668 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.6 59.1 64.2 64.7 64.1 64.6 58.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.3 64.6 56.4 62.8 54.5 n/a 60.3 n/a Math 52.9 65.3 66.6 67.5 70.8 75.6 67.1 — Math 61.8 71.6 55.6 66.3 55.9 n/a 57.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.2 59.7 59.3 57.9 61.4 62.2 62.3 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 54.5 56.7 54.9 53.1 64.5 n/a 64.4 n/a Math 62.2 61.0 56.1 54.3 63.0 60.2 66.3 — Math 50.8 49.8 46.9 57.7 63.5 n/a 59.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.2 F 0.4 F 1.8 F 10.9 F 0.9 F 13.2 F 5.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.9 F 1.2 F 10.3 F 1.6 F 1.8 n/a F 3.5 n/a Math M 2.8 M 1.9 F 0.1 F 6.2 M 6.4 F 4.4 M 1.1 — Math M 8.0 M 3.8 M 0.6 M 4.6 M 5.0 n/a M 6.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 37.8 26.2 26.6 26.4 23.5 17.6 26.4 — Percentage of tests failed 39.7 28.9 46.0 34.2 26.4 n/a 24.8 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C n/a B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.0 4.4 4.0 3.3 4.2 4.2 4.0 — Overall rating out of 10 2.2 4.1 0.8 3.1 3.1 n/a 3.7 n/a

Catherine Nichols Gunn [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Calgary Academy [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 40 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 648 / 748 595 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 668 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.2 60.1 58.0 56.8 61.1 62.2 61.6 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.4 n/a Math 57.0 59.0 56.1 57.3 60.9 66.3 68.3 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.2 59.5 61.3 60.4 61.8 57.6 63.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 59.8 n/a Math 46.4 58.2 51.9 66.5 59.5 55.0 63.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 47.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.2 F 5.6 F 2.4 F 1.6 M 0.8 M 1.2 F 5.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 0.3 n/a Math F 6.4 M 0.5 M 2.7 F 10.3 M 3.3 M 8.5 M 8.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 5.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 50.8 28.4 35.4 30.4 29.3 26.3 23.4 up Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 34.2 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.4 3.8 2.4 3.0 3.3 3.3 4.0 up Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3.7 n/a

Albert Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Le Roi Daniels [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Parents’ average education (yrs): 11.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 660 / 748 605 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.0 Rank: 682 / 748 599 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 45.6 57.5 64.0 55.0 62.1 67.1 68.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.8 60.3 64.7 61.0 66.3 63.1 72.0 — Math 51.7 56.7 64.0 60.7 68.2 73.7 64.3 — Math 54.6 60.4 62.8 63.6 68.8 67.2 83.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.1 57.9 58.6 47.2 60.0 60.9 63.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.5 62.5 53.4 58.0 63.0 63.6 54.8 — Math 51.5 57.2 45.2 47.6 55.9 58.9 61.5 up Math 57.4 54.0 44.7 59.4 57.0 63.5 50.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.1 F 2.8 M 2.1 M 12.6 M 2.9 n/a F 15.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.8 F 9.0 F 0.2 M 2.0 F 8.3 M 2.1 F 9.5 — Math F 4.1 F 3.4 M 5.2 M 25.5 M 5.5 n/a F 4.6 n/a Math M 8.8 F 6.8 M 5.5 M 4.9 F 8.9 M 12.2 F 9.4 — Percentage of tests failed 49.5 35.8 33.3 46.2 29.2 12.8 22.2 — Percentage of tests failed 31.3 39.2 39.4 35.5 25.2 28.6 29.6 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.1 3.0 2.7 0.0 3.2 5.1 3.9 — Overall rating out of 10 3.7 2.6 2.1 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.5 up

John XXIII [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Erin Woods [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.7 Rank: 668 / 748 496 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 685 / 748 599 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 65.0 64.5 59.1 61.8 66.2 68.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.3 58.6 61.3 58.9 59.6 56.2 63.1 — Math 71.0 68.7 65.4 65.9 73.3 63.7 70.7 — Math 51.6 52.9 59.7 58.5 64.2 56.0 60.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 67.7 68.7 67.7 64.1 70.0 60.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 61.3 67.9 58.5 62.3 58.9 62.3 — Math 74.2 69.9 68.0 69.9 66.8 71.7 58.9 — Math 57.3 57.7 72.9 59.1 60.2 56.3 55.0 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.9 F 7.6 F 8.2 F 2.9 F 5.3 F 1.9 F 11.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.2 F 5.9 F 2.9 F 1.1 F 8.9 F 6.0 F 8.0 — Math F 4.2 F 2.0 F 0.2 M 1.8 M 1.5 F 4.6 F 5.4 down Math M 0.1 M 2.3 M 0.3 M 16.9 F 1.9 F 2.2 F 1.5 — Percentage of tests failed 9.2 14.3 13.1 22.9 17.8 13.3 27.3 — Percentage of tests failed 42.5 38.8 21.6 34.3 26.0 34.3 29.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 5.8 5.4 4.8 4.8 5.8 3.7 — Overall rating out of 10 2.8 2.8 4.8 2.3 3.1 2.1 3.4 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 37

Holy Redeemer [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 West Dover [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 690 / 748 573 / 630 Tests not written (%): 11.4 Rank: 709 / 748 615 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.1 59.3 65.8 64.4 62.9 61.6 59.9 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 51.3 56.2 65.3 57.9 57.4 56.0 62.0 — Math 53.5 59.6 72.6 64.9 71.7 66.9 63.2 — Math 49.4 57.9 70.5 59.9 51.1 58.6 58.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 61.1 61.2 57.7 64.9 62.9 62.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.9 49.7 56.2 60.0 57.5 59.3 59.9 — Math 73.3 59.1 55.9 60.6 74.8 65.7 58.8 — Math 56.0 42.3 47.5 61.1 57.4 58.1 64.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.5 F 2.1 M 4.9 F 9.3 F 4.3 F 8.3 F 7.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.6 F 4.1 M 4.4 F 5.2 F 3.3 F 4.9 F 8.1 — Math M 8.2 F 0.4 M 11.0 F 1.9 F 9.9 F 16.1 M 5.4 — Math M 1.2 F 1.8 M 11.8 M 0.1 F 0.3 M 11.1 F 8.0 — Percentage of tests failed 26.0 29.1 17.4 20.1 17.0 19.0 26.5 — Percentage of tests failed 48.0 54.7 29.8 33.1 40.8 34.4 31.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C D A n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.7 4.7 3.4 3.3 — Overall rating out of 10 2.0 1.1 2.8 3.1 1.5 1.9 2.9 —

Chris Akkerman [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Cappy Smart [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.1 Rank: 696 / 748 573 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.6 Rank: 713 / 748 576 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.9 58.7 61.4 65.0 62.4 61.3 60.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 60.5 68.5 65.1 67.0 67.7 64.3 — Math 52.8 60.5 61.5 69.5 69.7 62.3 63.8 — Math 75.5 67.9 70.9 70.8 65.9 68.8 68.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.4 62.2 64.1 62.4 62.8 58.3 56.6 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.4 60.2 60.6 54.1 59.8 65.6 56.9 — Math 55.2 62.1 63.5 67.2 65.5 56.3 62.4 — Math 66.6 63.6 56.3 56.3 61.7 62.6 49.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.3 F 2.1 M 0.1 F 3.3 F 5.3 F 2.4 F 7.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.6 F 7.0 F 8.3 F 1.1 F 8.5 F 6.2 F 6.1 — Math M 3.5 M 4.5 M 7.4 M 1.8 M 2.0 M 8.5 M 5.2 — Math M 8.5 M 4.8 F 8.0 M 14.6 F 0.7 F 6.7 F 9.8 — Percentage of tests failed 41.3 32.5 26.4 18.7 21.2 35.4 28.4 — Percentage of tests failed 20.9 29.9 22.2 30.5 23.2 15.6 32.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 2.4 3.7 3.8 5.2 4.3 2.4 3.2 — Overall rating out of 10 5.3 3.9 3.9 3.2 3.8 4.9 2.7 —

Patrick Airlie [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 40 Langevin [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 15.3 Rank: 696 / 748 615 / 630 Tests not written (%): 13.2 Rank: 714 / 748 581 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 51.3 52.3 60.7 56.8 68.0 65.2 66.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.7 56.6 63.5 65.5 62.1 67.4 62.1 — Math 56.1 45.0 57.6 58.4 64.0 70.7 65.0 up Math 60.3 63.0 62.4 59.9 68.7 75.6 71.4 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.9 53.3 51.7 51.5 56.7 59.1 61.6 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.8 59.7 54.2 56.8 68.9 65.6 57.4 — Math 47.8 48.3 43.0 48.4 50.1 50.6 46.7 — Math 65.6 64.8 46.2 61.6 72.9 62.8 52.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.8 F 9.1 F 2.9 F 2.9 M 4.2 F 1.3 F 2.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.3 F 3.3 M 3.9 F 4.4 F 12.8 F 4.8 F 7.4 — Math M 10.5 F 2.9 M 2.5 M 10.8 M 17.9 M 3.5 F 4.1 — Math F 2.3 M 0.2 F 1.5 F 6.5 F 5.6 M 1.9 F 3.7 — Percentage of tests failed 50.6 57.2 42.4 42.6 23.7 28.6 36.7 — Percentage of tests failed 28.7 30.4 36.4 30.9 15.1 24.2 40.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D A B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.3 0.2 1.3 1.2 2.6 3.7 3.2 up Overall rating out of 10 4.5 4.0 2.4 3.3 4.6 5.0 2.6 —

R. B. Bennett [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 O. S. Geiger [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 71 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.7 Rank: 696 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 718 / 748 611 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 65.0 72.6 n/a 67.5 66.2 62.3 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.0 59.5 62.7 56.8 62.0 60.9 57.2 — Math 66.7 67.3 75.7 n/a 66.0 59.3 58.8 n/a Math 57.5 65.4 62.0 59.2 62.4 61.2 59.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.3 62.2 64.3 n/a 64.6 64.9 61.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.8 60.8 60.5 58.9 63.1 63.5 57.6 — Math 71.5 67.7 63.4 n/a 58.2 65.9 58.5 n/a Math 61.6 60.5 55.7 61.7 61.3 60.6 55.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.5 M 3.3 M 0.5 n/a M 1.7 M 0.4 F 3.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.9 F 7.6 F 14.1 F 7.3 M 0.4 F 4.9 M 1.0 up Math M 16.4 M 2.5 M 9.4 n/a M 14.0 M 13.7 M 6.3 n/a Math M 8.1 M 4.6 F 14.0 F 5.7 M 2.7 F 5.2 M 8.1 — Percentage of tests failed 23.9 21.6 10.0 n/a 21.2 17.2 31.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 34.0 29.6 31.8 35.1 24.8 26.1 38.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.0 5.2 6.0 n/a 3.9 4.4 3.2 n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.5 3.7 1.9 2.5 3.9 3.5 2.2 —

Terrace Road [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Abbeydale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 66 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 706 / 748 581 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 721 / 748 599 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 54.4 65.4 62.7 60.9 63.2 65.0 55.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.1 65.1 63.1 59.9 59.7 58.3 60.0 — Math 51.0 67.6 62.1 66.9 72.1 74.9 58.6 — Math 65.4 69.2 67.6 61.5 61.1 57.7 60.0 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.6 57.6 63.6 56.7 64.9 63.4 60.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.0 62.6 66.8 61.4 61.7 59.7 57.9 down Math 51.0 63.8 53.7 51.1 56.1 61.3 62.2 — Math 64.5 66.1 69.4 62.2 57.7 50.9 49.8 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.5 F 18.0 F 0.5 F 9.3 F 2.8 F 4.9 F 7.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.4 F 3.2 F 1.6 M 3.3 F 2.9 E F 3.0 — Math M 23.9 F 10.1 F 1.1 F 0.6 M 11.0 F 5.6 M 1.9 — Math M 8.0 M 4.5 F 0.6 M 8.8 M 5.6 M 5.9 M 6.3 — Percentage of tests failed 48.4 25.0 29.8 31.1 25.0 21.1 27.9 — Percentage of tests failed 30.4 25.3 18.3 28.0 28.1 41.8 41.1 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 0.9 3.4 3.6 3.0 3.7 4.6 3.1 — Overall rating out of 10 4.0 4.9 5.3 3.4 3.0 1.8 2.1 down

John Paul II [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 St. Thomas More [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.5 Rank: 709 / 748 589 / 630 Tests not written (%): 11.5 Rank: 725 / 748 565 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.4 62.9 62.6 59.8 58.1 59.9 58.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 65.0 71.7 58.8 61.9 63.6 58.7 — Math 66.8 71.8 72.2 66.0 64.0 65.8 62.4 down Math 70.5 68.3 70.9 63.1 60.2 72.1 59.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 64.0 60.2 59.5 64.5 64.5 61.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 67.4 66.5 60.2 62.3 67.5 59.8 — Math 69.5 63.6 55.1 60.7 59.9 57.2 59.3 — Math 73.8 67.6 61.6 64.2 66.4 64.6 58.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.0 F 5.6 F 5.0 F 4.2 F 3.3 F 4.2 F 8.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.8 F 0.2 F 13.6 F 6.5 F 5.8 F 5.0 F 1.3 up Math F 4.5 M 2.3 F 0.8 F 1.2 M 4.2 M 1.3 F 0.2 — Math F 5.2 M 1.6 F 1.3 F 0.2 M 2.2 F 8.0 M 14.3 down Percentage of tests failed 23.1 18.3 28.3 29.5 29.1 27.6 36.5 — Percentage of tests failed 13.0 13.5 13.0 23.3 16.0 22.5 41.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.2 5.3 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.7 2.9 — Overall rating out of 10 6.3 6.2 5.3 4.0 4.3 4.6 2.0 — 38 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Chief Justice Milvain [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Hay Lakes [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 15.8 Rank: 725 / 748 611 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 189 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.8 58.9 61.5 61.8 59.4 58.1 55.7 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.9 67.5 n/a 72.0 63.8 70.0 67.5 n/a Math 58.1 64.7 63.9 60.3 64.2 62.3 55.7 — Math 75.7 74.5 n/a 75.3 68.8 79.8 73.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 59.1 60.3 58.4 61.0 61.3 59.5 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 68.3 n/a 62.3 64.6 70.4 72.8 n/a Math 60.4 62.5 58.1 61.1 61.2 63.5 65.7 up Math 72.1 74.1 n/a 76.7 69.7 70.6 80.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.8 F 6.0 F 3.9 F 8.1 F 4.2 F 5.3 F 9.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 6.3 F 4.4 n/a F 9.4 F 0.4 F 1.7 M 0.3 n/a Math M 9.1 M 1.3 M 3.6 F 2.2 M 4.9 F 8.9 F 7.4 down Math M 15.3 M 1.8 n/a M 8.8 M 10.4 M 6.5 M 4.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 29.4 32.2 28.6 32.3 33.7 29.9 39.1 — Percentage of tests failed 14.8 12.3 n/a 14.6 20.0 12.5 9.0 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.0 down Overall rating out of 10 5.4 6.6 n/a 5.6 4.6 6.5 7.1 n/a

Holy Cross [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Bawlf [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 17.3 Rank: 732 / 748 605 / 630 Tests not written (%): 12.8 Rank: 205 / 748 98 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.5 57.8 60.3 61.9 58.6 63.4 55.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.5 68.2 76.8 77.0 71.7 74.3 71.2 — Math 50.7 61.3 59.7 65.9 55.6 63.0 49.3 — Math 86.1 72.0 82.1 81.6 79.2 79.5 83.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.2 60.6 57.3 65.3 65.0 64.4 60.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.2 74.5 67.4 75.1 74.5 71.4 73.6 — Math 64.2 60.8 53.7 72.1 68.0 61.3 53.9 — Math 72.1 81.5 79.6 85.1 80.4 84.1 79.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.4 M 2.1 F 1.2 M 3.0 M 1.3 M 3.5 F 5.2 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.7 F 0.2 M 5.4 F 13.5 F 2.7 n/a F 13.7 n/a Math M 4.0 M 13.1 M 0.6 M 10.7 M 10.2 M 7.8 F 3.5 — Math M 1.6 F 2.5 M 11.2 M 3.4 M 0.1 n/a F 2.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 38.0 33.1 35.2 16.7 28.4 29.8 51.1 — Percentage of tests failed 6.5 10.5 4.2 1.2 1.9 5.6 8.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.1 3.1 2.7 4.9 3.0 3.4 1.1 — Overall rating out of 10 7.9 7.3 7.2 7.9 8.0 8.1 7.0 —

Piitoayis Family School [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Sifton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 735 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 5.9 Rank: 205 / 748 139 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 61.3 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.5 75.2 73.6 68.1 72.1 69.9 70.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 50.5 n/a Math 83.5 73.0 76.4 68.5 76.9 77.7 80.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 56.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.7 69.1 80.9 73.9 72.2 68.9 71.4 down Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 45.7 n/a Math 78.6 71.9 86.6 78.7 79.5 74.1 75.6 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 3.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 16.0 F 4.9 F 4.5 F 2.0 M 4.3 F 3.9 F 4.5 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 13.7 n/a Math F 13.4 M 1.9 E F 2.0 M 4.0 F 3.0 F 2.4 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 43.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 7.1 6.6 0.9 6.1 6.0 11.1 10.2 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.0 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.1 7.2 8.6 7.1 7.1 6.6 7.0 —

Keeler [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Daysland [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.1 Rank: 741 / 748 620 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 205 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 54.9 55.2 60.9 63.0 60.9 59.8 59.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.8 71.4 68.5 68.2 72.2 70.9 74.0 up Math 51.3 50.2 61.3 67.5 56.4 60.5 50.0 — Math 72.7 78.5 69.2 75.0 79.2 81.2 86.2 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.3 56.1 53.6 56.3 57.3 59.2 54.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.5 64.8 72.5 68.0 77.2 69.9 69.7 — Math 58.5 50.8 51.7 60.4 53.1 57.2 48.9 — Math 62.6 72.5 71.6 73.5 81.8 74.1 75.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.0 F 5.3 F 1.2 F 1.4 F 2.1 F 5.0 F 11.5 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 13.7 F 9.9 F 13.8 F 4.5 F 5.4 F 8.5 — Math M 0.2 F 1.3 M 6.6 M 6.0 M 6.6 F 0.4 F 10.7 — Math n/a M 2.0 F 4.4 M 2.0 F 0.1 M 0.2 F 8.9 — Percentage of tests failed 37.1 48.4 40.5 28.2 37.7 33.5 49.5 — Percentage of tests failed 17.3 7.5 9.4 11.4 4.2 1.9 4.6 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.1 1.6 1.9 3.7 1.8 2.9 0.2 — Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.5 5.9 5.9 7.9 7.6 7.0 —

Harold W Riley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 St. Patrick [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.8 Rank: 744 / 748 619 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 230 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.0 56.2 66.6 62.1 55.9 61.6 57.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 68.3 69.2 69.5 70.6 67.6 72.6 — Math 69.3 57.3 62.3 64.9 56.5 57.0 47.6 down Math 80.4 71.6 78.5 73.8 73.2 70.7 82.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.9 55.6 53.8 59.3 59.9 64.6 48.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 72.2 67.8 71.4 70.7 72.9 68.5 — Math 57.7 54.3 53.3 59.6 59.0 55.2 44.8 — Math 73.0 68.2 66.7 76.1 76.2 74.4 73.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.2 M 2.4 F 8.9 F 7.3 F 2.4 F 7.4 F 11.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.1 F 3.3 M 6.5 n/a F 1.7 F 18.8 M 2.2 n/a Math F 1.1 M 11.1 F 1.1 F 3.5 M 5.3 F 13.3 F 2.6 — Math F 0.2 M 6.9 M 13.6 M 0.7 M 4.5 F 7.4 M 10.7 — Percentage of tests failed 31.9 42.1 35.4 29.1 31.3 27.7 57.9 — Percentage of tests failed 16.7 9.9 8.3 13.3 3.9 13.8 6.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.9 2.0 2.5 3.5 2.4 2.6 0.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.4 5.7 6.3 7.0 5.0 6.9 — CAMROSE AREA New Norway [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Holden [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 11 / 748 36 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 230 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.3 79.3 80.5 78.3 70.9 82.1 90.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 74.2 n/a 71.9 73.4 73.5 n/a Math 84.8 83.8 80.3 80.4 74.4 82.3 86.7 — Math n/a n/a 81.3 82.8 85.6 80.2 77.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.3 76.1 75.1 74.6 77.4 72.7 79.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 65.5 65.4 66.3 69.7 69.7 up Math 79.3 81.7 81.2 84.1 80.2 74.6 83.3 — Math n/a n/a 72.1 81.5 79.5 75.9 78.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.0 F 12.0 M 4.7 F 3.2 F 1.9 F 7.1 F 2.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 0.3 F 8.2 F 4.5 F 1.0 F 9.9 — Math M 8.6 F 7.0 M 11.3 M 8.4 F 2.8 M 0.2 M 4.3 — Math n/a n/a M 3.0 F 0.9 M 1.0 M 2.8 F 4.3 — Percentage of tests failed 3.3 2.4 2.8 2.1 3.8 3.4 3.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 3.5 27.1 7.6 6.0 5.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.7 7.9 7.8 8.1 7.7 8.2 9.3 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 7.5 n/a 7.2 7.6 6.9 n/a Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 39

Jack Stuart [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Westbrook [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 286 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 8.3 Rank: 329 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.0 73.4 75.6 73.1 70.3 67.5 68.7 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 71.2 73.9 n/a 68.1 72.7 n/a Math 75.8 81.1 81.3 82.5 77.6 74.2 78.1 — Math n/a n/a 66.5 83.6 n/a 75.1 76.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.4 75.1 71.5 69.9 70.7 72.0 70.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 62.5 69.3 n/a 65.6 71.3 n/a Math 81.2 82.0 79.1 80.9 76.9 77.4 72.4 down Math n/a n/a 63.3 77.9 n/a 57.8 76.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.0 F 10.2 M 3.6 F 6.6 F 0.8 F 9.8 F 5.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 18.9 F 0.9 n/a F 7.1 F 10.3 n/a Math M 3.9 F 11.3 M 4.3 M 3.7 F 1.2 F 1.9 F 2.6 — Math n/a n/a F 12.9 M 4.3 n/a F 15.0 F 0.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 7.4 4.9 7.1 5.6 11.6 12.8 10.3 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 21.8 2.6 n/a 13.7 15.6 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.0 7.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.2 6.6 down Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 3.3 7.9 n/a 4.7 6.4 n/a DRUMHELLER/THREE HILLS AREA Chester Ronning [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 St. Anthony’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 329 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.2 Rank: 80 / 748 61 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.1 69.5 71.0 68.9 69.2 66.7 72.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.5 77.8 77.0 74.6 71.0 80.7 72.1 — Math 67.7 71.6 71.3 73.3 75.4 69.8 76.7 — Math 82.8 86.0 85.7 82.8 73.3 90.5 83.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.8 67.1 67.2 66.0 66.0 66.9 69.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.0 76.9 74.0 75.3 70.1 72.0 73.6 — Math 69.5 66.7 75.8 77.1 71.9 70.4 72.0 down Math 67.3 83.2 80.1 84.0 82.6 82.0 86.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.4 F 8.4 F 3.4 F 10.1 F 7.0 F 0.6 F 7.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.1 M 0.5 F 9.6 F 0.1 M 5.0 F 7.0 F 2.5 — Math M 4.0 M 4.9 F 6.0 F 4.6 F 2.5 M 4.6 F 1.1 — Math M 3.7 M 3.0 F 5.0 M 10.0 M 5.2 M 0.4 M 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 18.5 12.9 12.1 11.7 14.7 16.5 13.4 — Percentage of tests failed 10.7 0.7 0.0 2.2 6.0 2.4 5.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.6 6.4 — Overall rating out of 10 7.3 9.0 8.1 8.2 6.8 8.7 7.9 —

Sparling [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Prairie [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.9 Rank: 520 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 286 / 748 264 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 67.2 75.4 71.3 66.7 73.6 69.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.3 77.1 76.2 78.4 70.8 72.6 73.2 — Math 75.7 82.7 n/a 76.2 75.3 84.9 76.9 n/a Math 77.0 86.2 76.7 81.1 69.6 85.1 73.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 70.2 63.9 62.5 67.3 66.2 65.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 70.5 71.0 72.9 73.8 76.2 74.5 — Math 60.9 61.3 65.3 71.4 67.8 73.9 70.4 — Math 71.0 70.0 62.0 72.9 79.7 73.5 77.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.5 F 2.3 F 13.6 F 7.0 F 2.1 F 5.2 F 9.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.4 F 8.0 F 10.6 F 10.2 F 14.8 M 2.7 F 10.9 — Math M 9.1 M 2.4 F 11.9 F 0.1 M 1.1 F 1.9 F 3.0 — Math M 0.6 M 0.5 F 0.5 F 6.2 F 4.6 M 7.4 M 7.6 down Percentage of tests failed 19.2 13.3 18.3 12.1 11.5 13.2 20.3 — Percentage of tests failed 8.8 4.3 20.0 13.2 6.1 9.9 7.3 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.5 n/a 6.2 6.1 6.8 5.4 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.8 5.8 6.6 6.1 7.4 6.6 —

Killam [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Three Hills [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 593 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 9.3 Rank: 309 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 67.3 67.7 71.0 n/a 66.2 66.7 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.4 74.8 74.2 74.9 74.5 74.8 73.8 — Math n/a 84.2 75.2 75.4 n/a 71.6 57.9 n/a Math 73.3 83.8 78.5 78.5 82.2 82.8 84.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 73.9 65.5 68.4 n/a 67.3 71.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 73.2 68.2 68.8 70.9 70.1 67.1 — Math n/a 75.4 68.7 70.7 n/a 66.5 69.8 n/a Math 71.3 78.1 67.7 71.4 69.7 68.3 64.4 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 0.4 F 8.9 F 8.6 n/a F 3.3 F 13.5 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 1.6 F 6.5 F 5.5 F 10.4 F 8.1 F 5.9 — Math n/a M 8.7 M 4.3 F 4.6 n/a M 3.0 F 0.9 n/a Math M 10.3 M 8.2 F 1.9 M 0.8 F 10.1 F 3.7 M 0.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 5.3 12.9 9.2 n/a 11.3 19.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 5.3 5.8 13.7 10.5 9.3 16.0 13.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 7.5 5.6 6.3 n/a 5.9 4.7 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 7.8 6.3 6.9 6.1 6.3 6.5 — COCHRANE/BRAGG CREEK AREA Banded Peak [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Greentree [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 71 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 149 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 414 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.5 73.9 79.9 72.9 70.2 72.1 72.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 64.8 n/a Math 77.2 78.7 78.0 75.8 75.3 80.7 82.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 72.4 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.4 74.2 69.4 71.0 72.1 70.8 71.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.7 n/a Math 72.6 75.1 64.5 80.7 76.9 73.9 80.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.7 F 10.6 F 4.4 F 6.3 F 1.7 F 12.4 F 8.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 5.8 n/a Math M 1.4 F 3.9 M 4.8 F 2.9 F 0.2 F 14.4 F 3.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 2.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed 9.1 6.9 10.9 9.0 9.2 9.8 4.8 up Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.6 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.2 6.7 7.0 7.0 5.8 7.4 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.0 n/a

Holy Spirit [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Morrin [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 230 / 748 264 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.2 Rank: 648 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.2 71.1 70.5 72.2 71.5 67.2 67.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 73.5 78.4 71.1 78.9 79.2 75.9 — Math 75.6 74.3 74.2 73.4 76.4 68.8 76.4 — Math 72.6 77.1 86.6 84.3 86.0 88.1 87.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.2 72.3 71.1 68.6 73.4 68.5 71.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.5 73.0 74.1 64.1 71.8 70.9 54.9 — Math 74.8 75.8 65.5 70.8 74.1 69.6 71.9 — Math 73.3 77.5 69.2 70.6 71.4 67.4 38.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.8 F 0.2 F 2.2 M 3.1 F 5.1 F 6.7 F 1.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.8 M 0.3 F 5.1 n/a F 4.8 F 3.4 F 2.4 n/a Math F 0.3 M 3.2 M 6.0 M 7.0 F 1.2 M 4.3 M 0.6 — Math M 2.7 M 13.4 M 9.1 n/a M 6.7 n/a F 2.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed 9.7 10.4 7.0 11.5 6.0 14.3 9.7 — Percentage of tests failed 7.1 5.3 4.1 8.1 8.2 7.1 37.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.6 7.2 6.5 6.3 7.1 5.5 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 7.1 7.3 7.6 6.9 7.2 7.8 4.0 — 40 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

EDMONTON Windsor Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Earl Buxton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 70 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 1 / 748 5 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 19 / 748 15 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 81.0 82.0 80.7 81.8 78.7 81.9 83.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.0 75.9 77.0 82.0 77.7 77.7 79.5 — Math 84.3 86.8 86.9 83.3 82.4 85.8 89.3 — Math 88.9 87.1 81.7 84.5 84.4 88.1 91.0 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.8 84.9 82.0 80.4 88.2 80.2 83.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.8 77.4 79.1 77.2 76.3 74.7 77.0 — Math 82.3 91.2 87.1 87.9 90.7 93.0 90.2 — Math 82.7 84.0 84.4 85.6 84.7 84.4 86.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 6.3 F 2.1 F 2.9 F 2.5 F 7.3 F 1.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.3 F 4.3 F 1.9 F 5.0 F 2.3 F 4.4 F 6.5 — Math M 4.9 M 1.2 M 3.9 M 3.2 F 3.1 F 2.0 M 2.2 up Math M 2.5 F 1.0 M 4.4 M 0.6 M 3.0 M 3.9 F 0.7 — Percentage of tests failed 2.9 1.1 2.9 2.0 4.6 0.9 1.0 — Percentage of tests failed 2.2 3.1 3.3 2.7 3.3 2.8 2.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.1 9.6 9.3 9.1 9.2 9.4 9.8 — Overall rating out of 10 9.2 8.8 8.6 8.9 8.5 8.6 8.9 —

Grandview Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 George H Luck [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 65 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 6 / 748 5 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 22 / 748 32 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 81.0 85.0 83.9 80.6 80.5 86.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.3 72.2 76.7 76.8 69.2 78.0 81.1 — Math n/a 83.7 87.3 84.0 90.4 88.8 92.4 — Math 86.1 83.0 80.4 80.3 80.9 85.6 87.6 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 82.3 82.0 80.2 77.3 77.3 79.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.7 72.7 74.7 77.3 76.1 75.6 76.0 — Math n/a 92.7 87.2 91.1 82.6 84.3 88.5 — Math 86.1 81.7 80.6 88.1 85.6 80.2 82.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 5.8 M 2.9 F 1.6 F 0.3 F 5.0 F 5.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.2 F 4.7 F 1.2 F 2.8 M 0.4 F 5.8 F 2.0 — Math n/a F 1.0 M 0.3 M 4.5 M 4.0 F 5.7 M 2.2 — Math M 4.6 F 1.3 M 5.4 M 2.6 M 7.2 F 4.1 M 5.9 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 — Percentage of tests failed 3.2 6.8 4.0 3.2 7.0 2.5 0.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a D C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a C B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 9.5 9.8 9.4 9.1 8.9 9.6 — Overall rating out of 10 9.1 7.9 8.1 8.5 7.6 8.4 8.8 —

St. Martin [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Satoo [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 9 / 748 15 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.8 Rank: 23 / 748 255 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.2 72.8 77.9 67.7 75.7 75.2 77.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 63.1 57.5 63.5 71.9 74.7 85.5 up Math 75.0 77.2 84.3 71.3 93.1 84.2 96.2 — Math 64.7 73.6 69.3 62.8 82.0 90.9 93.6 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.7 83.1 82.1 83.1 79.6 81.6 81.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.7 62.4 68.3 68.5 64.6 68.5 69.9 — Math 83.8 83.9 81.1 89.7 85.8 85.6 88.7 — Math 69.6 70.1 71.7 76.7 67.9 76.9 80.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 13.2 F 0.4 F 5.6 M 2.5 F 1.7 F 4.7 F 5.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 18.4 F 0.7 F 8.9 F 1.0 F 8.1 F 5.0 — Math F 10.3 M 12.4 M 2.8 M 4.4 M 5.4 F 0.6 M 0.2 — Math F 4.2 F 18.2 M 2.4 F 2.0 F 2.6 F 6.1 M 1.3 — Percentage of tests failed 9.1 0.0 0.0 6.7 3.5 4.1 1.1 — Percentage of tests failed 22.8 19.5 16.0 16.2 14.3 3.0 4.9 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 8.3 8.8 7.8 8.8 8.8 9.5 — Overall rating out of 10 5.1 3.8 5.4 5.3 6.2 7.6 8.7 up

Glenora [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 George P. Nicholson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 Parents’ average education (yrs): 18.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 15 / 748 36 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 23 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.8 73.6 77.8 80.5 77.9 77.1 77.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 74.9 77.5 n/a Math 83.9 78.6 80.5 83.9 82.2 84.9 84.5 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 82.6 85.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.7 77.4 76.9 72.3 79.4 74.0 83.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 73.1 79.2 n/a Math 83.6 83.1 77.7 77.8 84.8 74.6 88.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.0 88.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.5 F 10.7 F 5.2 F 9.2 F 7.4 F 3.0 F 4.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 1.2 F 7.6 n/a Math M 10.7 F 6.2 F 1.1 F 10.3 M 3.6 M 6.1 F 1.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 4.1 M 0.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 2.0 4.2 4.6 5.3 0.9 3.1 0.0 up Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.0 2.9 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D A D A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.5 7.6 8.1 7.4 8.4 8.0 9.2 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.8 8.7 n/a

McKernan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Victoria [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 87 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 17 / 748 69 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 27 / 748 11 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.1 74.1 78.8 70.2 75.0 69.2 84.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 77.4 81.8 80.9 79.0 80.4 76.3 — Math 84.0 78.8 83.4 77.3 80.2 74.0 88.6 — Math n/a 83.8 88.3 84.5 84.8 87.0 84.5 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 69.1 71.3 75.6 73.7 74.7 73.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 78.9 79.8 75.5 82.0 81.0 79.8 — Math 70.3 76.0 79.2 82.6 79.3 85.3 90.3 — Math n/a 80.3 78.9 84.1 87.8 85.7 86.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.9 F 5.8 F 2.6 F 0.2 F 1.8 F 9.7 F 3.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 2.8 F 2.6 F 0.2 F 2.1 F 2.5 F 5.3 — Math F 2.8 M 8.1 M 0.9 M 3.2 M 5.5 F 8.3 M 1.7 — Math n/a M 2.0 F 3.8 M 2.7 M 1.6 M 5.9 M 4.3 — Percentage of tests failed 6.8 7.5 3.0 8.5 5.5 7.6 2.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 2.8 1.8 2.3 1.5 3.6 1.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 7.0 8.3 7.7 7.4 6.6 9.1 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a 8.7 9.0 8.9 9.2 9.1 8.6 —

Talmud Torah [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Patricia Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.8 Rank: 18 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.0 Rank: 27 / 748 18 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.8 73.6 85.2 78.3 74.0 71.5 78.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.2 72.2 77.4 80.9 78.7 80.3 75.7 — Math 74.1 76.4 82.5 76.6 80.4 73.5 85.0 — Math 81.3 79.6 79.2 84.6 84.5 87.9 81.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.8 79.4 75.6 77.5 73.1 75.3 77.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.4 76.7 82.2 82.3 80.0 79.1 80.2 — Math 79.4 83.3 74.6 73.6 80.4 84.1 82.2 — Math 74.1 77.9 81.9 83.4 80.8 79.4 82.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.5 F 10.5 F 15.3 M 3.7 M 7.4 F 4.4 n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.5 F 8.6 M 3.9 M 6.0 F 1.3 M 1.2 F 3.4 — Math F 6.3 M 1.3 F 8.8 M 11.1 M 13.0 F 0.9 n/a n/a Math F 3.6 F 5.0 M 2.3 M 7.2 M 8.4 M 7.4 F 0.6 — Percentage of tests failed 7.1 4.0 3.5 3.7 5.0 7.2 1.4 — Percentage of tests failed 4.9 7.5 5.6 2.4 1.8 3.4 2.5 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.6 7.9 7.4 7.5 6.8 7.7 9.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.9 7.3 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.8 8.6 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 41

Mount Pleasant [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Tempo [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 36 / 748 18 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 51 / 748 15 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 72.0 78.4 79.3 78.4 74.7 74.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 82.9 81.5 80.6 77.9 81.7 80.5 80.1 — Math 77.0 84.3 82.2 83.9 88.6 83.7 84.0 — Math 68.0 72.9 75.4 82.5 81.7 82.8 81.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 74.3 74.3 73.8 78.6 80.2 77.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.0 81.7 84.3 78.9 82.0 83.6 82.3 — Math 73.2 78.2 76.1 84.0 86.1 85.9 86.1 up Math 82.0 81.0 80.5 79.8 85.3 85.7 79.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.8 M 3.0 F 0.5 F 4.7 F 0.6 F 1.3 M 1.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.7 F 4.6 F 8.4 F 4.4 F 4.7 F 4.8 F 5.6 — Math M 5.9 M 3.5 F 0.3 F 0.4 M 7.2 M 0.4 M 5.6 — Math M 3.4 M 4.9 F 4.0 M 4.2 F 1.3 M 0.6 M 8.9 — Percentage of tests failed 9.6 1.4 4.8 1.8 1.1 3.4 3.7 — Percentage of tests failed 6.5 4.3 2.0 2.0 0.8 0.0 3.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.0 8.4 — Overall rating out of 10 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.4 9.0 9.5 8.2 —

Keheewin [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Waverley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 36 / 748 36 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 60 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 74.3 75.2 76.0 79.8 73.6 76.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.6 66.9 76.0 72.4 71.8 69.6 74.8 — Math 78.3 84.6 80.8 80.6 86.0 81.4 86.4 — Math 65.2 77.4 80.3 76.1 82.0 85.8 85.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 71.5 76.0 72.4 78.6 75.0 75.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 69.2 66.1 72.8 70.3 70.3 75.1 — Math 80.5 80.5 80.7 79.3 84.7 80.7 79.6 — Math 76.3 76.2 65.9 80.7 77.6 71.3 76.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.5 F 6.8 F 1.1 F 9.9 F 2.1 F 1.6 F 0.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 10.3 M 1.5 F 11.0 F 3.6 M 4.7 F 4.0 — Math M 1.2 M 0.8 M 2.2 F 2.1 M 2.7 M 4.3 M 4.3 down Math M 2.2 F 7.9 M 3.1 F 8.7 M 0.3 M 6.5 F 1.1 — Percentage of tests failed 7.7 4.9 4.1 6.8 3.6 6.3 3.4 — Percentage of tests failed 17.0 10.9 10.8 4.7 5.1 10.9 3.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.9 8.0 8.3 7.4 8.8 7.9 8.4 — Overall rating out of 10 6.3 6.1 6.8 6.8 7.5 6.6 8.1 —

Menisa [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 St. Boniface [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.6 Rank: 36 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 72 / 748 55 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.6 65.0 69.8 66.2 71.2 67.5 74.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.8 79.3 77.0 69.7 80.6 78.5 76.8 — Math 74.9 74.3 72.8 73.1 77.1 83.0 88.8 up Math 80.9 88.2 82.6 77.1 85.6 78.4 86.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.2 65.0 64.5 67.8 72.0 68.9 73.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.6 75.7 75.7 76.7 83.8 77.5 75.5 — Math 69.1 78.4 73.3 78.8 81.7 83.1 85.7 up Math 81.4 73.6 77.4 78.2 83.2 79.6 78.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.3 F 0.5 F 8.1 M 0.5 F 12.4 F 1.5 F 1.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.4 F 0.8 F 4.6 F 3.0 F 8.7 F 7.0 F 7.7 — Math F 4.7 M 6.7 M 3.7 M 5.7 F 2.7 M 6.3 M 1.5 — Math F 0.7 M 3.7 F 1.3 M 3.0 M 1.7 F 3.0 F 3.9 — Percentage of tests failed 20.2 12.3 12.6 11.8 6.5 10.2 7.1 up Percentage of tests failed 10.0 5.9 4.9 10.5 1.1 5.9 2.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.4 6.4 5.8 6.4 6.6 7.1 8.4 up Overall rating out of 10 7.9 8.5 8.1 7.2 8.8 7.9 8.0 —

Westbrook [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 90 Brookside [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 44 / 748 23 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 72 / 748 139 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.9 77.0 78.0 77.3 79.2 77.0 77.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 81.7 77.9 72.3 69.2 74.2 70.9 — Math 84.0 86.4 85.0 79.1 82.0 87.7 86.9 — Math 79.0 88.1 83.9 84.0 75.5 78.6 82.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.2 77.2 77.4 74.6 80.2 76.9 76.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 75.0 75.3 74.6 68.8 73.1 79.9 — Math 84.7 81.8 80.0 86.8 87.6 85.6 84.4 — Math 74.2 80.8 71.7 81.0 79.1 78.9 85.2 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.1 F 4.0 F 0.3 F 4.0 F 6.3 F 3.5 F 7.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.3 M 1.6 M 10.9 F 4.4 F 0.2 M 1.7 F 8.6 — Math M 10.5 M 0.5 M 4.2 M 0.6 F 1.9 M 4.1 F 0.4 — Math F 1.9 M 0.9 M 9.9 M 1.9 M 8.9 M 5.4 F 1.7 — Percentage of tests failed 3.6 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.1 2.0 5.9 — Percentage of tests failed 12.4 6.0 6.7 7.3 11.1 7.8 3.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.3 8.6 8.8 8.3 — Overall rating out of 10 7.6 8.8 7.0 7.8 6.4 7.5 8.0 —

Parkview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Forest Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.0 Rank: 44 / 748 36 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.8 Rank: 72 / 748 255 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.1 77.6 81.8 77.5 78.5 77.7 81.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 69.2 75.6 75.0 74.1 73.7 72.4 — Math 80.0 83.3 87.0 82.8 84.2 82.8 86.7 — Math 79.4 74.8 80.1 79.7 78.3 77.4 85.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.8 81.7 73.8 71.6 75.5 73.5 74.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 62.1 60.8 68.3 68.3 68.0 72.5 — Math 82.1 84.8 75.9 85.2 85.4 79.8 78.9 — Math 72.4 66.1 64.6 76.2 71.8 64.6 76.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.7 F 3.6 F 6.9 F 10.9 F 4.2 F 8.5 F 1.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.8 F 1.5 F 14.0 F 9.1 F 4.8 F 2.6 F 2.5 up Math M 6.1 M 3.4 M 3.0 M 1.9 F 0.4 M 4.1 M 4.6 — Math M 14.3 M 9.7 F 3.3 F 5.8 F 9.2 E M 0.4 — Percentage of tests failed 2.6 0.9 1.9 5.7 1.7 2.6 7.3 — Percentage of tests failed 8.3 15.9 13.3 8.8 6.4 13.4 3.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.5 9.0 8.4 7.7 8.6 7.9 8.3 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 5.6 5.5 6.7 6.5 6.5 8.0 up

Good Shepherd [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Mayfield [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.0 Rank: 44 / 748 61 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.4 Rank: 80 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.2 66.9 74.1 71.1 76.3 77.2 76.8 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 75.3 79.9 n/a 71.3 65.9 70.4 n/a Math 77.4 72.8 74.8 77.5 87.1 84.4 86.2 — Math n/a 76.7 89.8 n/a 79.6 73.0 80.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.7 67.1 73.0 72.7 75.5 72.7 75.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 64.9 64.9 n/a 72.3 73.6 75.6 n/a Math 76.5 67.1 75.8 84.3 80.7 78.9 79.6 — Math n/a 64.8 63.8 n/a 82.1 78.3 82.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.5 F 16.4 F 6.4 F 0.4 F 5.0 F 2.9 F 3.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 10.4 M 3.8 n/a n/a n/a F 5.2 n/a Math M 3.6 F 7.7 F 4.5 M 0.3 F 4.9 F 0.4 F 1.7 — Math n/a F 3.5 M 19.8 n/a n/a n/a F 1.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 5.1 16.7 9.9 5.4 3.3 3.9 4.5 up Percentage of tests failed n/a 6.6 5.6 n/a 3.9 10.5 4.0 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.2 4.9 6.8 7.9 8.1 8.4 8.3 up Overall rating out of 10 n/a 6.5 6.5 n/a 7.8 6.7 7.9 n/a 42 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Greenfield [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 68 King Edward [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 90 / 748 46 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 107 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.2 77.7 82.2 78.2 75.8 77.3 72.6 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.3 72.2 77.4 77.4 n/a 71.5 72.2 n/a Math 83.9 84.9 85.7 84.9 84.8 87.0 82.3 — Math 76.3 77.6 81.8 76.7 n/a 75.1 78.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.0 78.1 76.8 73.3 75.9 75.8 77.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.8 77.4 71.4 76.8 n/a 77.0 79.3 n/a Math 80.4 86.1 84.1 80.2 86.1 80.5 87.4 — Math 83.0 79.2 73.7 83.7 n/a 82.4 86.5 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.9 F 4.7 M 3.2 F 8.7 F 3.1 F 5.0 F 9.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.5 F 3.6 F 11.8 M 1.1 n/a F 8.3 F 1.4 n/a Math M 8.0 M 1.2 M 1.7 M 6.5 M 12.1 M 9.8 F 6.5 — Math M 11.2 M 1.9 M 2.4 M 11.5 n/a F 2.0 M 10.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 6.5 2.6 1.3 3.9 3.8 3.5 2.3 — Percentage of tests failed 5.8 8.8 6.1 4.2 n/a 8.2 5.7 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.2 8.9 9.1 7.7 7.7 8.0 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 8.1 7.7 7.2 7.9 n/a 7.3 7.7 n/a

Virginia Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 St. Mary [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 86 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 90 / 748 151 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.7 Rank: 126 / 748 46 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.7 70.8 70.4 72.7 71.8 72.0 75.7 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.9 73.4 80.5 79.8 77.3 77.9 74.4 down Math 69.9 73.1 74.0 74.2 72.7 72.1 83.6 — Math 85.0 84.2 81.5 83.2 82.2 83.5 88.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 74.2 71.4 73.9 71.2 70.2 70.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 73.3 70.9 75.1 77.7 75.9 74.0 — Math 70.6 77.3 72.2 81.9 79.5 78.1 83.0 — Math 75.1 73.6 74.2 85.8 83.1 80.0 79.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.7 F 1.5 F 10.4 n/a M 1.8 F 8.2 F 4.8 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.3 F 3.3 F 2.2 M 0.2 F 4.5 F 7.2 F 4.2 — Math M 2.5 M 6.3 F 10.4 n/a M 2.2 F 1.7 F 5.2 n/a Math M 11.9 M 3.6 M 0.7 M 4.4 M 0.4 F 2.0 M 5.4 — Percentage of tests failed 19.8 3.7 8.2 2.3 5.8 5.5 3.5 — Percentage of tests failed 5.9 6.4 6.7 2.9 4.1 4.6 9.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.3 7.5 5.9 8.0 7.2 7.0 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.6 —

Our Lady of The Prairies [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Aurora [Charter] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.6 Rank: 90 / 748 165 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 126 / 748 98 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.8 73.6 75.5 69.8 73.3 68.6 79.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 75.7 76.6 75.0 71.6 74.2 71.2 — Math 73.7 80.5 78.9 71.4 73.3 73.3 85.0 — Math 68.2 76.6 80.6 79.2 77.4 83.5 81.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 72.7 68.7 69.6 73.7 73.9 76.6 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.4 75.4 76.7 74.7 75.3 73.3 78.4 — Math 72.2 73.6 70.2 72.9 80.8 82.4 86.1 up Math 76.9 72.6 81.9 83.6 80.7 80.7 79.6 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.7 F 8.1 F 6.8 F 2.7 F 0.9 F 1.4 F 10.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.3 F 3.5 F 4.7 F 12.5 M 3.9 F 2.3 F 2.8 — Math F 1.0 M 0.5 M 1.0 F 3.2 M 1.4 M 6.3 F 8.9 down Math F 6.6 F 7.1 M 8.6 F 8.8 M 10.6 F 2.6 M 10.6 — Percentage of tests failed 19.0 5.2 8.8 15.5 7.0 10.2 6.2 — Percentage of tests failed 9.2 5.2 1.5 3.8 6.4 4.7 3.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 7.5 6.9 6.2 7.5 7.0 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 6.9 7.5 8.0 7.2 6.9 8.1 7.6 —

St. Paul [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Parkallen [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.9 Rank: 107 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 25.2 Rank: 134 / 748 36 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 74.1 77.3 76.2 72.1 75.1 74.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.0 65.4 78.8 86.7 81.8 80.8 87.1 — Math 78.9 79.8 84.1 81.2 77.9 84.4 85.0 — Math 78.7 76.7 83.9 91.6 85.6 84.2 88.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 76.2 75.2 71.7 73.0 72.8 73.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 77.2 76.1 74.6 71.9 80.1 75.0 — Math 82.1 85.8 78.5 81.2 78.3 80.4 82.4 — Math 78.0 79.4 78.4 77.8 81.7 82.0 85.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.9 F 9.3 F 4.3 F 5.9 F 13.1 F 2.8 F 6.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 2.1 F 4.4 F 6.0 F 4.1 F 8.5 M 6.3 — Math F 2.1 F 4.0 F 1.6 F 0.5 F 4.8 M 4.4 M 1.5 — Math n/a M 9.5 F 3.5 F 1.3 M 2.1 F 1.5 M 10.4 — Percentage of tests failed 5.7 6.7 3.8 3.0 6.2 3.9 8.8 — Percentage of tests failed 9.9 6.5 2.6 2.0 4.5 13.8 20.0 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.0 7.7 8.3 8.0 6.5 8.1 7.7 — Overall rating out of 10 7.7 7.2 8.3 8.9 8.3 8.0 7.5 —

St. Augustine [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Michael A Kostek [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 61 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 107 / 748 165 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 134 / 748 69 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 69.6 73.5 71.3 73.1 73.3 70.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.8 70.7 78.5 75.9 73.8 74.7 74.6 — Math 79.8 80.7 74.9 77.3 82.4 79.8 79.3 — Math 81.5 84.6 87.1 83.7 80.3 83.0 83.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.3 74.4 73.1 69.3 73.3 72.7 73.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 72.9 77.0 74.2 73.8 73.0 74.6 — Math 79.4 80.2 66.4 74.0 82.4 75.7 80.4 — Math 69.7 76.5 74.7 77.7 79.4 77.0 78.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 8.6 F 13.8 F 1.3 F 2.7 F 7.4 F 2.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.9 F 10.5 F 5.5 F 3.9 F 5.8 F 7.2 F 7.1 — Math M 5.1 F 3.8 F 4.7 F 1.5 M 6.3 M 2.4 M 0.7 — Math F 4.6 M 1.7 M 1.1 M 8.8 M 2.3 M 1.9 F 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed 4.1 8.8 10.7 10.9 4.8 6.4 6.7 up Percentage of tests failed 6.8 4.7 3.2 7.2 3.0 4.6 7.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.5 7.2 5.9 7.0 7.6 7.3 7.7 up Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.5 8.4 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.5 —

Archbishop Joseph MacNeil [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 St. Stanislaus [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.3 Rank: 107 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 134 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.0 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.0 69.5 72.4 71.9 81.1 80.5 77.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 87.1 n/a Math 77.2 72.2 71.9 72.4 87.2 88.8 86.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 77.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 75.5 71.2 73.1 73.9 73.1 71.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 76.7 n/a Math 74.5 81.9 74.0 80.1 82.4 78.9 82.0 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 2.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.3 F 7.9 F 7.4 F 2.6 F 5.3 F 0.2 F 6.0 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 2.6 n/a Math M 7.9 F 3.9 F 2.8 M 6.8 F 4.8 M 4.4 M 8.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 8.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 6.8 9.8 11.2 9.0 5.4 0.7 4.3 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.7 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.9 6.4 6.8 7.9 8.7 7.5 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 43

Kildare [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 73 Meadowlark [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.3 Rank: 134 / 748 165 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 149 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.3 66.4 74.3 67.6 69.3 62.9 69.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.2 72.0 68.8 73.6 76.2 71.3 73.3 — Math 70.6 76.0 78.4 77.8 80.4 77.7 78.8 — Math 74.3 82.4 79.8 80.9 87.2 83.7 81.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.2 69.1 67.6 69.8 71.1 73.1 72.7 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.3 70.9 67.7 69.9 73.2 71.7 73.9 up Math 73.4 79.5 76.6 80.9 81.1 83.3 87.6 up Math 57.9 75.9 70.6 77.8 77.2 76.9 78.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.7 F 8.3 F 3.4 F 5.8 F 8.3 F 6.8 F 6.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 9.3 M 2.0 F 5.0 F 2.4 M 6.8 M 3.0 F 8.2 — Math M 3.0 F 3.5 M 1.1 F 1.8 F 1.5 M 2.0 M 1.9 down Math M 22.3 M 7.1 M 2.3 F 1.8 M 7.7 M 9.8 F 0.4 — Percentage of tests failed 11.6 9.9 6.2 7.3 8.0 8.7 6.1 — Percentage of tests failed 17.7 8.2 9.2 5.6 7.0 4.5 8.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.6 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 7.5 — Overall rating out of 10 4.3 7.3 6.6 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.4 —

Daly Grove [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 St. Teresa [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 61 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.5 Rank: 134 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 149 / 748 165 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 67.4 72.7 70.6 68.3 72.9 72.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.6 75.6 76.9 77.8 77.2 77.0 79.1 up Math 83.5 84.1 74.3 75.8 80.0 81.6 83.1 up Math 80.2 84.1 79.0 81.3 80.9 84.4 86.2 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 70.7 71.0 69.2 71.5 71.1 73.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 67.5 69.7 64.5 70.8 67.1 70.3 — Math 81.1 81.6 76.9 78.3 73.8 74.1 83.7 — Math 77.4 71.8 67.4 70.7 80.2 72.8 73.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.4 F 7.3 F 1.8 F 5.5 F 7.9 M 0.7 F 9.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.2 M 2.5 F 3.0 F 3.9 F 5.1 M 4.7 F 4.9 — Math F 1.7 M 2.1 M 6.4 M 8.5 M 7.0 M 5.4 M 0.2 up Math F 4.7 M 7.2 M 1.8 M 6.2 M 1.6 M 6.9 M 6.1 — Percentage of tests failed 7.0 5.0 8.0 7.9 6.3 9.5 8.1 — Percentage of tests failed 9.1 7.5 12.3 12.9 5.4 8.9 8.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.4 7.3 7.5 — Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.3 6.9 6.6 7.6 6.9 7.4 —

Lago Lindo [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 St. Martha [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 134 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.0 Rank: 149 / 748 264 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.7 66.9 70.9 67.1 68.5 69.0 73.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 69.1 77.8 75.5 68.2 67.8 73.6 — Math 61.7 71.6 75.0 77.5 74.9 77.0 84.8 — Math 76.0 79.2 84.6 79.5 77.3 80.9 80.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 70.3 67.6 69.4 68.6 71.6 72.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 65.1 69.9 65.7 63.0 70.2 71.7 — Math 69.7 73.9 65.8 79.0 78.7 75.4 79.4 — Math 79.5 73.1 68.5 71.2 68.9 70.7 77.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.0 F 9.8 F 1.8 F 5.3 M 0.4 F 3.7 M 5.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.8 M 0.2 F 3.9 M 1.4 F 0.1 F 10.0 F 7.3 — Math M 3.7 F 3.9 M 0.4 F 5.0 F 4.1 M 2.4 M 8.7 — Math F 0.8 M 10.4 M 6.1 M 7.4 M 0.3 F 9.3 M 1.3 — Percentage of tests failed 23.3 14.9 11.4 9.4 7.6 6.7 3.8 up Percentage of tests failed 11.0 8.2 7.0 14.8 16.8 13.4 5.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.4 5.9 6.5 6.6 6.8 7.1 7.5 up Overall rating out of 10 7.1 6.6 7.3 6.4 5.8 5.6 7.4 —

Elmwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Centennial [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.4 Rank: 134 / 748 321 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.6 Rank: 161 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.6 59.4 69.9 70.0 69.3 73.8 73.6 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 72.0 71.5 67.7 71.8 71.8 71.3 — Math 65.2 55.8 77.4 74.8 74.0 80.0 81.2 — Math 73.9 82.5 78.2 74.4 80.9 81.6 77.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 54.7 64.6 67.2 71.0 77.4 75.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 74.9 76.2 71.3 74.3 69.2 74.5 — Math 68.6 53.2 61.9 81.1 80.4 85.4 81.9 — Math 74.3 76.2 72.8 79.6 85.9 81.3 82.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 6.3 F 12.2 F 10.0 F 10.4 M 3.9 F 3.4 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.0 F 3.1 F 4.0 F 2.1 F 4.1 F 0.1 F 8.3 — Math M 10.7 M 2.8 F 20.7 F 3.9 F 11.4 M 3.0 M 1.9 — Math M 3.1 M 0.8 F 0.5 M 3.3 M 1.9 M 3.3 M 0.9 — Percentage of tests failed 27.8 37.9 15.3 10.4 18.0 13.8 11.9 — Percentage of tests failed 10.6 2.6 5.8 12.2 3.6 3.4 8.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.5 2.6 4.2 6.4 5.1 7.6 7.5 up Overall rating out of 10 7.2 8.1 7.5 6.7 7.9 7.9 7.3 —

Rideau Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 St. John Bosco [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 149 / 748 36 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 161 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.3 72.9 79.7 79.0 76.3 75.2 75.1 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.2 n/a Math 82.0 87.3 86.6 85.9 85.4 83.3 82.9 down Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 80.2 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 69.6 77.2 74.0 72.3 79.5 72.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.9 n/a Math 74.8 74.9 81.1 83.1 80.0 79.4 77.0 down Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.4 F 3.5 F 6.4 M 1.7 F 4.2 F 5.5 F 7.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 4.3 n/a Math M 6.7 M 3.2 M 1.0 M 7.2 F 2.2 F 3.3 M 5.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 9.5 3.0 1.1 2.2 3.8 4.8 5.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.5 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C A D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 7.9 8.8 8.4 8.0 8.2 7.4 down Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.3 n/a

La Perle [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Ste-Jeanne-d’Arc [Francophone] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 149 / 748 139 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 161 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 69.6 70.6 73.8 79.2 70.9 73.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.2 70.1 n/a Math 76.8 75.6 76.4 82.7 85.3 80.9 81.0 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 81.4 80.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 70.1 73.8 69.9 72.4 65.6 69.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.1 74.4 n/a Math 71.0 76.1 77.6 78.1 75.3 73.5 74.1 down Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.3 76.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 F 2.0 F 3.2 F 4.5 M 0.4 F 1.6 F 4.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.7 F 2.8 n/a Math M 3.8 M 6.3 F 2.9 M 2.5 M 6.4 M 5.9 F 0.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 1.1 F 2.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.2 10.8 9.6 4.0 6.4 10.5 5.0 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9.5 4.3 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.8 7.1 7.7 7.8 6.6 7.4 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.5 7.3 n/a 44 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Brander Gardens [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Clara Tyner [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.9 Rank: 177 / 748 139 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 189 / 748 165 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 73.1 74.0 80.9 77.1 78.9 76.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 75.2 75.4 78.5 63.5 73.4 67.9 — Math 79.8 76.7 76.1 82.0 75.8 81.2 81.7 — Math 75.0 90.9 75.4 79.5 79.0 88.1 75.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.4 73.1 75.3 73.1 73.8 76.9 74.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 71.4 77.9 72.0 61.3 69.2 74.7 — Math 75.7 78.5 76.7 79.0 78.9 77.2 80.2 — Math 77.6 71.4 73.0 86.0 62.2 74.4 78.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 15.7 F 11.3 F 12.4 F 7.7 F 14.1 F 10.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.4 M 1.0 F 5.5 F 1.4 M 0.7 F 1.9 F 5.4 — Math M 5.4 F 10.6 F 9.1 F 1.7 F 3.2 F 4.6 F 4.6 — Math M 0.3 M 10.8 F 1.4 M 0.8 M 9.1 M 4.6 F 1.3 — Percentage of tests failed 6.0 5.6 6.4 5.8 2.3 6.3 9.3 — Percentage of tests failed 8.8 1.1 1.7 3.6 23.9 3.0 8.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C A D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.8 6.6 6.7 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.2 — Overall rating out of 10 7.5 7.9 7.8 8.4 4.3 7.8 7.1 —

St. Lucy [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 Jackson Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.4 Rank: 177 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 189 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 66.6 73.1 69.9 72.1 73.5 72.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 74.2 n/a Math 73.5 77.0 78.5 79.3 78.4 80.7 84.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 80.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 65.3 71.2 71.9 67.7 73.0 69.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.0 n/a Math 71.2 68.3 72.3 82.8 70.3 78.5 78.5 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 74.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.2 F 7.9 F 0.1 F 10.1 E F 1.3 F 0.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 0.1 n/a Math M 6.5 M 1.4 M 13.7 F 5.3 M 2.9 M 5.0 M 5.4 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 5.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 17.3 15.3 5.9 7.9 10.8 7.6 11.4 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 8.8 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.1 6.0 6.8 6.9 6.7 7.6 7.2 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.1 n/a

Bishop Greschuk [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 69 St. Vincent [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 177 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.0 Rank: 205 / 748 98 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 69.5 75.4 73.4 70.2 70.9 73.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.0 77.3 79.7 72.6 83.0 82.5 74.6 — Math 80.7 82.3 82.5 80.8 77.0 82.8 85.0 — Math 92.5 84.7 88.6 83.7 91.3 84.9 85.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.9 67.8 65.5 65.5 67.4 67.3 71.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 66.1 73.4 75.1 71.3 72.4 70.6 — Math 70.1 76.1 65.2 74.2 75.6 71.1 72.8 — Math 71.9 73.6 74.9 78.8 81.2 80.0 72.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.3 F 6.7 F 4.9 F 1.6 M 1.7 F 4.7 F 6.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 14.0 F 4.7 n/a F 10.7 F 9.5 F 9.8 F 5.6 n/a Math F 5.0 M 2.1 M 1.6 M 7.4 M 2.9 M 4.3 F 4.6 — Math F 5.2 F 2.6 F 4.4 F 6.0 F 7.4 M 0.4 F 8.3 — Percentage of tests failed 11.4 7.4 8.9 9.3 3.2 8.6 7.4 — Percentage of tests failed 6.1 11.0 6.9 6.3 5.3 5.6 7.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 7.1 6.8 6.8 7.1 6.7 7.2 — Overall rating out of 10 7.6 7.3 8.1 7.2 7.7 8.1 7.0 —

Rio Terrace [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Lansdowne [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 19.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 177 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.0 Rank: 205 / 748 129 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 71.9 70.8 80.4 69.1 68.9 75.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 71.9 80.8 71.5 74.6 73.9 72.4 — Math 72.4 76.6 72.1 79.9 76.2 76.0 76.3 — Math 74.5 78.9 78.8 68.3 79.5 81.2 80.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 67.4 71.2 66.3 72.8 67.3 74.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.6 73.7 82.8 77.9 71.7 77.2 75.8 — Math 78.2 76.0 77.5 70.9 79.8 77.8 80.7 — Math 82.1 82.4 85.0 87.7 79.1 80.0 79.8 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.6 F 8.1 F 2.8 F 1.5 F 5.3 F 4.0 M 1.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.9 M 9.4 F 11.7 F 5.5 F 2.2 F 9.8 F 9.2 — Math M 18.6 F 1.2 F 4.4 M 14.2 n/a M 2.0 M 13.5 n/a Math M 0.2 M 3.1 M 1.3 F 2.4 F 1.1 M 0.9 F 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 11.7 10.3 10.6 8.9 7.2 9.9 3.5 — Percentage of tests failed 12.7 7.8 8.8 14.8 4.4 8.4 12.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.3 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.6 7.2 — Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.4 8.0 6.9 7.7 7.5 7.0 —

St. Edmund [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Frere Antoine [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.0 Rank: 177 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 205 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 58.4 68.0 60.8 68.1 70.8 74.1 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 67.2 70.8 71.1 69.9 77.9 72.4 — Math 75.4 73.1 76.2 64.2 70.4 79.3 84.3 — Math 76.6 73.0 72.3 72.5 70.9 84.0 78.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.3 60.2 70.1 66.4 64.5 68.3 69.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 68.5 69.0 68.7 69.9 69.1 67.6 — Math 63.6 59.3 69.9 72.4 67.3 75.0 74.3 — Math 68.2 70.7 73.6 76.1 79.4 74.8 78.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.0 F 6.3 M 4.8 F 0.7 M 3.5 F 5.0 F 0.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.3 M 0.3 F 1.9 F 1.0 M 1.5 F 1.2 F 4.5 — Math M 0.5 F 1.1 M 7.1 M 12.3 M 4.1 M 13.7 M 4.4 — Math F 6.4 M 7.5 M 3.4 M 4.2 M 5.1 M 3.9 F 1.5 — Percentage of tests failed 26.0 30.0 6.8 18.5 14.6 8.9 13.1 — Percentage of tests failed 8.6 9.1 9.0 8.0 8.2 5.0 7.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.4 4.1 6.4 4.7 5.3 6.2 7.2 — Overall rating out of 10 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.4 7.6 7.0 —

Capilano [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 St. Basil [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 34 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.0 Rank: 177 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 205 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 75.0 72.7 n/a 72.0 71.4 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.2 63.0 71.0 70.4 64.6 68.5 68.9 — Math n/a n/a 85.4 82.3 n/a 85.6 84.8 n/a Math 76.1 75.0 76.5 82.4 67.1 74.4 78.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 76.1 70.3 n/a 74.7 70.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.8 60.5 60.7 65.4 67.6 71.5 72.7 up Math n/a n/a 77.3 77.0 n/a 84.4 76.3 n/a Math 68.7 65.8 60.0 67.5 73.5 79.3 77.8 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a M 0.7 n/a n/a F 7.7 F 2.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.5 F 2.6 F 6.8 F 7.0 F 1.3 F 3.7 F 7.7 — Math n/a n/a M 10.0 n/a n/a M 7.4 M 2.2 n/a Math F 1.8 M 13.8 M 2.7 F 0.7 F 5.7 M 10.6 M 0.4 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 1.1 0.0 n/a 13.1 11.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 19.3 20.8 25.8 10.1 18.5 4.6 8.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 8.1 8.3 n/a 7.2 7.2 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 4.7 4.6 6.5 5.1 6.8 7.0 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 45

St. Benedict [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Holy Family [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 230 / 748 111 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 286 / 748 214 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.5 76.5 80.6 82.6 83.7 70.7 74.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.1 66.7 74.3 68.6 66.0 72.6 70.3 — Math 75.0 83.3 87.6 87.8 88.2 79.1 76.4 down Math 80.0 78.6 81.5 74.5 76.4 85.3 80.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 70.0 69.6 66.3 72.8 71.0 69.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 64.7 67.6 67.8 68.8 68.4 72.9 — Math 74.9 71.1 72.5 71.7 75.8 74.1 73.0 — Math 73.1 69.9 70.3 75.3 76.5 77.4 74.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.4 F 7.9 F 6.0 E F 5.0 F 4.5 F 1.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.9 F 9.3 F 5.8 F 2.7 F 3.3 F 5.7 F 8.7 — Math M 2.3 M 4.0 M 0.4 M 10.1 M 5.0 M 2.2 M 4.8 — Math F 2.4 F 2.3 M 0.6 F 1.1 F 2.7 M 3.1 F 4.4 down Percentage of tests failed 13.2 7.7 5.8 9.9 2.9 8.8 9.8 — Percentage of tests failed 13.4 12.7 9.4 10.8 7.3 10.3 10.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.3 7.9 7.4 8.2 7.0 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.1 7.0 6.6 6.6 7.1 6.6 —

Fulton Place [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 St. Bonaventure [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.6 Rank: 249 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.0 Rank: 286 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 70.8 72.0 69.7 69.0 76.4 70.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.8 62.8 71.2 72.3 69.1 69.6 69.2 — Math 68.6 79.0 74.3 73.8 72.1 82.1 77.1 — Math 65.0 72.7 77.6 78.3 76.6 83.7 78.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 65.8 66.8 68.3 73.7 74.2 70.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 68.4 68.8 64.8 65.4 70.4 67.4 — Math 70.4 74.5 73.1 73.3 84.6 77.4 77.6 — Math 74.9 72.2 67.7 63.6 71.3 72.0 75.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.5 F 18.4 F 2.3 M 2.2 F 3.1 F 11.4 M 4.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.5 F 0.8 F 3.8 F 7.5 F 4.6 F 3.9 F 4.0 — Math F 19.3 F 15.3 F 0.5 M 6.3 M 5.2 F 3.0 M 4.1 — Math M 3.7 M 4.2 M 3.6 M 3.0 F 4.3 M 4.1 F 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed 17.4 8.5 14.2 10.7 11.4 7.0 9.2 up Percentage of tests failed 21.3 16.4 8.8 15.8 8.3 7.5 9.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.8 5.5 6.4 6.3 6.6 7.3 6.8 — Overall rating out of 10 5.4 6.0 6.5 5.7 6.1 7.0 6.6 —

Mary Hanley [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Callingwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 249 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 12.3 Rank: 286 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 62.4 65.6 68.7 65.2 71.9 67.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 72.4 69.7 71.0 70.2 71.0 70.4 — Math 69.0 67.1 70.2 73.6 67.2 76.7 72.6 — Math 77.3 76.4 78.5 71.6 75.9 84.2 80.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.2 68.2 72.3 76.3 72.9 66.4 72.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.7 64.2 67.0 62.9 65.3 66.1 68.2 — Math 82.7 73.3 77.1 83.6 81.2 73.7 77.4 — Math 62.9 72.0 66.8 67.2 67.6 70.6 68.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.3 F 6.4 F 5.4 F 7.8 F 0.3 F 2.2 F 4.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.9 F 15.0 F 16.0 F 2.3 F 5.3 F 6.2 M 2.7 — Math F 3.0 M 5.5 M 0.5 F 1.8 F 1.3 M 6.9 M 1.7 — Math F 4.3 F 12.7 F 12.2 M 0.4 M 4.7 F 4.8 M 4.6 — Percentage of tests failed 11.8 17.9 11.3 11.8 12.0 5.4 8.7 — Percentage of tests failed 18.6 6.7 9.3 13.0 17.5 4.6 11.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 5.4 6.4 6.9 6.5 6.8 6.8 — Overall rating out of 10 5.4 5.8 5.2 6.1 5.3 6.9 6.6 —

Greenview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 66 St. Angela [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 79 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.8 Rank: 249 / 748 255 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.2 Rank: 286 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.5 70.4 70.0 73.3 69.1 72.3 72.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.3 69.5 70.1 64.7 68.7 65.8 70.3 — Math 72.9 82.1 73.6 73.6 71.3 82.4 76.4 — Math 61.0 76.6 74.5 68.6 71.3 70.1 79.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.2 71.7 68.0 73.2 72.7 71.5 74.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.4 65.4 68.9 65.9 72.0 67.3 67.6 — Math 73.8 74.7 70.6 78.8 77.9 75.3 76.9 — Math 65.2 70.2 69.1 74.9 75.6 69.1 77.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.6 F 3.2 F 7.5 F 6.0 F 0.6 F 4.2 F 10.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.7 F 3.6 F 2.6 F 4.9 F 4.6 M 1.4 F 1.7 — Math M 0.6 M 1.2 M 1.1 F 6.3 M 5.4 F 2.8 F 5.6 — Math M 0.5 F 0.2 M 2.3 F 1.5 F 8.9 M 4.4 M 5.2 — Percentage of tests failed 13.4 6.0 11.9 10.3 9.6 12.1 6.3 — Percentage of tests failed 27.1 14.1 12.6 13.3 10.3 19.8 12.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 7.6 6.1 6.7 6.6 7.0 6.8 — Overall rating out of 10 4.6 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.9 5.3 6.6 —

Aldergrove [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 64 St. Dominic [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.8 Rank: 265 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 286 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 75.4 76.5 70.0 70.3 75.2 72.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.4 68.1 67.2 66.4 70.1 70.3 70.0 up Math 79.7 81.5 86.2 76.9 77.0 82.6 80.7 — Math 64.4 74.5 69.1 72.0 75.8 76.3 80.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.2 67.0 68.8 68.8 63.9 67.7 68.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 67.0 69.0 59.5 71.3 68.6 64.8 — Math 68.8 68.0 65.8 73.5 74.4 68.7 67.4 — Math 72.7 67.3 74.5 64.0 75.9 77.6 75.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 F 6.7 F 9.8 F 7.8 F 4.8 F 2.1 F 6.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.6 F 9.3 F 5.2 F 3.8 F 6.1 F 7.7 F 5.1 — Math M 0.3 F 4.1 F 0.9 M 0.5 M 2.9 M 8.9 E — Math M 2.3 F 0.1 M 2.2 M 8.3 M 2.3 F 2.6 F 3.0 — Percentage of tests failed 11.9 15.9 10.5 14.3 14.7 14.0 11.2 — Percentage of tests failed 24.0 17.5 15.6 22.1 8.0 9.9 9.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 6.5 6.8 6.3 5.8 6.4 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 5.1 5.8 5.7 4.5 6.6 6.5 6.6 —

Lynnwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 John Paul I [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.1 Rank: 286 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 286 / 748 413 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.8 75.2 77.8 80.8 74.2 78.1 71.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 70.1 71.2 70.4 70.1 64.5 67.9 — Math 80.4 82.4 83.5 86.4 82.5 87.0 76.4 — Math 72.1 78.5 75.7 77.2 76.0 71.4 79.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.5 72.9 72.7 72.2 74.6 79.6 72.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 71.6 68.2 61.8 72.3 69.9 67.6 — Math 84.8 77.9 77.1 80.1 80.2 79.8 76.5 — Math 72.5 77.9 73.2 67.1 76.1 71.3 75.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.8 F 3.3 F 6.8 F 1.1 F 3.0 F 2.5 F 4.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.3 M 6.1 M 5.9 F 10.6 F 1.7 F 14.4 F 0.6 — Math F 3.0 F 0.8 F 6.3 M 2.1 M 0.8 M 4.3 M 0.9 — Math M 1.3 M 7.6 M 15.6 F 6.3 M 14.4 F 9.3 M 7.8 — Percentage of tests failed 10.1 10.2 7.9 3.3 8.2 9.6 17.8 — Percentage of tests failed 11.9 9.4 13.4 13.1 6.8 13.5 8.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.9 7.8 7.4 8.6 7.7 8.4 6.6 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.9 5.4 5.4 6.4 4.8 6.6 — 46 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Laurier Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 Afton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 309 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 329 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 71.1 75.1 73.6 74.0 73.5 66.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 72.2 69.9 71.8 66.4 62.9 69.7 — Math 75.0 72.9 72.7 78.2 77.0 81.2 65.1 — Math 68.7 78.6 74.3 73.8 72.5 67.4 79.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.3 65.5 70.1 66.8 72.1 72.1 73.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.0 60.0 70.9 65.9 69.7 65.9 65.1 down Math 70.5 70.0 70.6 72.3 78.7 75.7 79.8 up Math 63.3 55.9 71.5 72.0 72.5 64.1 71.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.6 F 2.5 F 10.3 F 5.9 F 0.8 F 5.5 M 2.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.2 F 3.7 F 1.0 M 0.1 F 1.9 F 4.0 F 2.9 — Math M 9.0 n/a F 0.7 F 3.5 n/a M 8.3 M 6.3 n/a Math M 0.3 F 4.7 M 11.0 M 4.5 M 3.4 M 6.3 F 6.7 — Percentage of tests failed 7.2 10.6 6.3 6.5 4.1 3.3 7.5 — Percentage of tests failed 24.7 24.7 12.3 10.7 8.9 18.2 8.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.5 6.3 6.7 6.8 7.5 7.3 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 5.1 5.1 6.1 6.5 6.3 4.7 6.4 —

Meyonohk [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 61 Athlone [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 309 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.9 Rank: 329 / 748 473 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.3 63.8 69.8 69.3 68.0 69.4 75.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 52.0 53.4 62.3 63.7 58.3 65.2 67.1 — Math 77.3 71.8 74.8 77.0 77.2 74.9 82.6 — Math 50.5 63.5 59.2 64.2 73.6 74.7 78.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 69.0 69.1 66.8 71.0 73.6 66.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 49.3 62.2 65.8 67.0 60.4 65.1 66.1 — Math 74.7 74.8 71.5 75.0 75.8 79.6 75.9 — Math 43.1 60.4 68.0 75.9 70.8 75.4 69.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.3 F 2.6 M 1.2 M 0.2 F 9.4 F 3.3 F 10.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.9 F 6.6 M 2.4 M 0.5 M 3.2 M 2.8 F 4.2 — Math M 9.3 M 6.6 M 1.4 M 0.5 F 6.8 M 1.3 F 0.2 — Math F 3.0 F 8.2 M 9.6 M 2.5 M 10.4 M 16.1 M 3.3 — Percentage of tests failed 12.2 17.5 11.2 11.6 8.8 6.9 14.0 — Percentage of tests failed 61.9 27.7 19.8 12.7 17.8 15.5 7.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 5.9 6.6 6.9 6.0 7.4 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 0.4 3.4 4.1 5.9 4.2 5.2 6.4 —

J A Fife [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Winterburn [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.2 Rank: 309 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.3 Rank: 329 / 748 488 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.2 68.0 72.7 68.5 72.6 69.4 69.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 n/a 64.8 66.1 63.0 62.9 70.5 — Math 74.7 75.3 73.9 66.1 79.2 75.1 77.9 — Math 67.4 n/a 66.1 63.4 66.8 67.7 81.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 68.7 70.9 66.7 70.1 71.1 67.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 n/a 67.4 66.7 65.3 62.1 68.5 — Math 71.8 77.4 71.7 79.1 75.1 72.4 77.0 — Math 64.5 n/a 62.1 68.3 65.6 65.4 75.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.7 F 2.9 F 8.3 F 3.9 F 8.1 M 0.2 F 4.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.4 n/a F 5.2 F 7.8 F 3.8 F 3.5 M 6.4 — Math M 7.3 M 3.6 F 4.9 F 4.2 F 1.3 M 6.5 M 3.3 — Math F 0.1 n/a M 1.9 M 2.1 F 1.2 M 3.5 M 4.6 — Percentage of tests failed 13.3 10.6 12.6 12.4 9.7 11.1 13.2 — Percentage of tests failed 24.0 n/a 21.5 15.2 20.8 23.0 12.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B n/a D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C n/a C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.8 6.1 6.1 6.6 6.7 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 5.5 n/a 4.7 5.2 4.5 4.2 6.4 —

Kameyosek [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Homesteader [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.6 Rank: 309 / 748 429 / 630 Tests not written (%): 15.9 Rank: 329 / 748 533 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.3 62.7 68.2 64.0 66.5 56.9 69.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.3 60.1 61.9 62.6 65.2 67.8 72.2 up Math 65.0 69.7 73.4 67.7 68.0 63.5 78.6 — Math 63.2 57.7 61.6 67.6 65.8 71.4 71.2 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.6 63.7 62.0 64.6 71.2 65.2 65.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.5 58.4 58.0 60.7 63.7 71.5 77.6 up Math 62.9 68.6 62.3 73.3 77.3 71.7 66.3 — Math 60.3 63.7 56.7 62.0 69.2 62.2 80.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.9 F 4.0 F 3.8 F 6.9 F 3.8 F 3.0 F 2.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.6 F 7.7 M 3.1 M 0.8 F 8.0 n/a M 1.4 n/a Math M 0.6 M 9.6 M 0.7 M 6.1 F 8.8 M 2.2 M 1.1 — Math M 8.5 M 0.2 M 6.8 M 13.5 M 1.4 n/a M 4.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 30.0 19.3 12.3 9.5 15.4 16.9 9.7 — Percentage of tests failed 29.1 36.9 31.0 24.4 15.3 21.5 24.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.3 5.0 5.6 5.5 5.4 4.8 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 4.1 3.3 2.8 3.9 4.8 4.6 6.4 up

Woodcroft [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Notre-Dame [Francophone] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.3 Rank: 309 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 3.6 Rank: 329 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.3 63.0 64.1 58.0 69.9 n/a 73.8 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 59.7 n/a 66.0 64.0 64.8 76.8 n/a Math 65.2 57.5 65.2 59.6 74.1 n/a 82.6 n/a Math 66.6 74.7 n/a 76.3 73.5 69.8 78.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.1 59.6 58.9 58.9 63.5 n/a 64.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 61.5 n/a 69.0 69.8 70.2 67.2 n/a Math 68.7 68.3 56.6 62.9 69.3 n/a 71.1 n/a Math n/a 73.6 n/a 70.4 77.7 75.6 71.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.2 F 6.6 F 10.7 F 7.8 F 13.4 n/a F 8.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 0.1 n/a n/a F 1.7 M 2.5 F 7.7 n/a Math M 4.5 F 2.8 M 10.4 F 5.4 F 3.5 n/a M 0.2 n/a Math n/a M 2.0 n/a n/a M 7.0 M 6.7 F 3.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed 23.4 28.8 24.3 35.7 14.8 n/a 12.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 15.0 23.6 n/a 20.2 8.8 10.3 9.0 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D n/a A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A n/a A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.5 4.9 n/a 6.5 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 5.2 n/a 4.8 6.0 5.6 6.4 n/a

Baturyn [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Steinhauer [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.5 Rank: 329 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 353 / 748 214 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.7 67.2 66.1 69.8 72.9 69.3 66.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.3 67.5 73.3 65.1 68.5 76.0 70.2 — Math 75.2 72.9 70.9 73.0 76.1 77.2 72.4 — Math 71.5 70.7 74.2 70.5 75.5 81.9 72.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.0 66.6 68.0 66.8 71.3 70.3 68.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.4 74.0 70.0 68.4 72.1 76.2 70.3 — Math 71.4 70.1 63.9 73.8 79.4 76.9 77.4 up Math 72.2 80.6 72.7 80.7 79.0 77.2 77.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.9 F 2.2 F 4.3 F 0.2 F 7.2 F 7.2 F 4.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.5 F 8.6 M 0.4 M 0.8 M 2.6 F 6.7 F 6.0 down Math M 6.8 M 9.0 M 0.3 M 5.1 F 1.7 F 0.4 F 0.4 — Math M 12.4 F 1.9 M 4.0 M 0.7 M 7.7 M 2.8 M 9.3 — Percentage of tests failed 12.7 13.2 18.6 8.6 4.9 12.9 12.6 — Percentage of tests failed 20.8 11.9 11.1 10.0 11.9 4.1 9.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.4 6.0 5.3 6.7 7.1 6.6 6.4 — Overall rating out of 10 5.7 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.4 7.9 6.3 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 47

Holyrood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 78 Academy at King Edward [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 353 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 369 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.4 67.5 70.5 70.7 71.9 71.1 68.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 77.3 n/a Math 76.3 73.6 71.0 74.6 80.6 77.1 69.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 87.4 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.7 66.8 70.5 73.5 67.2 69.9 71.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 63.5 n/a Math 75.2 67.2 72.2 73.6 70.9 76.0 78.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 60.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.5 F 6.8 M 0.8 M 3.2 F 1.0 F 8.5 F 5.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.6 n/a Math M 4.1 F 1.9 M 2.3 M 11.0 M 10.2 F 5.0 M 6.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 7.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 7.0 14.3 10.3 9.9 13.1 8.5 9.2 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 17.8 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.7 5.8 6.6 6.4 6.0 6.5 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.2 n/a

Katherine Therrien [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Kensington [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.4 Rank: 353 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.5 Rank: 395 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 68.8 67.5 63.9 72.9 66.9 71.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.4 64.9 70.0 68.0 71.6 71.7 67.3 — Math 74.4 76.4 67.8 66.8 77.7 72.1 74.3 — Math 72.7 73.5 69.1 73.3 75.8 79.8 74.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 73.5 65.8 72.6 71.9 69.6 63.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.9 66.2 63.4 71.1 73.3 69.7 69.8 — Math 75.8 76.2 69.1 78.4 80.2 72.0 67.6 — Math 72.3 69.8 67.3 76.2 78.2 74.4 73.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 14.9 F 7.5 F 12.7 F 2.1 F 7.3 F 3.7 F 4.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.6 F 2.0 M 2.1 F 4.6 F 6.3 M 1.3 F 3.8 — Math F 14.6 M 5.1 M 4.3 F 1.9 F 2.6 M 2.0 E up Math M 4.6 M 3.1 M 6.9 M 1.8 F 0.4 F 0.2 M 0.6 — Percentage of tests failed 13.5 8.4 19.8 8.3 6.5 14.3 10.4 — Percentage of tests failed 18.3 18.6 19.4 9.2 7.3 9.0 17.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.3 6.9 4.5 6.6 7.1 6.1 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 5.9 5.9 5.0 6.7 7.0 7.4 6.1 —

St. Elizabeth [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Mount Royal [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.5 Rank: 353 / 748 447 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.0 Rank: 395 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.0 57.0 62.4 65.5 64.2 66.1 65.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 54.7 64.2 n/a 72.3 70.1 75.1 67.9 n/a Math 66.6 53.4 68.4 69.7 70.0 70.5 71.9 up Math 46.7 70.7 n/a 76.7 76.1 77.0 75.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 76.1 75.2 66.5 67.5 69.9 70.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.3 59.0 n/a 58.5 67.6 58.0 68.6 n/a Math 76.3 82.8 74.4 66.5 72.8 73.5 75.6 — Math 56.8 61.5 n/a 67.3 69.3 59.8 73.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.1 M 0.2 F 11.1 F 3.5 F 6.4 F 1.9 F 3.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.9 F 2.3 n/a F 3.1 F 18.0 F 2.3 F 7.5 n/a Math M 13.3 M 8.3 F 14.0 M 4.1 M 4.9 F 0.2 M 1.9 up Math F 11.4 M 8.9 n/a M 6.4 F 24.4 F 3.0 F 3.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 15.6 28.3 21.0 13.2 13.8 14.5 12.2 — Percentage of tests failed 48.1 34.2 n/a 23.9 17.1 18.5 13.4 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B n/a B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 4.8 4.4 5.6 5.2 6.2 6.3 up Overall rating out of 10 1.1 3.9 n/a 5.1 3.5 5.3 6.1 n/a

Lymburn [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 71 Blessed Kateri [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 62 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 369 / 748 255 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 414 / 748 340 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 67.9 72.6 71.4 68.4 69.4 69.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.4 69.7 68.7 70.2 75.0 70.9 68.3 — Math 70.7 76.8 78.6 76.6 76.6 76.0 74.8 down Math 68.7 75.0 69.8 74.9 78.1 79.8 78.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.2 68.9 72.5 71.1 69.3 69.3 66.8 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.3 66.1 66.8 62.1 70.9 64.0 71.7 — Math 71.6 71.5 72.6 75.5 71.8 69.4 67.8 down Math 66.8 60.7 58.5 66.3 76.3 65.0 73.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 2.6 F 3.2 F 4.3 F 2.6 F 9.5 F 2.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.1 F 2.4 F 3.3 F 6.5 F 3.4 M 1.3 F 11.0 — Math M 2.6 M 2.2 M 4.8 M 4.5 M 4.0 F 0.9 M 0.7 up Math M 10.8 M 3.4 F 1.0 F 0.5 M 5.2 M 1.5 F 4.8 — Percentage of tests failed 15.5 11.9 7.5 9.3 8.9 9.8 15.3 — Percentage of tests failed 22.5 21.2 19.5 13.2 4.0 12.5 13.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.3 6.7 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.2 6.2 down Overall rating out of 10 5.0 5.7 5.2 5.9 7.3 6.3 6.0 —

Kirkness [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 McKee [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.6 Rank: 369 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.1 Rank: 414 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 68.9 71.8 71.6 72.2 72.4 69.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 72.7 76.7 73.9 75.8 74.0 76.0 — Math 73.6 80.0 78.3 82.1 79.9 79.5 80.5 — Math 66.6 76.1 87.2 84.8 85.6 78.8 81.2 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 67.1 67.8 62.3 67.2 66.7 65.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 66.2 65.2 60.7 66.2 73.6 67.5 — Math 67.4 74.1 65.3 61.7 71.8 61.7 65.6 — Math 64.5 67.8 63.7 64.7 73.2 78.0 74.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.7 F 7.6 F 0.4 F 5.7 F 2.9 F 5.6 F 3.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.4 F 6.7 F 8.6 M 0.3 F 14.8 M 3.0 F 16.4 — Math M 1.1 F 3.9 M 9.1 M 3.5 M 4.0 F 3.9 M 5.0 — Math M 9.3 F 5.7 F 6.2 M 2.2 F 17.0 M 11.5 F 6.1 — Percentage of tests failed 17.3 11.3 8.7 11.8 4.2 9.5 10.0 — Percentage of tests failed 20.0 16.0 12.9 20.5 9.0 18.7 10.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.0 7.0 6.2 6.2 — Overall rating out of 10 5.2 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.5 6.3 6.0 —

St. Gabriel [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Meadowlark Christian [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.3 Rank: 369 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.0 Rank: 414 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.7 70.1 78.5 69.8 69.1 68.3 70.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.6 76.3 76.4 76.9 73.9 73.7 72.3 — Math 73.2 76.4 78.6 67.4 75.3 69.1 72.1 — Math 72.0 80.1 74.4 80.9 79.9 72.1 76.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.7 70.1 73.1 73.6 68.0 67.6 66.2 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.3 71.7 67.4 65.8 69.9 66.6 70.9 — Math 73.6 74.8 69.4 76.6 67.4 68.1 74.1 — Math 75.3 72.7 67.6 60.6 69.8 69.4 72.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 3.5 F 5.8 M 1.8 F 1.6 F 10.3 F 0.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.5 F 12.8 F 7.3 F 8.0 M 2.2 F 7.5 F 11.5 — Math F 2.1 M 8.2 F 4.1 M 4.0 M 1.9 F 6.3 F 0.2 — Math F 5.9 F 9.0 M 5.0 F 9.0 M 9.7 M 2.4 F 7.4 — Percentage of tests failed 17.3 15.8 16.4 13.4 16.7 25.4 18.1 — Percentage of tests failed 9.5 7.1 13.2 13.0 15.5 9.8 10.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.9 6.3 6.6 6.4 5.9 4.3 6.2 — Overall rating out of 10 7.0 6.7 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.0 — 48 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Princeton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 St. James [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 25.6 Rank: 414 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 13.6 Rank: 436 / 748 165 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.7 64.5 71.3 72.8 69.9 70.2 76.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 69.6 77.9 73.2 71.9 73.9 70.9 — Math 70.8 74.4 82.6 78.4 81.6 79.3 80.2 — Math 75.6 79.3 81.5 80.1 80.4 78.6 76.4 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.6 63.4 61.7 63.6 63.5 68.9 69.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.0 72.9 71.9 69.7 70.3 73.4 70.3 — Math 64.8 69.8 61.0 68.9 73.3 80.4 68.7 — Math 82.7 81.9 74.0 79.6 76.6 77.8 73.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.2 F 11.2 M 5.3 F 9.6 F 3.9 M 0.8 F 6.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.1 F 0.5 F 2.5 M 2.4 M 0.4 M 3.5 F 3.3 — Math F 0.9 F 5.2 M 15.7 F 1.2 M 4.9 M 0.6 F 2.2 — Math M 2.3 M 7.3 M 3.2 M 5.8 M 9.4 M 3.7 F 9.4 — Percentage of tests failed 21.6 11.2 20.4 6.8 17.0 21.1 24.1 — Percentage of tests failed 5.8 5.9 6.3 3.6 7.0 13.3 18.6 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.1 5.5 4.7 6.5 5.7 6.7 6.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.0 7.1 5.9 down

Dunluce [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 St. Philip [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.1 Rank: 414 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 436 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 69.2 68.0 66.0 67.0 69.5 65.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.9 66.0 68.9 71.0 69.1 72.3 70.7 — Math 74.5 78.3 76.0 72.1 70.8 78.6 68.8 — Math 68.0 78.4 73.2 75.3 78.6 81.2 73.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 61.1 63.5 61.1 70.8 67.7 69.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.6 59.2 64.4 60.9 65.8 70.3 69.1 up Math 69.1 66.8 63.1 68.2 74.6 73.5 71.5 — Math 59.5 65.9 66.2 63.8 67.9 67.6 62.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 4.6 F 5.9 F 5.1 F 3.9 M 0.1 M 0.7 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.4 F 16.5 M 0.6 F 7.9 F 8.9 F 10.8 F 5.2 — Math F 2.0 M 2.7 F 0.3 M 2.1 M 1.5 M 0.7 M 2.4 — Math M 8.4 F 12.5 M 0.5 M 2.6 M 3.8 F 6.1 M 2.4 — Percentage of tests failed 19.8 16.7 16.6 17.1 15.6 10.0 15.4 — Percentage of tests failed 30.6 20.8 15.5 17.2 16.1 14.6 15.8 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.9 7.0 6.0 — Overall rating out of 10 4.0 4.2 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.8 5.9 —

St. Charles [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 St. Anne [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 414 / 748 429 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 436 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 69.3 65.7 70.2 67.3 73.3 69.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.0 65.3 72.3 71.6 67.2 69.9 72.2 — Math 76.4 76.3 67.3 78.8 72.2 74.9 80.5 — Math 83.4 79.2 74.2 82.8 74.1 83.7 79.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 67.9 68.9 67.1 69.4 66.2 71.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 70.1 64.0 61.3 65.5 66.9 64.6 — Math 79.0 74.7 76.7 71.1 72.7 65.6 71.9 — Math 76.3 79.4 80.8 71.9 72.4 75.4 73.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.5 F 13.8 F 9.2 F 19.1 F 4.6 F 10.1 F 10.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.5 F 5.2 F 18.2 F 6.5 F 7.8 F 13.2 F 16.6 — Math F 2.5 F 17.8 F 3.8 F 10.1 F 3.3 F 0.7 F 8.7 — Math F 1.8 F 3.5 F 8.0 M 4.1 F 15.6 F 3.7 M 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 6.8 14.3 17.2 13.7 13.0 15.4 12.3 — Percentage of tests failed 16.5 8.1 13.1 8.9 20.7 10.0 10.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.5 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.8 5.7 6.0 up Overall rating out of 10 7.0 7.0 5.3 6.4 4.2 6.1 5.9 —

Edmonton Islamic [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 St. Pius X [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 34 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 414 / 748 488 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.7 Rank: 436 / 748 496 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 64.7 67.4 55.2 64.9 57.9 64.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 59.2 60.4 65.8 61.3 70.7 68.7 — Math n/a 80.3 74.2 62.9 75.8 69.1 76.4 — Math 66.4 64.3 67.4 73.7 67.7 75.3 71.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 69.7 61.7 61.6 68.6 66.3 65.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.7 60.8 64.9 61.1 64.0 66.3 68.5 — Math n/a 77.5 64.0 73.8 75.1 73.0 74.4 — Math 63.4 56.5 62.9 66.1 62.4 70.7 71.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 5.5 F 2.3 n/a F 4.9 F 3.7 F 9.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.8 F 9.3 F 9.8 F 5.1 F 3.6 F 3.9 F 3.0 up Math n/a F 5.0 M 7.6 n/a M 4.0 F 5.7 F 2.2 n/a Math F 8.3 F 0.5 F 0.4 M 1.2 M 3.3 M 10.4 M 8.5 down Percentage of tests failed n/a 3.3 9.8 29.1 10.3 17.2 7.8 — Percentage of tests failed 35.0 36.3 27.0 23.2 23.2 11.7 11.6 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 7.1 5.5 2.8 6.0 4.8 6.0 — Overall rating out of 10 3.4 3.3 3.8 4.9 4.1 5.9 5.9 up

Calder [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Father Leo Green [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.7 Rank: 414 / 748 553 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 436 / 748 510 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.5 65.4 67.6 65.0 62.2 63.7 69.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.3 62.5 68.3 67.5 70.6 70.4 73.0 up Math 64.4 75.8 66.4 69.1 59.5 63.5 81.7 — Math 57.7 63.9 65.2 67.7 73.6 68.3 76.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.7 61.3 65.5 64.5 59.4 65.1 66.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.1 62.8 61.5 63.4 61.2 62.8 63.4 — Math 59.3 66.2 76.6 71.4 62.6 70.6 71.9 — Math 66.0 60.6 59.9 65.7 59.3 61.9 69.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.6 F 2.1 F 18.3 M 6.3 F 10.6 F 11.9 F 10.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.7 F 4.1 F 3.7 F 3.4 M 3.3 F 4.2 F 4.3 — Math M 3.0 M 2.4 F 14.0 M 9.1 F 12.7 F 8.9 F 1.7 up Math F 9.3 M 4.7 F 6.0 F 2.7 M 13.5 M 6.3 M 4.4 — Percentage of tests failed 34.0 17.7 13.0 17.5 29.1 20.1 13.2 — Percentage of tests failed 26.8 29.1 20.4 19.8 20.2 18.7 15.8 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.9 5.7 4.3 4.9 2.1 3.9 6.0 — Overall rating out of 10 3.6 3.9 4.2 5.0 4.1 4.7 5.9 —

Abbott [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Crestwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.9 Rank: 414 / 748 576 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.7 Rank: 455 / 748 98 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 48.1 52.9 61.9 56.5 58.7 65.7 64.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 73.0 80.4 74.0 73.6 75.6 72.4 — Math 49.6 54.9 58.4 59.5 54.2 64.7 73.3 — Math 79.2 83.8 81.1 82.8 79.9 80.0 83.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.6 55.1 59.4 57.0 60.0 63.4 67.0 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 81.6 79.8 77.8 73.0 75.1 72.2 down Math 51.9 59.7 57.5 59.6 58.8 63.1 62.0 — Math 77.6 83.2 80.9 87.2 79.1 80.7 72.0 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.5 F 12.3 F 1.7 F 7.1 F 11.9 F 1.7 M 1.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.1 F 4.4 F 3.5 F 4.2 F 1.1 F 8.0 F 16.7 down Math F 10.3 M 2.5 M 1.3 M 0.8 M 3.6 F 1.1 M 0.6 — Math M 7.5 F 0.2 M 3.5 M 1.4 M 5.3 M 2.2 F 14.6 — Percentage of tests failed 61.2 39.1 27.2 31.0 31.2 24.0 11.1 — Percentage of tests failed 10.3 2.8 1.6 1.9 10.2 4.4 9.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 0.3 2.0 3.5 2.8 1.8 4.6 6.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.4 8.7 8.7 8.6 7.2 7.9 5.8 down Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 49

Hazeldean [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Bishop Savaryn [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.6 Rank: 455 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.9 Rank: 473 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 67.9 70.2 68.7 76.7 67.1 66.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.5 69.1 70.8 68.6 72.5 63.6 64.8 — Math 71.4 74.4 75.2 77.8 81.1 77.0 72.9 — Math 73.8 78.5 78.4 73.1 64.7 63.5 72.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.2 66.7 68.3 62.8 70.1 71.5 66.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.9 70.9 67.4 66.0 71.6 69.4 66.8 — Math 66.2 76.8 67.5 71.2 75.9 75.4 69.6 — Math 73.6 66.3 67.4 75.8 77.0 71.1 72.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.1 F 18.8 F 7.6 F 5.0 F 4.2 F 9.8 M 3.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.5 F 5.5 F 2.9 F 1.8 F 4.7 M 2.4 F 5.6 — Math F 2.8 F 4.7 F 2.1 M 8.0 M 1.5 F 5.7 M 1.1 — Math F 0.1 M 2.5 M 1.6 M 4.8 M 5.9 M 7.6 E — Percentage of tests failed 16.3 12.1 11.0 11.0 4.3 8.3 15.3 — Percentage of tests failed 15.9 11.0 12.3 9.3 11.3 14.3 17.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 5.6 6.1 5.9 7.6 6.3 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.7 down

Velma E. Baker [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 63 St. Vladimir [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 455 / 748 321 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.2 Rank: 473 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.6 71.4 73.0 71.5 69.6 68.1 67.2 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 64.6 70.1 72.7 73.4 65.1 69.0 — Math 79.9 82.1 72.9 72.7 74.8 72.6 66.7 — Math 77.7 70.3 72.9 78.8 74.0 72.1 69.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.2 70.2 66.0 67.7 72.4 70.3 68.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 70.1 66.7 67.3 69.6 65.9 68.6 — Math 74.7 73.9 67.9 70.2 78.9 73.0 71.7 — Math 74.2 70.3 67.4 71.3 71.5 63.9 69.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.6 F 11.1 F 7.1 F 7.5 F 0.3 F 5.5 F 6.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 F 18.5 F 4.3 F 19.1 F 5.5 F 1.1 F 3.2 — Math F 6.7 F 4.8 M 1.0 F 5.1 M 9.3 M 2.6 M 0.6 — Math F 3.6 F 8.8 M 11.7 F 15.2 F 6.5 M 2.4 E up Percentage of tests failed 8.4 7.7 13.3 11.2 8.3 10.1 13.2 — Percentage of tests failed 8.3 17.9 10.6 11.2 12.0 13.5 21.6 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 6.8 6.0 6.0 6.7 6.4 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.5 4.7 5.6 5.1 6.0 5.7 5.7 —

Julia Kiniski [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 St. Clement [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 455 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 473 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.3 70.4 69.3 72.1 70.2 70.0 70.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.2 68.3 71.8 67.7 64.6 66.3 68.5 — Math 71.8 81.2 74.4 71.0 71.7 73.0 73.6 — Math 74.9 81.0 77.1 77.1 75.4 73.3 67.4 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 69.7 67.8 69.0 69.1 71.0 65.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.0 67.7 65.9 59.9 68.3 69.0 67.1 — Math 68.8 74.4 71.5 75.9 70.3 72.6 63.1 — Math 77.7 76.7 55.7 69.8 72.1 70.2 69.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.7 F 2.5 M 0.2 F 4.9 F 3.9 F 4.7 F 6.8 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.5 F 8.4 F 8.8 F 1.4 F 8.5 F 7.5 F 3.4 — Math M 0.9 M 6.4 M 3.4 M 0.1 M 1.0 M 3.5 F 0.4 — Math M 8.2 F 4.8 F 0.9 M 5.0 F 3.0 F 6.9 F 1.1 — Percentage of tests failed 23.2 9.4 10.7 12.7 16.3 15.4 13.0 — Percentage of tests failed 16.9 8.6 14.8 17.1 9.9 13.6 17.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C A D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 7.0 6.5 6.5 5.8 6.1 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.7 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.7 —

Malmo [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Mother Teresa [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 17.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 455 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 12.2 Rank: 473 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 70.0 75.0 67.7 65.6 71.7 67.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 66.7 n/a Math 71.9 74.0 76.5 73.2 71.3 78.6 70.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 82.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.0 71.8 73.8 68.8 62.1 72.6 69.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.1 n/a Math 74.9 68.6 67.9 74.8 67.6 71.5 71.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 5.6 F 17.2 F 9.8 F 4.0 F 8.7 M 1.3 F 1.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math M 10.7 F 10.3 F 3.1 M 0.2 F 2.3 M 6.1 M 6.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.1 22.2 7.2 10.4 24.4 9.8 16.1 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 15.7 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 4.9 6.7 6.6 4.1 7.0 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.7 n/a

Belmont [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 Donnan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 62 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.0 Rank: 455 / 748 447 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 473 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.6 65.1 65.4 64.5 63.1 64.5 67.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 70.1 n/a 65.1 68.1 69.8 74.5 n/a Math 60.5 73.6 69.3 68.7 64.7 66.3 72.6 — Math n/a 82.3 n/a 76.2 79.1 84.0 83.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.8 69.3 67.9 71.6 67.4 64.3 68.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 66.8 n/a 62.9 68.9 65.9 65.2 n/a Math 70.8 78.5 72.6 74.3 71.1 68.1 71.3 down Math n/a 65.2 n/a 68.1 75.1 73.5 66.5 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.5 F 1.3 F 8.0 F 3.0 F 0.9 E F 1.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a M 1.3 n/a F 0.2 F 0.3 M 0.2 F 12.1 n/a Math F 0.3 M 9.9 F 1.7 F 1.4 M 5.0 M 8.3 M 9.6 down Math n/a M 2.0 n/a M 11.9 F 1.0 M 5.4 F 2.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 18.5 12.0 11.9 12.7 18.8 18.9 12.8 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 18.6 n/a 17.7 9.4 12.8 19.0 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.6 6.3 5.7 6.2 4.9 4.8 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a 6.4 n/a 5.3 6.9 6.7 5.7 n/a

St. Richard [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Edmonton Christian [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 74 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 455 / 748 479 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.1 Rank: 489 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 67.1 71.8 73.5 71.2 60.6 67.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 71.8 71.0 72.2 70.8 67.6 — Math 77.9 75.3 74.8 79.3 74.4 62.3 81.7 — Math n/a n/a 75.1 71.9 74.2 72.1 75.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.8 72.2 67.6 65.2 63.0 68.8 63.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 72.2 68.9 70.1 68.3 70.1 — Math 64.2 78.8 61.9 68.4 53.6 69.8 71.1 — Math n/a n/a 71.3 76.5 73.9 73.0 75.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.1 F 4.9 M 6.4 M 5.2 F 0.9 F 6.1 F 7.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 4.5 F 4.0 F 3.9 F 5.3 F 12.6 down Math M 4.4 F 0.1 M 15.7 M 17.3 M 11.8 M 5.6 F 4.6 up Math n/a n/a M 6.1 M 5.0 M 1.9 M 1.1 F 8.9 — Percentage of tests failed 14.4 13.5 15.3 13.3 19.7 15.8 12.8 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 10.7 8.4 10.5 12.9 11.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 6.9 4.9 5.5 4.4 4.8 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.6 — 50 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Ormsby [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 York [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.8 Rank: 489 / 748 458 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 500 / 748 466 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.5 65.2 64.4 66.5 62.9 68.4 66.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.4 65.5 65.3 65.1 67.0 66.3 71.5 up Math 60.9 70.8 68.4 74.2 72.4 74.4 67.6 — Math 62.7 63.6 67.6 66.3 67.1 76.0 73.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.3 62.0 66.0 61.8 66.9 61.3 70.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.9 66.3 63.4 64.9 70.9 68.8 63.3 — Math 59.0 66.8 67.8 67.8 70.2 64.1 73.0 — Math 60.3 67.1 66.8 76.3 74.5 73.7 69.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.7 F 2.5 F 4.3 F 7.4 F 1.9 M 2.1 F 5.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.6 F 2.5 F 2.1 F 9.9 F 2.3 F 3.3 F 10.6 — Math M 1.7 M 4.6 M 0.5 M 2.0 M 5.1 M 5.2 M 0.6 — Math F 5.3 M 10.0 M 10.4 M 8.9 F 4.0 F 2.8 M 2.2 up Percentage of tests failed 38.6 22.8 19.9 14.9 11.4 18.1 17.8 — Percentage of tests failed 37.3 22.4 22.7 20.0 16.0 11.5 15.6 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.2 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.1 5.6 — Overall rating out of 10 3.1 4.8 4.3 4.6 5.6 6.4 5.5 —

Strathearn [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Caernarvon [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 61 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 489 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 500 / 748 473 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 74.2 79.9 73.1 n/a 74.4 67.9 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 62.2 67.4 70.3 68.7 61.8 67.6 — Math 80.5 85.0 85.6 81.8 n/a 80.2 75.7 n/a Math 75.3 63.6 72.3 78.4 78.1 68.8 70.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 76.0 75.4 63.9 n/a 66.2 71.2 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.3 62.4 63.6 67.4 60.9 61.5 70.4 — Math 73.3 80.2 74.2 75.9 n/a 73.5 68.9 n/a Math 65.5 71.7 66.3 72.2 64.6 65.2 71.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.3 F 13.9 F 7.4 F 9.8 n/a F 1.6 F 9.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.4 F 9.4 F 2.7 F 5.8 F 1.9 M 2.3 F 9.2 — Math M 3.1 F 10.5 F 10.3 F 9.7 n/a M 10.4 F 2.8 n/a Math F 8.5 F 1.3 M 8.6 F 5.9 M 3.3 M 9.8 F 3.3 — Percentage of tests failed 13.9 5.6 4.4 11.7 n/a 10.4 18.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed 22.7 28.9 15.1 12.0 15.0 24.5 16.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 7.2 7.6 6.1 n/a 6.5 5.6 n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.8 4.3 5.2 6.2 5.4 3.8 5.5 —

St. Jerome [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Bisset [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 489 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 500 / 748 488 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.0 62.8 65.6 62.7 68.5 n/a 69.0 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.2 59.6 69.2 63.5 66.6 63.0 64.3 — Math 69.5 73.2 77.4 57.1 77.8 n/a 77.6 n/a Math 61.9 63.6 71.5 67.4 71.5 68.1 69.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.0 65.0 61.3 64.9 65.9 n/a 63.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 65.7 68.1 63.1 66.1 64.3 69.1 — Math 71.8 71.5 69.0 77.3 79.1 n/a 64.8 n/a Math 72.7 65.8 68.3 69.3 65.7 66.7 77.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.5 M 5.6 F 2.0 n/a n/a n/a F 7.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.3 F 8.6 F 10.1 F 1.8 F 8.1 F 3.8 F 2.9 — Math M 6.2 M 20.1 F 1.1 n/a n/a n/a M 2.0 n/a Math M 3.3 M 3.9 F 1.8 M 7.4 M 5.7 M 1.9 M 7.0 — Percentage of tests failed 16.9 19.6 23.5 29.9 7.6 n/a 15.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed 23.3 25.9 16.2 21.7 16.9 20.4 18.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B n/a C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A n/a B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 4.5 5.1 3.2 6.7 n/a 5.6 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.3 4.2 5.4 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.5 —

Westglen [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 40 St. Matthew [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 500 / 748 413 / 630 Tests not written (%): 8.2 Rank: 500 / 748 533 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 69.4 72.2 66.5 64.4 65.1 67.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.0 67.2 65.2 67.6 62.2 69.7 69.2 — Math 68.0 76.1 73.4 76.0 63.3 73.0 66.2 — Math 63.8 74.1 69.0 69.1 69.1 73.5 74.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.2 71.1 71.3 70.3 73.1 70.2 70.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.1 64.4 58.4 57.0 63.7 66.6 65.3 up Math 68.9 75.4 75.6 76.0 74.6 69.8 77.4 — Math 70.2 65.2 62.8 66.1 66.8 69.6 67.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.8 M 5.7 F 4.6 F 7.8 F 6.5 F 13.6 F 10.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.5 F 9.1 F 5.4 F 4.8 F 13.2 F 7.3 F 3.3 — Math F 3.3 M 6.0 F 3.3 F 2.0 F 1.4 F 3.9 F 1.5 — Math M 7.6 F 2.0 F 1.4 M 0.7 F 8.9 F 5.7 F 7.0 — Percentage of tests failed 20.3 10.3 14.1 10.8 19.9 16.5 18.5 — Percentage of tests failed 27.5 22.3 22.1 29.8 28.5 14.5 17.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.0 5.0 5.5 — Overall rating out of 10 4.8 5.2 4.3 4.2 2.9 5.5 5.5 —

Delwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 68 Grovenor [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.8 Rank: 500 / 748 429 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 500 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.2 67.5 67.4 63.2 69.1 64.3 68.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.0 63.0 61.2 73.3 64.8 n/a 56.8 n/a Math 72.3 74.4 68.7 68.9 72.5 68.5 76.9 — Math 51.9 64.8 59.9 72.5 60.5 n/a 63.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 69.6 68.0 64.1 69.8 69.9 65.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 64.5 61.6 66.7 70.4 n/a 75.8 n/a Math 69.8 73.7 75.3 73.9 75.5 71.3 71.3 down Math 65.2 58.1 62.9 72.8 70.1 n/a 83.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.7 F 0.5 F 2.9 M 0.2 F 4.7 M 0.3 F 8.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.0 n/a M 11.7 F 9.6 M 12.9 n/a F 6.5 n/a Math F 2.7 M 0.9 M 4.9 M 8.8 M 2.3 F 2.8 F 3.1 — Math F 10.4 M 10.9 M 8.5 F 0.2 M 23.6 n/a F 3.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 15.8 12.6 13.2 17.8 10.2 20.3 17.7 — Percentage of tests failed 35.2 32.9 33.0 13.8 26.7 n/a 16.7 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.8 5.9 5.1 6.2 5.5 5.5 — Overall rating out of 10 2.8 3.1 2.3 6.1 2.5 n/a 5.5 n/a

St. Bernadette [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 St. Gerard [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.1 Rank: 500 / 748 458 / 630 Tests not written (%): 11.8 Rank: 500 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 69.3 65.7 65.6 62.9 58.1 67.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.9 62.1 64.0 67.2 66.8 n/a 68.7 n/a Math 76.7 77.8 87.8 67.0 70.2 57.0 82.9 — Math 65.1 71.3 70.2 82.3 70.9 n/a 70.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.5 63.7 63.1 65.8 67.8 67.8 64.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.9 59.0 60.6 62.4 66.5 n/a 65.1 n/a Math 57.3 62.4 71.1 69.2 69.6 70.4 58.9 — Math 63.0 60.5 57.1 62.9 76.9 n/a 75.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.2 n/a M 2.9 F 3.6 F 5.1 F 2.2 F 1.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.4 E M 4.2 F 1.3 F 4.1 n/a M 0.6 n/a Math F 0.9 n/a M 1.2 M 2.8 F 2.0 M 14.1 F 0.2 — Math M 6.4 M 0.1 M 11.4 M 19.6 M 0.6 n/a M 10.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 22.1 17.6 8.0 11.6 15.8 20.4 23.8 down Percentage of tests failed 31.0 30.6 30.5 14.5 13.4 n/a 17.5 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A n/a B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A n/a A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 5.5 6.8 5.7 5.2 3.8 5.5 — Overall rating out of 10 3.7 4.6 3.2 5.1 5.9 n/a 5.5 n/a Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 51

St. Leo [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 St. Justin [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.5 Rank: 500 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 4.9 Rank: 540 / 748 404 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.9 59.7 61.4 63.8 61.5 n/a 70.8 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.6 65.5 76.8 66.4 75.4 67.1 68.3 — Math 72.3 64.8 72.1 70.9 63.4 n/a 74.3 n/a Math 71.9 71.3 83.0 75.2 86.6 76.7 64.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.6 60.6 58.5 54.8 63.5 n/a 63.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.4 60.9 59.8 60.2 68.8 72.1 71.6 up Math 67.3 61.5 61.0 58.8 59.8 n/a 64.4 n/a Math 68.2 69.8 64.9 68.1 77.7 77.2 73.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.0 F 8.9 F 17.1 F 4.5 F 3.8 n/a F 5.8 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.4 F 14.5 F 3.3 F 6.8 M 6.6 F 5.6 M 2.1 — Math M 2.1 F 14.1 F 3.9 M 1.5 M 2.8 n/a F 0.7 n/a Math M 9.2 F 3.1 F 6.4 M 4.6 M 13.7 F 3.3 M 8.3 — Percentage of tests failed 21.1 30.7 26.7 27.0 25.4 n/a 18.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 25.0 22.8 16.7 23.4 10.1 8.9 23.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B n/a C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.5 3.0 3.1 3.9 3.7 n/a 5.5 n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.9 4.6 5.9 4.7 6.4 6.7 5.2 —

Scott Robertson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 McArthur [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 16.9 Rank: 520 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 4.0 Rank: 540 / 748 516 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.9 69.0 66.1 n/a 68.7 74.8 68.8 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.2 60.9 61.5 67.9 62.3 64.2 64.2 — Math 79.8 71.7 75.1 n/a 73.5 82.3 68.3 n/a Math 63.8 66.9 63.4 70.7 63.0 66.3 67.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.2 64.7 70.7 n/a 73.5 64.5 74.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 63.6 63.2 58.1 65.7 62.6 65.5 — Math 70.3 69.8 73.0 n/a 72.4 67.6 78.0 n/a Math 69.0 66.9 65.5 65.2 68.7 63.1 70.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.5 F 9.0 F 13.4 n/a M 0.3 F 2.8 F 11.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 8.0 F 4.8 E F 0.3 F 2.2 M 1.4 — Math F 1.3 F 3.2 F 17.5 n/a M 7.9 M 1.5 F 6.5 n/a Math n/a F 3.7 M 1.5 M 8.6 M 12.8 M 1.5 M 13.0 — Percentage of tests failed 15.5 14.6 8.7 n/a 11.4 15.5 20.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 28.2 17.5 18.4 18.3 19.9 20.1 13.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.4 5.8 5.1 n/a 6.3 6.4 5.4 n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.0 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.1 4.7 5.2 —

Malcolm Tweddle [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Holy Cross [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 14.4 Rank: 527 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 552 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.7 68.8 68.4 69.6 67.6 67.2 66.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 67.2 72.8 75.0 69.3 74.9 73.6 — Math 71.8 77.9 70.5 76.9 73.8 72.6 73.1 — Math 68.8 74.3 73.8 73.6 62.4 80.0 73.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 68.9 68.2 68.0 71.7 67.1 71.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 67.2 65.4 72.7 70.1 69.8 69.2 — Math 70.9 79.1 70.4 76.3 68.1 64.6 73.1 — Math 72.2 76.2 66.8 78.6 77.7 68.9 72.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 14.7 F 0.7 F 10.4 F 2.0 F 5.5 F 1.2 F 10.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.0 F 5.7 F 3.9 M 2.1 F 1.7 F 12.9 F 14.7 down Math F 4.3 M 11.4 F 0.4 M 2.9 F 3.5 M 9.6 M 4.3 — Math M 3.6 M 0.4 M 0.9 M 7.9 F 0.9 F 8.5 F 13.7 — Percentage of tests failed 17.4 11.0 5.3 6.3 9.7 19.6 21.8 down Percentage of tests failed 12.2 13.7 12.6 5.8 15.3 10.7 12.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 6.7 6.3 7.1 6.1 5.1 5.3 — Overall rating out of 10 6.1 6.3 6.1 7.2 5.8 5.7 5.1 —

Crawford Plains [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 72 Sweet Grass [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.4 Rank: 527 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 14.2 Rank: 552 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.2 64.8 68.7 69.9 66.8 69.7 61.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.9 67.7 66.8 61.7 71.1 67.3 68.4 — Math 68.6 69.3 69.9 70.7 67.3 77.0 68.6 — Math 78.6 67.5 65.4 74.3 77.7 76.7 77.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 64.8 63.4 71.3 77.0 67.8 69.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 70.6 70.3 67.4 68.5 66.8 67.8 down Math 72.5 73.0 65.5 78.9 79.3 72.6 70.7 — Math 75.5 74.3 71.2 75.6 79.4 75.6 80.6 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.2 F 5.3 F 4.9 F 7.7 F 3.6 F 7.0 M 0.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.4 M 0.7 F 8.6 F 6.0 M 5.8 M 1.2 M 10.6 — Math M 3.2 M 8.6 M 0.9 F 4.3 F 0.6 E M 9.8 — Math M 9.5 M 3.9 F 5.2 M 2.9 M 6.6 M 5.6 M 15.2 — Percentage of tests failed 15.1 18.5 20.4 10.0 10.7 9.8 15.5 — Percentage of tests failed 10.6 10.9 15.9 15.8 10.0 23.4 18.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.5 5.3 5.1 6.4 6.6 6.5 5.3 — Overall rating out of 10 7.3 6.6 5.1 5.7 6.4 5.6 5.1 —

Weinlos [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Lorelei [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 17.8 Rank: 527 / 748 404 / 630 Tests not written (%): 19.8 Rank: 552 / 748 488 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 66.4 66.7 65.2 63.0 67.3 67.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 67.2 71.2 67.9 68.6 64.5 66.6 — Math 67.8 76.6 70.8 75.0 75.7 78.1 74.0 — Math 71.4 75.3 73.7 69.7 73.7 69.1 77.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.3 65.3 67.6 69.6 70.3 72.9 69.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.9 63.1 64.5 64.5 64.1 62.3 63.9 — Math 70.5 69.0 71.6 74.8 71.4 74.6 76.9 — Math 66.9 60.8 63.9 69.8 66.8 60.4 67.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.2 F 0.5 F 6.1 M 1.5 F 1.1 F 8.6 F 9.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.8 F 3.2 F 11.1 F 3.6 F 1.0 F 4.0 F 7.3 — Math M 2.2 M 13.4 M 3.6 M 8.4 M 8.9 F 8.3 M 8.1 — Math M 1.0 M 8.9 F 2.8 M 3.2 M 12.9 M 1.7 E — Percentage of tests failed 18.4 15.0 12.1 8.4 13.0 15.7 20.0 — Percentage of tests failed 24.5 21.3 13.4 15.1 16.3 29.7 24.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 5.7 5.9 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.3 — Overall rating out of 10 5.8 5.1 5.4 5.7 5.0 3.9 5.1 —

Oliver [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 McLeod [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.0 Rank: 527 / 748 516 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 552 / 748 510 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.2 52.0 67.9 60.7 59.8 61.2 64.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.1 59.5 66.6 64.5 60.6 59.6 68.1 — Math 81.2 56.0 67.9 64.0 61.8 70.7 70.7 — Math 55.8 63.2 72.6 71.7 64.7 62.8 69.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 59.1 66.5 67.3 69.6 73.3 70.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.3 66.8 66.8 62.6 63.7 65.9 65.6 — Math 76.6 58.9 60.9 73.1 70.8 68.5 67.2 — Math 61.0 71.5 69.8 69.4 63.3 70.7 65.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.2 F 5.3 F 5.6 F 12.4 F 11.2 F 2.8 F 6.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 9.2 F 9.5 F 2.7 M 2.8 F 1.1 M 0.3 up Math M 3.0 M 17.8 M 9.9 F 1.5 M 6.2 M 5.0 M 5.7 — Math M 16.2 F 2.4 F 1.3 M 0.8 M 9.1 F 3.1 M 9.6 — Percentage of tests failed 9.2 41.6 18.4 19.1 22.4 14.9 16.8 — Percentage of tests failed 31.5 23.7 14.2 19.6 24.6 19.6 19.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 1.6 4.5 4.6 3.7 5.6 5.3 — Overall rating out of 10 3.5 4.6 5.5 5.3 3.5 4.8 5.1 — 52 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Gold Bar [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Fraser [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.3 Rank: 552 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 593 / 748 466 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 n/a n/a 67.5 68.0 67.4 67.3 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.7 62.4 69.3 63.5 68.4 68.9 63.8 — Math 62.6 n/a n/a 81.9 85.6 76.0 78.1 n/a Math 63.1 68.9 65.5 70.0 72.0 74.7 69.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.4 n/a n/a 63.4 72.7 73.5 65.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 67.8 68.5 62.4 64.7 66.3 64.0 — Math 60.5 n/a n/a 62.9 78.5 74.3 64.1 n/a Math 71.5 69.3 68.1 64.8 67.1 68.7 68.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.0 n/a n/a F 11.7 F 4.1 F 8.2 F 5.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.9 F 9.4 F 8.5 M 0.6 F 1.5 F 2.7 F 7.9 — Math M 2.4 n/a n/a M 8.5 F 6.0 F 4.1 F 2.6 n/a Math M 9.8 F 5.5 M 2.6 M 8.3 M 4.5 M 1.3 F 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 25.3 n/a n/a 13.5 7.0 13.7 23.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 21.0 19.8 16.0 19.2 17.3 8.6 18.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D n/a B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D n/a C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.7 n/a n/a 5.2 7.1 6.2 5.1 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.8 5.3 6.5 4.7 —

Garneau [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Northmount [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 552 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 593 / 748 524 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.7 n/a 76.7 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.3 69.5 73.8 63.2 65.9 66.2 66.2 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 79.8 n/a 79.3 n/a Math 57.0 78.4 76.7 68.6 71.8 79.8 72.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 78.3 n/a 64.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.9 64.6 60.1 58.7 62.4 63.6 62.2 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 86.7 n/a 63.5 n/a Math 66.6 66.6 61.8 64.4 60.8 65.6 61.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 3.2 n/a M 3.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.8 F 0.6 F 5.2 M 0.4 F 1.2 M 0.3 F 5.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a F 1.1 n/a M 22.6 n/a Math M 5.0 M 15.5 M 0.3 M 10.2 M 0.8 M 7.8 M 1.9 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.6 n/a 15.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed 24.1 15.7 23.6 32.7 22.9 21.3 23.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 8.2 n/a 5.1 n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.5 5.7 5.2 3.6 4.6 5.1 4.7 —

Richard Secord [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 St. Elizabeth Seton [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.1 Rank: 567 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 8.7 Rank: 593 / 748 533 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 70.0 72.5 68.1 67.8 72.1 62.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.0 56.4 59.2 65.9 61.3 63.0 63.3 — Math 78.2 78.2 73.9 73.0 75.3 78.8 63.0 — Math 52.4 58.0 62.8 73.2 63.4 72.3 73.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.5 71.3 70.3 69.4 71.8 71.6 72.7 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.9 62.7 61.3 56.2 67.1 65.8 62.9 — Math 74.4 74.4 73.6 74.2 73.4 69.4 77.6 — Math 72.2 69.3 66.9 60.9 68.7 68.7 73.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.7 F 3.0 F 2.4 F 7.6 M 0.6 F 3.2 F 8.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.7 F 10.3 M 8.1 F 8.4 F 1.8 F 0.2 F 11.1 — Math M 5.1 M 0.3 M 4.9 M 0.7 M 19.1 F 0.9 F 6.9 — Math F 0.3 M 8.6 M 13.3 M 3.2 M 0.1 M 5.0 F 5.4 — Percentage of tests failed 15.5 10.8 9.5 11.9 9.7 14.0 18.5 down Percentage of tests failed 34.5 30.5 25.5 25.5 17.4 17.1 19.6 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 7.2 6.7 6.2 5.7 6.7 5.0 — Overall rating out of 10 3.8 3.2 3.0 4.1 5.0 5.5 4.7 —

Pollard Meadows [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Overlanders [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 18.1 Rank: 567 / 748 533 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.8 Rank: 593 / 748 559 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.2 73.0 62.0 60.1 63.8 61.7 62.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.5 63.9 66.6 63.2 63.8 58.1 65.0 — Math 59.7 84.9 61.1 61.7 67.3 73.0 71.9 up Math 59.1 71.9 66.4 71.0 71.2 67.7 66.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.7 65.2 59.8 64.1 67.1 64.4 66.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.6 58.8 61.7 60.5 67.1 61.8 65.1 — Math 66.0 70.3 57.2 73.4 67.1 66.9 67.6 — Math 60.0 55.3 57.5 61.9 71.2 61.5 70.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 3.5 M 3.2 F 4.5 F 8.6 M 2.2 M 1.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 14.3 F 9.9 F 4.4 F 8.7 F 6.9 F 2.4 M 0.9 — Math M 3.0 M 9.3 M 9.0 M 0.3 F 1.8 M 8.9 M 3.5 — Math F 6.7 M 2.1 M 7.9 M 5.1 M 14.1 M 12.6 M 7.4 — Percentage of tests failed 19.9 11.4 26.1 19.5 15.1 21.1 24.1 — Percentage of tests failed 32.6 25.3 22.7 23.2 15.5 23.9 23.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.3 6.6 3.1 4.8 4.8 4.7 5.0 — Overall rating out of 10 3.0 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.5 3.3 4.7 —

Meyokumin [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Gabrielle-Roy [Francophone] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 580 / 748 516 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.0 Rank: 593 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 63.3 65.0 67.6 70.6 60.9 65.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 63.9 65.2 n/a Math 65.6 70.4 68.6 72.2 71.3 66.7 69.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 72.6 71.2 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.4 61.6 65.7 66.4 63.7 63.0 61.2 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 68.8 62.3 n/a Math 67.2 65.2 59.5 69.2 66.0 63.3 66.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 76.5 62.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.8 F 6.6 F 16.2 M 0.9 F 3.3 F 4.7 M 2.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 20.2 F 1.1 n/a Math M 1.2 M 16.2 F 10.3 M 0.1 M 3.9 M 2.4 M 13.0 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 2.4 F 0.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 24.3 31.3 29.5 16.0 15.7 20.5 14.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.5 20.2 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.1 3.6 2.9 6.0 5.3 4.3 4.8 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.4 4.7 n/a

St. Maria Goretti [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Our Lady of Victories [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.7 Rank: 580 / 748 540 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 614 / 748 413 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.6 59.7 66.1 62.5 63.6 67.3 61.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.9 75.3 72.6 70.3 66.5 67.2 66.9 down Math 66.9 62.6 65.2 61.1 76.6 80.2 68.3 — Math 87.8 79.6 72.9 80.5 71.3 71.6 72.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.9 59.8 67.5 61.7 63.5 63.9 68.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.9 72.0 69.2 67.5 67.3 67.0 64.5 down Math 58.6 54.6 64.3 65.9 67.6 63.0 71.7 — Math 76.3 76.7 71.5 78.9 73.7 71.9 71.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.0 M 1.9 M 0.8 F 4.2 F 4.2 F 20.7 F 7.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.3 M 3.6 F 3.0 F 11.0 F 2.4 F 11.8 F 8.2 — Math n/a M 2.0 M 7.6 M 7.1 F 4.5 F 16.3 M 5.7 — Math M 2.9 M 9.8 F 2.2 M 3.6 F 7.0 F 9.6 F 19.1 down Percentage of tests failed 28.3 34.2 21.8 23.4 17.3 16.8 17.8 up Percentage of tests failed 3.4 6.4 10.8 5.9 12.0 12.9 14.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.7 3.5 4.6 4.0 5.0 3.6 4.8 — Overall rating out of 10 8.7 7.3 6.6 6.8 5.7 5.0 4.6 down Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 53

Youngstown [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Inglewood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 614 / 748 548 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.0 Rank: 633 / 748 413 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.5 56.6 71.8 67.1 62.7 63.4 63.3 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 67.6 70.7 65.6 67.4 72.9 63.4 — Math 56.4 61.1 70.4 68.4 64.0 65.3 65.2 down Math 79.0 79.9 78.2 74.7 77.0 79.3 68.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 59.6 64.2 58.1 63.4 66.2 65.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 66.7 62.2 58.1 68.6 73.9 62.4 — Math 63.9 58.5 56.9 68.5 62.6 65.2 65.2 — Math 74.7 69.2 68.1 68.9 68.2 78.3 73.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 13.3 F 7.3 F 7.9 F 13.6 F 0.7 F 9.4 F 3.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.3 M 4.3 F 1.4 F 6.6 F 5.3 F 9.0 F 11.9 down Math F 13.5 M 3.9 M 1.1 F 4.3 F 0.9 F 8.1 M 0.4 — Math M 8.5 M 13.0 M 8.8 F 7.7 F 2.4 M 2.8 F 2.2 up Percentage of tests failed 32.1 37.8 17.5 20.7 27.3 22.7 26.5 — Percentage of tests failed 14.0 15.7 16.4 16.3 9.3 3.2 22.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 2.9 2.8 5.0 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.6 — Overall rating out of 10 6.8 5.7 5.6 4.9 6.1 7.5 4.3 —

Victory [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 Sakaw [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.3 Rank: 614 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 16.0 Rank: 633 / 748 524 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 59.7 69.1 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.0 63.7 64.2 67.9 62.0 67.9 61.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 57.7 65.0 n/a Math 78.4 76.3 74.6 77.4 69.9 73.5 68.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 60.4 68.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 64.0 61.0 60.1 64.3 61.6 64.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 58.3 63.9 n/a Math 66.7 65.1 62.4 67.1 66.7 61.9 66.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 0.7 n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.5 F 3.5 F 8.6 F 4.3 M 2.6 F 7.7 M 1.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 11.5 n/a n/a Math M 0.1 M 1.4 F 3.5 M 10.5 M 10.7 M 5.4 M 2.8 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 34.3 21.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 17.4 21.6 18.8 11.3 19.5 20.9 31.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.4 4.6 n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.1 5.5 4.6 5.5 4.2 4.5 4.3 —

Lauderdale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 St. Brendan [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 22.4 Rank: 625 / 748 473 / 630 Tests not written (%): 11.5 Rank: 633 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.7 60.8 61.3 68.6 64.2 69.9 64.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 65.7 n/a 61.1 62.8 75.2 66.8 n/a Math 64.7 64.1 70.9 78.1 70.5 69.3 69.5 — Math 69.8 82.3 n/a 64.0 70.9 80.5 71.4 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 57.9 64.6 61.3 70.4 70.0 69.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 57.0 n/a 65.5 66.4 68.2 60.7 n/a Math 64.5 67.0 61.5 69.3 77.8 78.5 81.3 up Math 73.2 52.6 n/a 71.0 63.8 70.9 65.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.2 F 9.2 F 2.6 F 0.4 M 2.2 F 7.2 F 10.7 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.9 F 8.0 n/a F 9.9 F 8.0 F 20.5 F 10.1 n/a Math M 3.3 M 0.7 F 13.3 M 5.8 M 8.7 F 3.3 F 5.9 — Math M 17.6 F 3.4 n/a E F 3.3 F 10.2 F 2.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 22.4 28.7 25.0 12.8 14.4 18.4 30.8 — Percentage of tests failed 16.8 26.1 100.0 21.4 21.2 16.0 25.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D n/a C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.7 4.0 3.7 6.1 5.6 6.0 4.5 — Overall rating out of 10 5.2 4.5 n/a 4.6 4.2 5.0 4.3 n/a

Glengarry [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Anne Fitzgerald [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.7 Rank: 625 / 748 524 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 641 / 748 413 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.7 62.3 66.6 60.7 60.5 61.5 66.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 70.1 73.0 66.5 68.6 69.9 68.9 — Math 73.1 76.1 75.2 67.5 64.3 73.7 70.5 — Math 72.8 79.6 78.2 71.5 74.4 76.0 82.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.9 63.4 61.1 63.5 62.9 64.1 62.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 74.9 75.3 79.0 68.9 69.5 58.0 down Math 66.4 63.7 65.2 69.0 67.7 66.1 63.9 down Math 76.4 77.0 73.1 86.3 65.3 70.9 58.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.9 F 8.0 M 1.8 F 5.9 F 0.9 M 1.8 M 1.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.9 F 4.6 M 0.1 F 1.4 F 8.3 F 9.7 F 5.3 — Math M 2.0 F 2.7 M 9.0 M 6.1 M 1.1 M 7.4 M 12.0 — Math M 0.5 M 0.7 M 17.9 M 9.8 F 14.4 F 3.7 M 10.9 — Percentage of tests failed 24.8 19.8 12.6 19.8 23.9 22.8 19.4 — Percentage of tests failed 14.6 7.5 7.0 10.6 13.9 10.2 27.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.2 5.1 5.3 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.5 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 7.6 6.7 6.9 4.7 6.1 4.1 —

J H Picard [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Ekota [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 630 / 748 510 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.5 Rank: 641 / 748 533 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.8 69.8 72.3 74.7 78.1 67.3 55.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.2 64.1 69.1 62.5 59.3 69.8 60.0 — Math 77.3 74.8 67.1 65.3 61.9 60.7 58.8 down Math 61.8 68.2 73.1 67.9 75.1 73.3 63.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.1 53.0 65.5 64.8 64.7 67.2 67.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.5 59.4 59.7 56.3 66.2 65.0 58.8 — Math 63.6 58.0 68.4 74.2 66.1 69.4 68.0 — Math 63.7 63.0 59.0 64.8 65.7 60.0 57.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.9 F 2.7 F 5.2 F 6.1 F 9.2 F 4.1 M 3.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.1 F 7.8 M 0.9 F 10.4 F 8.5 F 1.3 M 0.5 — Math M 18.3 F 1.0 M 2.5 F 2.1 M 2.2 M 15.7 M 4.4 — Math M 0.5 F 1.2 M 12.9 F 5.2 F 0.1 M 0.9 M 1.3 up Percentage of tests failed 23.2 29.7 14.8 14.0 19.7 21.4 16.7 — Percentage of tests failed 28.2 24.6 19.3 28.9 19.3 15.8 24.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.9 4.2 5.6 5.7 4.6 3.9 4.4 down Overall rating out of 10 4.4 4.5 4.5 3.4 4.6 5.7 4.1 —

St. Alphonsus [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Grace Martin [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.4 Rank: 630 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 20.0 Rank: 641 / 748 553 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.9 54.8 65.4 62.1 n/a 64.0 63.0 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 68.7 66.7 71.3 61.4 62.6 61.9 — Math 71.7 66.8 71.0 62.9 n/a 60.5 64.0 n/a Math 66.4 72.1 68.3 80.5 69.5 70.5 64.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 54.0 62.9 65.8 n/a 62.6 68.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.3 66.3 63.5 62.3 61.0 65.0 62.0 — Math 63.0 52.1 59.6 70.4 n/a 65.0 82.0 n/a Math 75.5 66.9 59.4 67.9 62.6 59.6 69.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.9 F 5.0 F 3.0 F 9.3 n/a M 0.2 F 11.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.9 M 2.9 M 0.4 M 5.9 F 0.6 F 4.1 F 5.1 — Math M 3.9 F 3.7 M 2.1 F 11.0 n/a M 6.1 F 11.7 n/a Math M 4.0 M 12.2 M 6.7 M 6.7 M 14.6 M 8.3 F 1.1 — Percentage of tests failed 22.6 46.7 21.5 29.1 n/a 20.8 22.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 22.6 24.5 26.2 10.4 23.4 38.0 30.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.2 2.1 4.7 3.5 n/a 4.3 4.4 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 5.0 4.2 6.1 3.5 3.1 4.1 — 54 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Lee Ridge [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Beacon Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.5 Rank: 641 / 748 559 / 630 Tests not written (%): 20.4 Rank: 668 / 748 524 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.0 54.0 63.1 62.4 65.4 62.6 61.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 61.0 67.2 59.3 67.2 62.8 67.4 — Math 54.7 58.0 67.6 65.4 63.6 67.9 70.7 — Math 67.3 65.6 73.8 65.0 75.1 68.8 75.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.7 59.4 68.5 60.4 64.5 65.1 62.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.6 66.1 63.1 68.6 64.8 66.2 60.5 — Math 57.2 55.8 68.3 61.8 69.8 66.9 62.6 — Math 61.3 67.2 60.4 73.1 67.9 70.2 58.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.8 F 12.0 F 7.8 F 8.3 F 5.1 M 5.8 F 3.9 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 F 4.8 F 4.2 M 8.9 F 1.8 F 10.2 n/a n/a Math F 11.4 F 9.5 M 3.1 F 7.9 M 6.6 M 14.3 M 5.7 — Math M 2.4 F 0.1 M 12.5 M 3.3 F 0.2 M 8.3 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 47.0 46.9 19.1 32.9 15.4 20.8 27.0 — Percentage of tests failed 20.6 28.2 13.4 24.1 17.9 20.9 27.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.5 1.4 4.8 3.1 4.6 3.9 4.1 — Overall rating out of 10 5.3 4.7 4.9 4.4 5.5 4.3 3.7 —

Dovercourt [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Thorncliffe [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 648 / 748 496 / 630 Tests not written (%): 22.7 Rank: 668 / 748 524 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.5 61.9 64.2 63.5 67.1 60.5 65.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.1 60.6 67.8 65.3 67.6 65.1 68.7 — Math 68.1 65.8 67.4 72.1 78.2 67.2 73.8 — Math 60.3 70.0 76.9 73.9 79.3 74.9 81.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 64.3 69.0 63.6 61.9 64.5 58.8 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 54.4 61.1 60.8 57.7 66.0 66.0 57.5 — Math 68.5 67.8 66.5 68.3 67.5 67.8 57.2 — Math 50.5 60.7 57.2 61.5 72.6 68.0 57.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.1 F 6.2 M 0.8 F 1.6 F 7.1 F 3.4 F 7.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.6 F 9.9 F 1.5 F 14.9 F 8.3 F 5.1 M 0.7 — Math M 19.2 F 9.7 F 1.4 M 0.5 F 1.6 M 2.0 M 0.2 — Math F 2.7 F 0.1 M 6.9 F 2.7 M 5.7 F 0.6 M 16.9 — Percentage of tests failed 20.5 25.2 18.0 18.7 13.9 25.2 27.2 — Percentage of tests failed 43.0 28.6 22.1 25.9 9.4 23.9 32.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.8 4.3 5.4 5.5 5.3 4.3 4.0 down Overall rating out of 10 2.1 4.2 4.7 3.8 5.8 5.1 3.7 —

Our Lady of Peace [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 St. Timothy [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.0 Rank: 648 / 748 553 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.0 Rank: 668 / 748 565 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.1 65.1 63.8 62.2 61.6 67.7 62.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.1 67.0 60.5 62.6 59.7 58.9 66.7 — Math 61.1 67.1 66.1 64.8 66.7 65.3 67.6 — Math 71.5 77.7 64.4 69.1 65.6 73.5 68.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 58.4 62.0 61.4 66.4 60.5 61.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.1 62.3 64.2 63.1 68.4 64.6 64.9 — Math 67.3 57.4 57.5 70.2 69.1 60.9 66.9 — Math 66.3 61.2 62.1 67.4 74.9 67.2 65.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.6 F 5.6 F 4.6 M 0.2 F 2.4 F 5.4 F 7.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.4 F 12.9 F 4.6 F 1.3 F 8.3 F 11.1 F 6.7 — Math M 12.3 M 4.5 F 0.5 M 0.6 M 9.4 F 4.4 F 5.0 — Math M 0.8 F 10.7 M 7.4 M 7.5 F 6.8 F 6.3 F 21.3 — Percentage of tests failed 29.6 31.0 26.7 24.1 19.4 28.3 24.7 — Percentage of tests failed 15.5 22.6 27.5 20.1 21.1 21.8 22.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.3 3.9 3.9 4.8 4.4 3.7 4.0 — Overall rating out of 10 6.2 4.4 3.5 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.7 —

Newton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Argyll Home School Centre [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 155 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 37.5 Rank: 648 / 748 581 / 630 Tests not written (%): 44.0 Rank: 668 / 748 581 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.4 63.5 68.1 59.6 64.9 53.4 68.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 71.1 74.8 62.1 68.5 69.9 — Math 65.0 73.3 70.9 72.1 76.6 56.0 72.4 — Math n/a n/a 73.7 75.3 58.8 76.0 76.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 65.9 60.0 55.7 61.9 69.2 65.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 64.3 68.3 66.2 65.1 68.2 — Math 69.7 71.7 49.9 62.2 65.2 75.4 77.8 up Math n/a n/a 66.0 74.4 60.5 62.2 67.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 9.6 n/a n/a M 1.2 n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a M 2.2 F 1.9 F 3.4 n/a Math n/a n/a M 8.1 n/a F 0.9 M 3.0 n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a M 14.5 M 13.5 M 5.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 20.7 9.4 19.8 23.9 24.1 43.2 35.0 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 39.8 11.8 36.0 49.8 52.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.2 6.2 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.1 4.0 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 2.7 6.6 2.4 2.7 3.7 —

John Barnett [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 R J Scott [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.8 Rank: 648 / 748 589 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 668 / 748 589 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.8 57.9 62.2 61.4 56.8 59.9 66.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.6 58.3 61.2 56.8 58.6 70.3 66.6 — Math 63.7 66.9 69.4 66.5 57.2 65.8 69.3 — Math 71.5 66.9 68.1 56.1 72.7 77.0 74.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.3 57.6 63.1 60.3 64.9 63.4 62.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.9 56.9 63.8 54.8 59.2 65.0 55.7 — Math 55.0 57.1 67.5 63.3 63.8 61.9 56.7 down Math 52.6 53.3 67.8 60.8 60.9 70.2 61.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.7 F 1.0 F 9.7 F 5.1 M 6.2 F 7.6 F 6.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.8 F 6.8 F 8.1 n/a F 4.4 F 3.5 M 5.9 n/a Math M 2.7 M 8.5 F 4.7 F 5.3 M 15.2 M 0.7 F 7.4 — Math M 0.3 F 5.0 M 1.8 n/a M 5.4 M 6.1 F 3.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 36.7 35.0 19.1 29.6 28.8 29.9 24.3 — Percentage of tests failed 33.0 38.2 17.6 44.3 26.5 20.5 31.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.3 3.2 4.3 3.7 2.3 3.4 4.0 — Overall rating out of 10 4.0 2.7 4.6 0.2 3.4 5.4 3.7 —

Delton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Bannerman [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 22.8 Rank: 662 / 748 496 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 668 / 748 595 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.5 57.0 68.4 63.6 64.7 63.9 67.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.4 61.6 59.1 53.7 59.3 55.0 57.8 — Math 63.5 76.4 73.5 66.7 71.9 77.9 71.4 — Math 63.5 62.7 61.1 61.2 69.4 63.5 62.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.7 58.8 59.5 65.8 64.6 65.4 66.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.4 55.9 65.3 63.9 62.2 60.6 63.7 — Math 67.2 56.5 60.9 66.7 67.7 71.1 69.8 up Math 68.3 57.1 65.9 61.6 63.1 63.0 64.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.5 F 14.3 F 5.7 F 7.0 M 1.6 F 4.1 F 9.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.6 F 2.6 M 0.5 F 13.5 F 3.3 M 3.1 M 1.3 — Math M 3.4 F 5.4 M 3.7 F 1.1 F 0.8 F 0.6 F 22.4 — Math M 8.1 M 8.7 M 5.9 F 14.4 M 9.1 M 13.1 M 9.4 — Percentage of tests failed 29.3 26.7 20.2 17.6 15.0 22.4 23.5 — Percentage of tests failed 25.1 36.0 26.7 32.2 23.3 23.1 25.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.6 3.5 4.7 5.0 5.5 5.4 3.8 — Overall rating out of 10 4.6 3.1 3.8 2.0 3.6 3.0 3.7 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 55

Minchau [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Annunciation [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.7 Rank: 681 / 748 540 / 630 Tests not written (%): 21.1 Rank: 690 / 748 589 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.1 63.9 69.1 64.2 64.0 61.8 58.1 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.3 59.3 72.0 72.8 64.5 61.2 69.4 — Math 78.6 68.4 72.5 74.7 63.1 76.5 62.4 — Math 64.0 63.8 75.2 68.7 68.2 66.0 73.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.1 65.6 57.9 62.3 61.9 67.3 63.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.2 61.6 59.7 68.0 59.8 61.7 67.8 — Math 66.5 67.0 61.9 68.4 66.2 68.3 66.1 — Math 67.9 61.6 48.8 62.1 57.5 63.1 64.8 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.0 F 4.0 F 9.0 F 3.2 M 2.7 F 2.8 F 5.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.8 F 6.7 E F 11.9 n/a F 9.6 F 21.5 n/a Math F 6.6 M 5.0 F 1.1 M 8.1 M 12.4 M 4.6 F 1.7 — Math F 3.6 F 3.6 M 1.7 F 7.4 n/a F 1.3 F 17.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.6 21.1 20.4 19.9 26.1 15.0 30.8 — Percentage of tests failed 23.6 28.4 33.8 19.3 32.0 34.9 26.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 5.2 4.6 5.0 3.3 5.5 3.6 — Overall rating out of 10 5.1 3.9 4.2 4.8 2.0 3.1 3.3 —

Tipaskan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 John A. McDougall [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.7 Rank: 682 / 748 524 / 630 Tests not written (%): 12.8 Rank: 690 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.6 66.9 64.0 61.4 70.9 67.8 68.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 48.7 56.9 n/a n/a 56.0 51.7 59.5 n/a Math 70.7 70.6 65.4 63.7 71.0 76.3 71.4 — Math 51.3 51.4 n/a n/a 69.8 50.0 60.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 65.6 65.7 55.0 64.5 65.0 56.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.4 54.1 n/a n/a 65.4 62.0 59.1 n/a Math 69.8 71.2 64.1 62.4 69.9 69.1 57.0 — Math 55.4 56.0 n/a n/a 72.4 61.9 63.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.1 F 7.8 F 4.9 F 1.1 F 5.2 F 0.5 F 4.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.7 F 3.1 n/a n/a F 0.9 F 9.1 F 5.6 n/a Math F 2.4 M 3.1 F 1.8 M 11.2 M 5.8 M 6.1 M 8.1 — Math M 8.5 M 14.0 n/a n/a M 4.8 F 4.8 M 1.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 21.2 12.7 16.1 32.5 12.5 12.9 31.4 — Percentage of tests failed 45.5 49.3 n/a n/a 20.0 41.7 31.7 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.6 5.9 4.9 3.0 5.5 5.9 3.5 — Overall rating out of 10 1.8 1.2 n/a n/a 4.6 1.2 3.3 n/a

Evansdale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Horse Hill [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.9 Rank: 685 / 748 553 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 690 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.8 64.7 70.4 58.4 64.1 63.6 61.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 58.4 n/a Math 76.0 72.6 78.8 60.5 73.4 80.7 68.6 — Math 63.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 60.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.1 63.6 61.4 55.5 63.4 60.3 63.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 62.4 n/a Math 59.5 64.5 60.3 64.2 64.3 64.3 58.5 — Math 65.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 60.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.6 F 16.3 F 1.2 F 12.3 F 1.0 F 2.4 M 4.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.3 n/a Math M 13.2 F 11.1 M 1.7 M 2.0 M 6.5 M 11.1 M 9.6 down Math M 5.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 10.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 23.1 23.7 17.6 31.2 17.1 24.0 30.6 — Percentage of tests failed 32.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 26.9 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.9 3.9 5.7 2.7 4.9 4.3 3.4 — Overall rating out of 10 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3.3 n/a

Avonmore [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Millwoods [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 40 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 34.7 Rank: 685 / 748 559 / 630 Tests not written (%): 21.0 Rank: 696 / 748 510 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.1 63.8 62.1 60.8 69.1 66.3 61.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 67.1 70.3 56.4 64.8 75.1 67.3 — Math 64.0 66.6 62.2 66.9 68.0 69.1 65.7 — Math 65.9 75.2 72.6 69.1 68.5 75.1 72.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.6 60.5 71.0 64.0 71.1 61.5 67.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 63.8 71.5 66.2 65.6 72.3 66.1 — Math 59.7 61.4 59.8 76.8 84.3 74.3 68.7 — Math 67.0 65.3 67.0 62.4 68.1 62.4 63.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.3 n/a n/a F 15.1 M 0.3 n/a F 1.8 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.6 F 10.1 F 4.7 F 3.9 M 1.4 F 2.6 F 15.6 — Math M 3.8 n/a n/a F 10.8 M 3.6 n/a M 9.3 n/a Math M 9.3 M 6.0 M 6.9 M 5.7 M 5.7 F 1.7 F 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 27.9 20.6 33.3 15.2 7.9 34.4 42.0 — Percentage of tests failed 26.5 15.6 5.8 28.6 23.9 20.4 37.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A D A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.8 4.3 2.5 4.4 6.9 3.2 3.4 — Overall rating out of 10 4.9 5.4 6.4 3.9 4.5 6.0 3.2 —

Belmead [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Mee-Yah-Noh [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 17.3 Rank: 685 / 748 595 / 630 Tests not written (%): 28.3 Rank: 696 / 748 559 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.9 63.6 56.0 61.3 63.0 68.2 62.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 61.0 71.8 68.7 61.8 65.7 63.7 — Math 58.9 60.1 54.1 64.2 56.4 65.6 60.0 — Math 81.7 67.4 70.1 76.1 63.3 72.3 63.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 64.9 61.6 63.6 63.2 67.0 57.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.4 53.0 62.9 64.2 62.8 63.0 66.2 — Math 67.2 63.2 66.9 63.2 61.1 72.6 64.4 — Math 64.8 60.2 66.7 68.3 58.1 67.0 62.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.9 M 1.5 M 4.8 F 3.5 F 5.3 F 14.9 n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.0 F 6.1 F 1.0 M 0.6 M 4.9 F 10.9 F 3.7 — Math M 3.6 M 26.5 M 7.4 M 0.9 M 4.3 F 7.2 n/a n/a Math F 2.2 F 3.8 M 6.4 M 19.5 M 5.8 F 0.4 M 10.4 — Percentage of tests failed 27.1 30.3 42.1 24.4 37.2 19.8 23.9 — Percentage of tests failed 17.2 31.8 16.8 15.5 30.3 35.6 37.5 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D A D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.5 3.1 1.7 4.3 2.4 4.4 3.4 — Overall rating out of 10 6.0 3.5 5.5 5.2 3.0 3.7 3.2 down

Montrose [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Belvedere [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.0 Rank: 690 / 748 581 / 630 Tests not written (%): 15.1 Rank: 696 / 748 611 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.5 60.5 66.3 53.7 60.5 62.5 59.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.3 58.3 64.5 57.0 60.2 63.5 62.2 — Math 70.5 63.8 77.3 62.6 66.7 66.5 72.6 — Math 67.8 61.2 63.7 60.2 64.8 69.5 64.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.7 56.9 67.2 60.5 60.7 56.3 58.9 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.3 60.0 51.5 54.8 57.8 56.1 61.2 — Math 69.3 64.9 73.8 69.2 56.3 58.9 58.1 down Math 52.4 57.2 53.0 55.4 68.1 59.8 74.6 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.8 F 3.7 M 4.3 F 12.7 F 6.3 F 7.1 F 2.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.6 F 0.9 F 2.1 F 2.1 F 3.7 F 2.1 F 10.3 — Math F 2.0 M 4.7 M 14.5 F 3.8 M 2.4 M 7.0 M 3.5 — Math F 17.9 M 0.1 M 3.8 F 6.6 M 2.0 M 5.4 F 8.5 — Percentage of tests failed 18.4 29.2 11.6 25.0 30.5 28.9 35.2 down Percentage of tests failed 32.0 36.7 36.0 44.2 29.4 36.4 32.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.6 3.9 5.6 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.3 — Overall rating out of 10 3.3 3.6 2.6 1.8 3.3 2.9 3.2 — 56 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Rundle [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Duggan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 34 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 706 / 748 595 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 718 / 748 548 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.6 65.9 57.1 60.0 61.3 64.5 59.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 68.0 73.8 66.8 65.1 59.5 55.1 down Math 62.3 67.7 68.6 62.6 67.2 71.6 52.9 — Math 58.9 75.5 78.2 69.1 68.4 63.0 72.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.2 56.9 57.6 53.0 64.7 64.7 65.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.8 61.8 66.4 65.9 67.1 65.3 56.8 down Math 51.4 59.3 53.1 48.5 71.1 72.6 67.4 — Math 58.3 66.4 64.6 72.1 69.1 59.1 59.8 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.7 M 1.9 F 6.1 F 2.5 M 1.2 F 11.1 M 2.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 10.3 F 6.0 F 3.1 F 0.6 F 9.0 M 9.6 — Math M 11.8 M 11.8 M 1.6 M 13.7 M 16.0 F 0.2 M 15.6 — Math F 7.2 F 10.0 M 4.9 F 12.7 M 11.7 F 3.9 M 9.4 — Percentage of tests failed 36.6 26.5 35.2 35.0 24.5 20.0 25.9 up Percentage of tests failed 28.1 14.8 14.6 20.6 14.7 24.4 35.8 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 2.6 4.0 2.6 2.0 3.7 4.7 3.1 — Overall rating out of 10 4.2 5.2 5.9 4.9 5.0 3.4 2.2 down

Pere-Lacombe [Francophone] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Brightview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.8 Rank: 706 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 44.2 Rank: 727 / 748 623 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.4 57.8 n/a 55.0 70.9 63.8 68.6 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 48.8 60.8 54.4 57.8 63.9 65.0 63.5 up Math 76.8 65.8 n/a 65.1 80.0 70.0 82.6 n/a Math 51.5 66.8 57.8 56.8 62.2 77.7 66.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.3 62.2 n/a 65.9 69.6 65.3 55.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 50.7 54.0 55.4 54.9 56.7 55.4 65.4 — Math 71.7 71.5 n/a 70.0 73.8 65.7 43.9 n/a Math 49.9 62.1 48.3 60.8 52.7 58.5 64.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 13.9 F 4.4 n/a M 4.7 n/a M 1.3 F 4.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.4 F 5.6 M 5.6 F 9.3 F 3.6 n/a n/a n/a Math M 5.8 F 11.9 n/a M 11.2 n/a M 3.3 M 8.0 n/a Math M 10.7 M 4.9 M 9.6 F 5.3 M 3.8 n/a n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.0 19.6 n/a 24.4 9.9 17.5 28.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 50.5 31.5 46.9 31.4 33.8 50.9 46.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.0 4.2 n/a 3.5 6.2 4.4 3.1 n/a Overall rating out of 10 0.8 3.6 0.5 2.4 2.5 0.5 1.9 —

Sifton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 North Edmonton School [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 18.9 Rank: 711 / 748 614 / 630 Tests not written (%): 29.9 Rank: 727 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.0 60.0 57.5 62.2 57.1 58.7 60.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 62.4 64.6 65.9 66.5 n/a Math 51.4 65.4 65.0 55.1 70.2 62.8 69.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a 64.3 64.3 78.6 54.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.8 58.0 59.2 64.3 56.1 58.2 55.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 46.5 56.4 59.4 59.4 n/a Math 48.9 57.0 60.5 70.4 51.5 51.3 54.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a 48.5 58.9 65.0 54.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.4 F 12.7 M 0.4 F 16.6 F 12.2 F 1.6 M 1.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a M 0.9 n/a n/a F 6.3 n/a Math M 11.3 F 6.5 M 1.2 F 18.3 M 1.0 M 3.0 M 6.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a M 6.9 n/a n/a M 6.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 53.2 35.1 29.5 27.7 34.1 32.4 37.9 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a 39.4 29.6 48.5 47.5 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A D n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.3 2.8 3.5 2.4 2.0 2.8 2.8 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a 2.0 2.1 1.5 1.9 n/a

St. Francis of Assisi [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 James Gibbons [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 14.6 Rank: 711 / 748 627 / 630 Tests not written (%): 17.0 Rank: 731 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.7 58.0 50.9 44.1 58.8 64.5 59.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 70.4 66.9 65.1 59.2 n/a 58.1 n/a Math 75.5 66.3 61.5 46.5 65.3 61.9 52.9 — Math n/a 79.3 74.0 68.8 62.2 n/a 55.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 50.7 55.1 48.3 50.5 51.4 57.5 58.9 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 58.8 68.9 51.5 63.5 n/a 63.5 n/a Math 50.8 57.0 46.2 51.3 48.1 58.0 65.0 up Math n/a 54.1 52.3 51.5 56.5 n/a 60.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 2.0 M 6.4 n/a M 0.6 F 6.4 F 5.5 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a M 0.7 n/a F 12.4 F 2.2 n/a n/a n/a Math n/a M 2.5 M 26.2 n/a M 10.8 F 17.4 F 1.3 n/a Math n/a F 3.6 M 9.0 F 8.7 M 9.5 n/a F 2.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 40.9 33.3 44.9 60.0 46.0 35.5 35.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 18.8 27.1 36.2 30.8 n/a 41.1 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.7 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.9 2.8 up Overall rating out of 10 n/a 5.5 3.6 2.1 2.8 n/a 1.3 n/a

St. Catherine [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Hillview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 18.9 Rank: 716 / 748 618 / 630 Tests not written (%): 21.8 Rank: 732 / 748 548 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 51.3 62.4 58.4 63.2 55.1 58.3 57.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 67.6 62.3 63.1 62.7 57.7 58.0 — Math 64.7 65.6 63.2 67.7 58.8 63.7 56.7 — Math 66.2 72.7 67.2 65.1 72.6 64.9 53.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.4 55.2 60.1 56.1 54.6 56.3 64.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 66.6 68.4 73.2 72.4 71.4 60.6 — Math 65.3 59.7 62.2 57.8 58.5 53.3 61.7 — Math 71.2 65.5 69.6 83.6 75.3 76.3 66.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.1 M 12.1 M 5.5 F 0.4 F 11.7 F 10.8 F 0.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 3.1 F 16.9 F 10.4 F 2.1 F 4.8 n/a n/a Math M 6.3 M 11.0 M 6.8 M 5.2 F 6.1 F 4.6 M 10.7 — Math F 1.1 M 4.3 F 4.4 F 1.1 M 9.3 M 6.9 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 33.7 33.0 28.6 29.1 40.2 37.1 42.6 — Percentage of tests failed 17.9 16.4 16.7 16.9 11.7 19.2 41.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.8 2.8 3.1 3.7 0.8 1.6 2.3 — Overall rating out of 10 6.1 5.9 4.3 5.6 5.7 4.9 1.1 —

Parkdale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 Norwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 13.2 Rank: 716 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 5.0 Rank: 735 / 748 628 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.8 53.9 62.9 n/a 56.4 61.7 60.2 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 50.3 55.6 51.0 55.8 55.9 56.4 — Math 56.5 57.6 67.4 n/a 64.0 74.9 67.4 n/a Math n/a 44.6 58.1 50.8 55.2 58.4 47.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 52.4 50.6 52.5 n/a 62.1 63.1 58.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 47.8 60.1 52.9 60.4 57.8 58.2 — Math 55.7 55.8 49.7 n/a 63.7 60.0 54.6 n/a Math n/a 52.7 61.5 55.7 57.2 52.0 45.9 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 12.9 n/a n/a F 2.4 M 1.0 F 9.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a F 0.6 F 9.0 n/a M 2.9 n/a Math M 4.9 F 9.5 n/a n/a F 3.9 F 7.6 F 3.0 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a M 5.2 F 8.1 n/a F 0.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 49.6 51.9 32.8 n/a 29.3 28.1 41.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a 67.5 41.8 45.7 37.8 40.0 51.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A B n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A C n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.7 0.7 1.6 n/a 3.2 4.0 2.3 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 0.0 0.4 1.1 1.2 0.1 1.0 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 57

Major General Griesbach [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Vanier [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 29.8 Rank: 739 / 748 615 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 369 / 748 384 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.8 64.1 62.8 66.9 61.4 67.8 54.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.7 65.2 69.9 69.6 66.6 73.3 69.3 — Math 58.7 65.8 65.1 60.6 55.8 65.8 53.8 — Math 62.7 66.7 72.7 70.9 64.2 76.3 75.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 58.0 63.2 59.0 57.7 61.6 57.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.2 67.0 64.8 61.2 67.4 71.1 68.3 — Math 69.9 58.6 53.5 58.5 51.3 60.0 55.6 — Math 74.3 73.5 64.0 69.2 69.9 75.2 69.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.2 F 14.1 M 3.1 M 0.9 M 2.9 F 0.7 F 10.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.8 F 7.5 F 0.5 F 6.8 F 4.7 F 3.2 M 2.9 — Math M 3.5 F 5.2 M 12.4 M 12.8 M 5.6 M 12.4 F 3.3 — Math M 9.1 F 2.5 F 1.0 F 1.7 M 0.7 M 2.8 M 6.7 — Percentage of tests failed 23.7 25.4 26.6 27.6 41.8 34.3 55.3 down Percentage of tests failed 23.3 19.2 16.4 19.9 18.2 8.5 11.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.1 3.6 3.2 3.5 1.4 3.2 0.5 — Overall rating out of 10 5.1 5.5 5.8 5.2 5.0 7.1 6.2 —

Tevie Miller [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 Fox Creek [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 27.0 Rank: 740 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 7.6 Rank: 540 / 748 413 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 54.5 53.1 n/a 60.4 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.6 59.9 70.5 66.1 70.5 66.5 67.2 — Math n/a n/a n/a 59.2 n/a n/a 66.4 n/a Math 66.1 60.9 73.4 70.1 70.4 77.9 70.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 55.1 49.4 n/a 50.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.6 62.0 61.6 70.9 65.6 69.6 68.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 33.1 n/a 43.5 n/a Math 63.8 65.1 59.5 78.9 67.0 70.2 61.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.9 F 5.0 F 1.1 F 6.2 F 4.2 M 1.3 F 5.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math M 2.6 M 2.9 M 2.0 F 5.1 M 5.1 M 3.7 F 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a 34.5 60.0 n/a 44.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 21.8 25.8 13.7 14.2 12.9 14.0 17.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.3 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.6 4.2 5.7 5.9 5.5 6.3 5.2 —

Prince Charles [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 David Ovans [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.7 Rank: 743 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 4.8 Rank: 580 / 748 510 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 46.4 56.5 59.4 n/a n/a n/a 55.1 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.2 68.4 68.1 67.0 69.8 67.9 69.8 — Math 49.0 58.2 64.1 n/a n/a n/a 61.0 n/a Math 67.7 71.2 70.1 68.4 69.0 66.7 67.1 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.7 54.2 48.2 n/a n/a n/a 48.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 58.2 60.2 59.6 66.7 65.8 63.7 — Math 50.2 55.7 42.7 n/a n/a n/a 44.1 n/a Math 67.7 60.1 64.8 68.9 68.9 66.1 60.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.1 M 2.4 M 1.5 n/a n/a n/a F 6.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.2 F 1.8 F 11.8 M 6.9 F 4.6 F 1.7 F 7.8 — Math M 5.7 M 12.0 F 2.5 n/a n/a n/a M 11.3 n/a Math F 5.9 M 6.3 F 13.8 M 25.0 F 2.1 M 6.1 M 4.4 — Percentage of tests failed 53.6 41.7 43.1 n/a n/a n/a 50.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.2 25.2 11.4 18.0 11.0 16.7 18.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 1.3 2.0 1.4 n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 4.7 4.3 3.8 5.9 5.2 4.8 —

Eastwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 Pine Grove [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 131 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 30.3 Rank: 744 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 580 / 748 516 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 47.8 n/a 53.6 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 69.2 62.7 72.1 66.4 65.7 62.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 52.0 n/a 55.0 n/a Math 69.7 72.5 58.1 77.2 72.8 67.2 63.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 61.3 n/a 59.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 62.9 64.1 62.5 65.9 66.3 67.8 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 63.0 n/a 58.3 n/a Math 64.0 65.3 61.1 66.0 68.5 67.0 65.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.6 F 10.9 F 3.8 F 15.8 F 4.2 F 3.3 F 0.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math F 11.5 F 15.6 M 11.8 F 9.4 M 8.6 F 3.7 M 6.1 up Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 42.2 n/a 60.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed 23.8 17.8 21.8 15.4 12.5 17.1 20.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C A D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.3 4.4 3.5 4.8 5.2 5.1 4.8 —

Ben Calf Robe - St. Clare [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Niton Central [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.3 Rank: 744 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 580 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 42.2 53.0 57.6 59.2 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.5 67.3 n/a 71.2 n/a n/a 72.1 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a 41.1 50.7 52.8 51.4 n/a Math 73.2 75.5 n/a 74.7 n/a n/a 78.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 37.5 50.3 53.3 50.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.2 66.5 n/a 66.6 n/a n/a 62.4 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a 33.1 32.7 37.2 42.2 n/a Math 64.8 69.2 n/a 68.9 n/a n/a 59.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 5.5 n/a M 2.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.7 F 3.0 n/a F 11.1 n/a n/a F 12.4 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a F 1.0 F 4.8 n/a n/a Math F 10.4 M 5.3 n/a F 20.3 n/a n/a F 7.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a 78.1 65.9 51.6 47.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 17.8 15.0 n/a 14.5 n/a n/a 18.2 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.2 6.1 n/a 4.8 n/a n/a 4.8 n/a EDSON/WHITECOURT AREA Elmer Elson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 Swan Hills [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 230 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.0 Rank: 721 / 748 540 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.4 66.9 67.4 65.0 67.8 70.4 76.0 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 69.0 71.0 69.6 57.7 57.4 58.0 down Math 63.9 73.9 66.0 69.7 76.0 76.3 80.2 up Math 77.1 78.5 78.5 76.2 60.8 66.3 63.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.9 72.2 62.7 68.6 75.2 71.3 66.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.6 59.1 66.1 60.9 62.2 63.4 59.5 down Math 72.8 70.0 60.1 72.1 72.4 71.7 69.3 — Math 59.3 65.6 66.5 67.8 73.5 59.8 58.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.0 F 0.4 F 15.9 F 7.6 F 5.2 F 7.4 F 0.4 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.4 F 1.6 F 4.1 F 2.9 M 1.5 F 1.9 F 8.6 — Math M 0.9 M 3.7 F 9.5 F 2.0 F 1.0 F 1.3 M 2.0 — Math M 3.4 F 0.4 M 0.8 F 4.3 M 5.0 M 11.5 F 8.3 down Percentage of tests failed 17.1 9.9 23.7 13.2 7.1 8.1 13.2 — Percentage of tests failed 23.2 18.6 12.2 13.5 20.5 24.5 37.9 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.5 6.8 3.2 5.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 up Overall rating out of 10 5.0 6.0 6.4 5.9 4.1 3.4 2.1 down 58 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

FORT MACLEOD AREA Canyon [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 St. Anne [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.5 Rank: 369 / 748 447 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.7 Rank: 134 / 748 46 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.3 64.0 63.1 66.7 69.1 68.8 72.3 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.6 75.2 77.2 77.3 76.1 78.4 72.4 — Math 64.4 62.7 62.4 71.6 60.9 64.2 67.9 — Math 84.1 84.5 79.8 81.3 87.4 86.7 81.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.6 65.8 66.9 68.2 68.7 67.9 67.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.5 79.7 76.3 72.9 77.1 74.3 77.6 — Math 64.9 67.7 65.7 70.5 68.8 71.1 77.0 — Math 79.4 83.9 77.4 78.5 85.6 78.9 80.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.1 F 2.9 F 0.7 F 0.5 F 5.9 F 4.4 F 5.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.0 F 5.7 F 6.3 F 1.8 M 2.9 F 5.7 F 8.2 — Math F 7.2 M 4.1 M 9.1 M 8.5 M 2.3 M 2.8 M 4.1 — Math F 2.4 F 0.6 M 2.4 M 4.2 M 3.9 M 2.6 F 6.3 — Percentage of tests failed 22.7 21.1 17.9 14.6 16.3 14.3 11.8 up Percentage of tests failed 4.2 1.2 2.2 5.9 1.0 5.1 5.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.8 5.1 4.6 5.8 5.0 5.7 6.2 — Overall rating out of 10 8.6 8.8 8.0 7.9 8.7 8.2 7.5 —

Granums [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Westview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 61 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 436 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 161 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 65.8 70.6 n/a 64.2 66.6 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 71.2 74.0 71.3 69.5 77.6 74.1 — Math n/a n/a 61.0 80.4 n/a 75.6 70.0 n/a Math 64.5 72.6 73.3 65.4 67.6 84.0 81.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 71.3 63.4 n/a 62.7 63.4 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 71.7 64.8 65.7 63.5 68.5 69.3 — Math n/a n/a 71.9 58.1 n/a 64.4 71.7 n/a Math 71.7 68.9 60.0 65.0 58.8 68.9 71.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a F 17.7 n/a M 5.6 F 0.8 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 F 8.2 F 3.1 F 3.7 M 1.6 F 7.3 F 4.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a F 6.1 n/a M 15.0 F 0.4 n/a Math M 8.0 M 1.6 E F 5.7 M 4.8 M 11.3 F 4.3 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 17.9 16.1 n/a 15.9 14.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.8 8.3 12.9 16.5 17.6 7.5 3.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 4.8 4.7 n/a 4.4 5.9 n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.7 6.1 5.3 4.8 6.6 7.3 —

St. Michael’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Sister Mary Phillps [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 500 / 748 516 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 189 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.5 64.2 63.4 72.7 72.3 73.6 71.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 75.6 77.5 76.1 73.6 76.6 72.6 — Math 68.8 71.9 60.4 70.6 83.9 75.8 77.4 — Math 79.0 81.5 78.5 79.7 78.9 84.2 79.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 62.5 60.8 60.2 66.5 60.2 58.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.8 75.3 70.4 70.7 70.6 72.0 69.1 — Math 75.2 67.6 58.6 62.1 68.2 56.1 58.8 — Math 78.8 79.7 69.4 79.9 75.4 73.3 73.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.4 F 4.7 F 7.1 F 14.0 M 1.2 F 5.6 F 0.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.4 F 5.2 F 4.0 M 0.1 F 0.2 F 1.8 F 5.3 — Math F 2.7 F 3.5 F 2.9 F 14.3 M 6.2 F 0.2 M 1.3 — Math M 7.0 M 0.5 M 10.8 F 0.2 M 11.8 M 4.8 M 2.2 — Percentage of tests failed 19.8 17.0 36.1 23.0 12.0 15.8 19.4 — Percentage of tests failed 2.4 4.9 4.4 1.3 2.8 6.0 6.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.1 5.3 2.7 3.7 6.4 5.3 5.5 — Overall rating out of 10 8.1 8.2 6.9 8.3 7.2 7.8 7.1 —

Livingstone [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 St. Paul’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.5 Rank: 527 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.6 Rank: 265 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 72.6 72.9 n/a 67.6 72.1 64.5 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 75.9 76.3 71.0 74.6 67.7 70.4 — Math n/a 74.5 73.5 n/a 78.2 82.6 75.0 n/a Math 77.7 76.5 77.8 77.4 82.8 74.9 70.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 70.8 73.7 n/a 69.5 68.4 69.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 68.6 70.6 70.2 75.2 65.9 67.4 — Math n/a 69.4 62.6 n/a 72.7 59.6 69.4 n/a Math 60.5 72.0 70.4 74.2 73.7 64.1 74.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a M 7.2 n/a n/a F 8.2 F 3.5 F 6.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.6 F 4.1 F 3.6 F 5.6 M 2.7 M 3.2 F 10.7 — Math n/a M 15.8 n/a n/a F 10.4 M 0.6 F 9.6 n/a Math F 1.8 M 0.5 F 1.2 F 8.4 M 17.8 n/a n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a 16.9 8.5 n/a 4.9 14.9 16.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 15.6 6.1 4.7 5.1 6.7 10.8 5.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 5.6 6.6 n/a 6.0 6.3 5.3 n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.3 7.4 7.5 6.8 6.6 5.7 6.7 — FORT MCMURRAY AREA Timberlea [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Good Shepherd [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.9 Rank: 107 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 329 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.1 76.3 76.3 76.1 72.9 74.4 77.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.7 70.2 73.9 74.2 71.3 72.1 73.2 — Math 73.3 84.3 80.2 81.8 79.3 84.4 84.8 — Math 79.8 80.8 77.1 82.1 76.1 83.3 82.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.7 69.8 73.7 64.7 66.5 71.6 70.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 67.0 64.6 62.2 66.1 66.5 69.5 up Math 69.6 77.8 71.7 70.0 68.2 72.6 76.5 — Math 74.0 68.2 62.5 57.5 66.0 69.3 68.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.1 F 5.0 F 13.2 F 4.4 F 4.5 F 4.7 M 0.3 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 4.5 F 6.2 F 6.6 F 0.5 F 2.3 F 6.5 — Math F 0.8 M 1.7 F 6.2 M 0.4 F 1.1 F 0.9 M 6.3 — Math M 8.3 M 3.0 F 5.4 F 4.3 M 5.3 F 0.7 F 9.3 — Percentage of tests failed 16.2 4.1 13.1 11.4 9.5 6.3 7.7 up Percentage of tests failed 4.7 8.1 11.6 12.9 11.4 8.1 9.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.4 8.0 6.3 6.9 6.5 7.7 7.7 up Overall rating out of 10 7.3 6.9 5.9 5.8 6.1 7.1 6.4 —

Dickinsfield [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 70 Dr Karl A Clark [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.7 Rank: 126 / 748 61 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.0 Rank: 353 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.9 73.2 79.3 73.3 75.5 75.5 72.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.6 72.4 73.0 76.9 71.9 70.5 70.3 — Math 71.3 75.8 80.6 83.7 78.5 83.0 76.8 — Math 77.7 79.3 77.1 80.3 78.8 78.8 79.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.6 72.0 70.6 74.5 75.4 79.1 73.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.8 64.2 64.2 61.5 67.9 64.7 68.3 — Math 74.2 75.5 72.3 77.4 81.7 84.7 81.6 — Math 59.9 61.7 63.5 65.9 71.0 65.2 75.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.4 F 3.5 F 4.6 F 7.0 F 1.3 F 3.3 M 0.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts E F 4.7 F 4.7 F 0.8 M 0.4 F 3.7 F 8.1 — Math E M 2.4 F 6.0 M 0.5 F 4.3 M 1.3 M 8.1 — Math M 8.3 F 0.4 M 4.8 M 7.8 M 4.8 F 0.7 F 7.6 — Percentage of tests failed 7.6 5.4 4.3 3.0 3.2 3.1 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed 20.6 13.5 13.3 11.6 11.3 14.0 9.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.9 7.9 8.7 7.6 — Overall rating out of 10 5.7 6.4 5.9 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.3 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 59

Fr M Beauregard [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Athabasca Delta [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.0 Rank: 369 / 748 496 / 630 Tests not written (%): 23.9 Rank: 682 / 748 629 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.2 66.8 72.2 65.6 64.8 61.6 65.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 41.2 58.0 52.1 43.6 50.8 48.7 63.8 — Math 64.6 68.8 67.7 65.9 61.7 63.7 70.5 — Math 29.1 53.7 40.9 33.9 63.7 56.3 85.2 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 67.6 64.9 62.9 64.6 66.3 70.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 41.4 38.5 43.9 44.8 43.7 48.7 60.6 — Math 67.4 68.9 63.3 66.0 61.6 65.4 74.1 — Math 39.8 28.7 34.3 34.2 47.1 58.3 52.2 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.8 F 11.4 F 9.9 F 5.6 F 8.2 F 7.3 M 0.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a M 1.3 F 9.2 F 3.7 F 0.5 n/a n/a Math F 3.4 F 1.0 F 0.6 M 2.1 F 0.8 F 5.0 M 4.6 down Math n/a n/a M 7.8 F 2.1 F 13.1 F 16.9 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 19.9 17.9 10.5 21.2 21.7 19.9 12.9 — Percentage of tests failed 87.9 67.3 68.5 85.5 56.7 58.0 29.9 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D A n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.9 5.3 5.6 4.6 3.9 4.3 6.2 — Overall rating out of 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 up GRANDE PRAIRIE AREA Beacon Hill [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Beaverlodge [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 473 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 249 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.2 71.7 74.3 79.4 71.5 70.4 68.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 69.4 71.3 72.6 70.2 73.3 73.2 — Math 75.5 65.3 72.3 81.2 69.9 72.6 71.7 — Math 73.7 67.9 73.4 71.5 71.9 77.2 78.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 66.9 70.1 65.4 71.3 73.0 70.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 69.4 66.1 71.8 67.6 67.9 70.4 — Math 61.5 71.6 67.7 65.8 68.3 71.3 70.6 — Math 73.4 73.0 64.2 74.7 70.3 65.2 71.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.8 F 0.4 F 11.0 M 1.1 M 3.0 F 0.5 F 2.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.9 F 3.1 F 8.9 F 3.4 F 6.7 F 3.3 F 9.1 — Math F 2.6 F 0.4 F 2.4 M 2.2 M 10.2 M 9.3 M 17.4 down Math M 1.4 M 5.1 F 7.3 M 0.6 F 0.7 M 12.4 F 4.3 — Percentage of tests failed 19.0 13.3 6.3 7.9 9.6 8.5 9.8 — Percentage of tests failed 11.4 11.2 11.4 7.0 9.4 9.9 6.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.6 6.5 6.4 7.2 5.9 6.6 5.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.9 6.4 5.5 7.1 6.1 6.0 6.8 —

St. Gabriel [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Aspen Grove [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 62 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 473 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.8 Rank: 265 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.4 71.7 74.0 70.7 71.7 69.2 65.8 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 70.6 77.6 73.8 76.6 71.7 72.3 — Math 73.2 78.2 75.2 76.9 80.0 79.5 71.7 — Math 77.9 84.0 83.2 83.7 82.6 75.8 81.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 81.9 74.6 72.8 73.5 70.8 73.7 72.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 72.2 69.3 68.7 72.0 72.6 68.9 — Math 77.6 72.3 60.6 67.7 72.8 74.3 75.7 up Math 71.0 69.0 64.4 75.5 68.9 73.7 72.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.3 F 11.0 M 6.0 F 0.3 F 10.7 F 9.7 F 8.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.6 F 3.1 F 2.9 F 9.0 F 5.3 F 1.6 F 7.0 — Math M 7.5 F 7.6 M 17.1 M 12.9 F 9.7 F 6.7 F 7.2 up Math M 2.6 M 3.6 E F 0.7 M 2.2 M 3.5 F 7.4 down Percentage of tests failed 8.5 6.3 8.0 11.0 7.4 6.7 14.1 — Percentage of tests failed 11.2 9.2 8.2 7.7 4.0 8.1 7.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.0 6.8 5.7 6.4 6.1 6.7 5.7 — Overall rating out of 10 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.2 6.7 —

Thickwood Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Swanavon [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 552 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.3 Rank: 265 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 74.6 73.5 73.0 72.8 70.4 63.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.6 64.3 70.9 69.7 69.9 66.2 69.9 — Math 71.5 83.2 77.5 77.9 79.0 71.9 69.8 down Math 70.8 68.0 73.2 77.2 76.9 73.5 80.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.0 67.4 70.6 59.0 70.8 70.1 64.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.1 65.5 63.0 61.2 64.6 69.7 71.4 up Math 68.2 68.0 64.0 59.6 75.3 70.0 64.3 — Math 67.7 72.3 61.4 67.0 69.1 65.4 74.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.3 F 13.8 F 9.0 F 0.5 F 2.5 F 2.7 F 3.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.8 M 1.0 F 5.2 F 5.1 F 0.5 F 3.8 M 3.5 — Math M 0.3 F 11.2 F 0.4 M 11.2 M 8.5 M 7.6 F 6.1 — Math M 1.4 M 8.1 F 1.7 M 4.1 M 2.3 M 10.6 M 8.0 — Percentage of tests failed 14.6 11.3 8.8 20.8 3.4 9.2 16.5 — Percentage of tests failed 16.4 17.0 13.8 11.6 9.9 11.6 9.3 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 6.0 6.6 5.0 7.1 6.3 5.1 — Overall rating out of 10 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.4 5.6 6.7 —

Greely Road [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Kateri Mission [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.1 Rank: 593 / 748 447 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 309 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 67.2 73.4 69.6 66.8 67.8 67.3 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 69.5 72.0 73.4 70.5 71.6 71.3 — Math 61.2 67.0 76.1 73.0 73.1 66.7 69.3 down Math 71.6 76.8 72.8 78.8 76.1 74.9 73.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 66.1 65.3 66.1 68.0 69.2 61.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 67.3 67.0 64.4 66.6 69.2 69.2 — Math 66.3 65.6 64.4 67.3 65.0 71.3 60.6 — Math 74.2 72.5 71.7 70.9 71.1 67.8 72.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.7 F 3.3 F 4.8 F 8.4 F 3.3 F 2.3 F 4.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.2 F 6.7 F 0.6 F 9.8 F 6.7 F 9.7 F 5.4 — Math M 0.4 M 5.8 M 5.0 M 5.5 M 9.7 M 3.5 F 2.6 — Math F 9.7 M 0.3 M 5.5 M 2.4 M 4.1 F 2.8 F 6.9 — Percentage of tests failed 21.4 13.8 12.0 13.0 14.7 14.4 22.2 down Percentage of tests failed 9.4 12.1 12.3 9.1 9.8 13.3 6.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.6 5.2 5.9 4.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.0 5.8 6.5 —

Father J A Turcotte [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Harry Balfour [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 88 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.2 Rank: 614 / 748 413 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.4 Rank: 369 / 748 404 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 81.1 86.3 79.8 79.1 65.3 74.2 69.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.8 65.2 69.9 67.5 64.8 68.0 68.0 — Math 78.0 86.8 86.8 85.8 80.3 87.7 76.7 — Math 59.4 69.6 71.7 69.7 69.6 77.4 75.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 63.2 63.3 60.7 63.1 60.8 63.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.3 62.0 65.8 64.4 67.0 67.4 65.1 — Math 71.3 67.9 59.7 64.0 66.8 58.3 53.9 — Math 62.1 62.8 68.1 71.9 73.9 69.4 68.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 1.4 F 3.2 F 2.7 F 3.0 F 3.0 F 2.6 F 6.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 F 8.2 F 5.4 F 7.4 F 1.6 F 4.3 E — Math M 3.4 M 3.3 F 2.9 F 4.4 M 3.9 M 5.4 M 5.0 down Math M 8.4 M 5.6 M 2.9 F 2.2 M 9.7 M 6.5 M 0.9 — Percentage of tests failed 10.5 9.5 13.9 15.4 16.0 19.5 23.3 down Percentage of tests failed 27.7 24.5 13.3 13.2 15.2 11.0 15.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.7 7.6 6.7 6.4 5.4 5.6 4.6 down Overall rating out of 10 4.3 4.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 6.1 6.2 — 60 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Ridgevalley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Holy Cross [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 395 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.6 Rank: 574 / 748 473 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 70.8 78.2 72.4 73.3 70.7 74.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.5 76.5 68.7 73.6 72.6 67.0 66.0 — Math 73.1 75.1 77.9 81.0 81.9 70.9 79.0 — Math 67.4 71.5 81.4 75.0 79.0 73.7 71.0 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.7 63.5 69.6 63.6 66.2 64.6 64.5 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 72.1 60.5 63.8 67.0 60.7 65.4 — Math 79.4 65.8 75.0 71.6 74.2 69.4 67.0 down Math 72.1 76.2 61.5 64.4 64.9 60.7 68.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.3 F 4.6 M 0.7 F 6.0 F 9.2 F 7.7 F 9.9 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.3 F 9.0 F 3.7 F 8.0 F 7.4 F 5.2 F 9.1 — Math M 7.4 F 0.5 M 3.1 F 2.1 M 4.8 F 6.9 M 1.9 — Math M 15.1 F 4.7 M 2.3 F 4.4 F 2.2 M 5.2 F 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed 9.3 20.9 3.8 10.6 10.7 17.6 12.2 — Percentage of tests failed 12.7 10.6 18.9 12.1 12.8 26.1 18.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B D n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A C n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 5.8 7.8 6.6 6.2 5.0 6.1 — Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.8 5.4 5.8 5.9 4.1 4.9 —

St. Andrew’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 Sexsmith [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 63 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.9 Rank: 395 / 748 447 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 580 / 748 466 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.6 66.6 76.2 70.5 72.7 69.6 76.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 69.2 68.7 66.1 66.4 65.3 64.9 down Math 69.9 68.1 75.9 65.2 72.7 68.8 76.0 — Math 62.8 74.2 70.4 67.6 66.0 64.7 67.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.1 50.6 60.8 64.3 61.8 62.4 66.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 67.6 66.0 65.5 70.8 69.7 65.0 — Math 52.5 49.7 56.6 66.2 63.2 60.6 72.8 — Math 64.3 68.3 61.8 65.7 77.7 68.3 61.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.9 F 1.7 F 2.3 F 0.8 F 4.4 F 3.3 F 3.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.3 F 7.5 F 5.8 F 5.3 F 8.2 F 3.0 F 5.3 — Math M 5.1 M 13.1 M 1.0 M 3.6 F 3.4 M 5.2 F 8.7 down Math M 4.6 F 0.8 M 6.6 F 0.2 F 3.3 F 0.4 M 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 37.2 40.6 14.0 18.4 15.3 16.0 17.6 — Percentage of tests failed 22.3 9.5 14.4 19.1 12.1 15.8 19.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.7 2.6 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.0 6.1 — Overall rating out of 10 5.2 6.5 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.7 4.8 —

St. Gerard [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 High Prairie [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 77 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 455 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 580 / 748 581 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.4 60.7 71.1 69.2 68.0 63.0 64.8 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.8 62.3 61.9 61.8 61.4 58.9 69.5 — Math 68.5 66.9 75.6 77.1 77.3 72.3 69.1 down Math 72.1 63.9 63.5 68.1 68.7 64.7 71.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 70.8 63.2 69.4 68.5 67.7 69.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.1 66.8 59.1 58.8 60.1 61.2 60.0 — Math 76.7 80.3 64.1 84.1 74.4 70.9 80.6 — Math 67.9 69.8 60.7 64.2 58.5 58.3 57.6 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.7 M 1.5 F 4.5 F 3.6 M 0.9 F 4.6 F 2.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.0 F 5.8 F 9.1 F 5.6 F 7.0 F 4.0 F 3.2 up Math M 11.9 M 6.6 M 4.0 M 4.2 M 8.4 F 2.6 M 8.9 — Math F 7.9 F 1.2 F 1.3 F 0.4 F 6.0 M 1.5 F 0.7 — Percentage of tests failed 10.7 15.4 11.4 3.8 6.2 16.5 13.2 — Percentage of tests failed 20.6 26.1 28.6 27.7 35.4 29.2 22.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 5.8 5.6 7.4 6.3 5.2 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 5.4 4.9 3.3 4.0 2.5 3.4 4.8 —

Alexander Forbes [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Hillside [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.4 Rank: 489 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.6 Rank: 593 / 748 384 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.1 68.4 66.9 69.5 67.9 72.8 69.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 69.3 69.4 65.6 69.1 67.9 62.6 — Math 71.3 73.8 69.5 78.1 77.1 80.2 71.4 — Math 72.8 74.3 76.6 73.1 70.2 76.3 73.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.4 62.5 68.3 63.7 65.0 65.9 66.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 63.2 71.9 64.1 69.5 66.9 62.4 down Math 66.1 69.1 69.7 71.2 64.6 63.7 64.8 down Math 68.3 67.1 68.3 66.1 70.9 69.3 66.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.0 F 10.4 F 6.6 F 4.0 F 1.9 M 2.8 F 0.6 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 7.5 F 2.4 F 0.2 F 5.9 F 6.8 M 2.1 — Math M 0.2 F 5.9 F 1.7 M 1.0 M 7.8 M 6.9 F 3.3 — Math M 4.5 F 1.2 M 1.2 M 6.4 M 0.8 F 0.7 M 2.4 — Percentage of tests failed 17.3 12.3 11.9 10.4 13.1 10.7 18.5 — Percentage of tests failed 14.4 18.8 8.9 12.9 13.4 9.1 25.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 5.6 5.8 6.5 5.5 6.2 5.6 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 5.7 6.8 5.7 5.8 6.3 4.7 —

Crystal Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 61 Parkside [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.8 Rank: 527 / 748 496 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 593 / 748 533 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 70.7 73.7 69.6 68.4 68.6 68.3 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.1 66.7 68.9 62.9 65.3 61.2 62.5 — Math 68.3 75.6 73.6 70.5 69.9 72.6 77.9 — Math 61.1 75.0 67.7 69.1 64.1 66.2 64.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 67.7 61.8 60.1 63.9 63.2 60.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.1 65.1 62.4 64.2 68.8 63.3 68.0 — Math 66.4 71.2 58.9 62.5 66.6 66.9 63.7 — Math 65.9 66.7 56.5 64.8 77.7 59.4 73.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.6 F 4.6 F 12.1 F 1.6 F 5.1 F 4.8 F 2.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.2 F 6.6 F 7.7 F 4.9 F 7.8 F 2.8 F 11.1 — Math M 2.2 M 1.4 F 6.8 M 9.6 F 4.2 M 2.8 M 3.7 — Math M 3.6 M 5.9 F 0.8 F 10.5 F 7.1 F 0.7 F 5.2 — Percentage of tests failed 14.8 12.7 17.8 22.7 14.4 23.3 20.6 — Percentage of tests failed 22.3 14.0 21.4 19.3 15.0 25.4 17.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B D A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.1 6.6 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.0 5.3 up Overall rating out of 10 5.3 5.6 4.3 4.5 4.9 4.0 4.7 —

St. Patrick [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Avondale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 552 / 748 524 / 630 Tests not written (%): 17.1 Rank: 593 / 748 576 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.4 65.8 74.5 64.3 65.7 68.2 68.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 54.8 n/a 69.0 61.9 58.8 64.9 64.5 — Math 59.2 76.3 79.4 73.1 70.7 76.7 69.0 — Math 54.9 n/a 75.8 64.3 65.7 68.4 71.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.9 67.2 65.0 57.0 62.7 65.3 62.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.8 n/a 56.9 58.9 65.5 69.6 64.5 — Math 70.0 66.6 63.9 52.6 57.5 60.9 63.5 — Math 57.3 n/a 43.1 50.6 58.4 68.5 61.9 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.1 F 7.6 M 4.1 F 6.4 F 8.7 F 6.7 F 1.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.9 n/a F 6.6 F 6.4 M 12.6 F 2.7 F 3.8 — Math F 0.8 M 4.4 M 13.5 M 11.0 M 2.6 M 0.9 M 1.9 up Math F 0.7 n/a M 6.8 F 3.3 M 13.5 F 5.4 F 1.5 — Percentage of tests failed 30.3 17.0 12.5 28.3 23.3 18.4 21.2 — Percentage of tests failed 40.0 n/a 27.4 30.4 25.8 24.8 26.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C n/a A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D n/a C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.3 5.7 5.7 3.2 3.8 5.3 5.1 — Overall rating out of 10 2.7 n/a 3.4 3.0 2.4 4.8 4.7 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 61

HIGH LEVEL/FORT VERMILION AREA I.V. Macklin [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Rosary Roman Separate [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 640 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 205 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 68.5 67.8 68.7 63.8 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 73.0 72.4 n/a 75.7 69.8 67.9 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a 72.4 74.3 77.9 71.4 n/a Math n/a 76.0 80.4 n/a 79.5 74.4 78.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 60.8 67.0 63.3 62.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 68.6 71.5 n/a 69.1 74.2 67.9 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a 62.7 62.3 66.1 65.0 n/a Math n/a 69.1 76.0 n/a 76.4 78.7 79.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a F 2.1 F 12.4 F 6.9 F 8.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 14.5 F 12.4 n/a F 5.6 F 1.8 M 1.4 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a M 5.1 F 5.9 F 2.6 F 4.4 n/a Math n/a F 9.0 F 0.6 n/a M 4.8 F 0.4 F 1.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a 23.2 14.0 18.0 24.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a 10.7 2.4 n/a 6.6 5.0 9.9 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a 4.8 4.7 5.3 4.2 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 5.9 7.2 n/a 7.0 7.7 7.0 n/a

Hythe [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Manning [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 19.8 Rank: 660 / 748 488 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.0 Rank: 230 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.1 69.1 73.2 69.2 71.1 63.1 72.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.8 n/a 70.1 76.8 72.0 73.6 75.6 — Math 65.8 70.4 75.5 72.7 75.2 68.1 77.4 — Math 77.3 n/a 72.5 71.2 77.2 80.9 80.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.6 65.5 54.4 59.8 64.1 65.1 56.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 n/a 64.7 71.5 74.8 73.5 69.1 — Math 56.0 66.8 52.9 65.6 77.2 71.9 54.6 — Math 62.8 n/a 57.1 77.2 67.4 66.9 75.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 15.8 F 8.6 F 1.8 M 2.6 n/a F 3.6 F 2.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.3 n/a M 4.0 F 2.8 F 4.3 F 1.2 M 5.3 — Math F 4.5 F 3.2 F 5.3 M 16.5 n/a M 1.3 F 15.4 n/a Math M 0.1 n/a M 8.8 F 1.5 F 18.6 M 6.7 M 5.0 — Percentage of tests failed 34.5 21.0 22.4 15.1 5.9 20.9 26.9 — Percentage of tests failed 12.5 n/a 20.3 8.1 10.0 9.9 11.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A n/a A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A n/a B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 2.8 5.3 4.5 4.8 6.8 5.0 3.9 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 n/a 4.7 7.3 5.8 7.1 6.9 —

Helen E. Taylor [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Hill Crest [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 10.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 685 / 748 540 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 249 / 748 255 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.2 65.3 69.7 64.7 59.3 67.0 63.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.6 n/a 77.6 79.2 72.3 72.8 73.0 — Math 69.1 67.1 72.6 73.0 65.3 68.6 64.0 down Math 88.6 n/a 80.3 86.6 75.9 76.3 85.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 69.5 68.7 58.9 65.0 61.2 59.1 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.4 n/a 69.5 69.7 69.5 64.9 67.6 — Math 70.0 62.8 57.3 66.2 65.8 58.0 61.3 — Math 65.9 n/a 68.4 74.0 67.7 65.7 71.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.0 F 3.2 M 2.0 F 8.3 M 0.6 F 2.2 F 2.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.6 n/a F 9.4 F 13.2 F 1.3 F 7.6 M 5.0 — Math F 0.8 M 0.1 M 8.5 F 3.9 M 4.2 M 6.3 M 8.1 — Math M 9.0 n/a F 1.8 F 2.6 F 9.5 F 5.0 M 10.6 — Percentage of tests failed 13.0 17.6 15.5 20.1 19.5 23.2 29.6 down Percentage of tests failed 12.5 n/a 8.3 5.5 7.1 13.6 5.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B n/a D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B n/a C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.3 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.5 4.2 3.4 down Overall rating out of 10 7.2 n/a 6.9 7.3 6.4 5.6 6.8 —

St. Stephens [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Rainbow Lake [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.8 Rank: 690 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 500 / 748 458 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 70.4 69.5 n/a 69.4 67.9 67.0 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 67.4 70.4 57.4 70.9 68.2 — Math 71.9 79.8 75.6 n/a 56.0 70.2 70.7 n/a Math n/a n/a 70.3 70.0 66.8 76.0 77.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.1 67.8 65.9 n/a 63.0 71.5 59.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 69.0 65.9 66.6 67.3 65.0 down Math 51.7 68.2 64.5 n/a 62.4 71.7 53.1 n/a Math n/a n/a 64.8 68.0 75.7 62.0 65.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 5.0 F 5.2 F 3.5 n/a F 4.2 n/a n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a M 1.6 M 1.8 n/a n/a F 11.5 n/a Math M 2.2 F 8.0 M 5.3 n/a M 1.2 n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a M 4.6 M 9.5 n/a n/a F 6.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 23.1 11.1 7.9 n/a 23.2 21.7 26.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 10.7 11.5 19.4 15.6 10.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C A n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a C B n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.0 6.4 6.2 n/a 4.0 5.2 3.3 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 5.9 5.8 4.1 5.6 5.5 —

St. Clement [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Rocky Lane [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 696 / 748 570 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.6 Rank: 718 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.1 63.7 64.7 64.2 70.1 72.5 58.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.7 n/a n/a 60.2 n/a 56.6 56.9 n/a Math 67.1 70.0 69.8 60.9 72.8 74.0 65.2 — Math 58.6 n/a n/a 58.7 n/a 61.2 52.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.2 61.5 66.7 62.9 60.6 54.4 59.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.2 n/a n/a 65.3 n/a 61.9 64.4 n/a Math 63.2 61.9 60.5 59.7 63.9 45.9 59.1 — Math 62.1 n/a n/a 65.7 n/a 66.7 65.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.5 F 12.3 F 2.2 F 6.7 F 10.1 F 4.5 F 8.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.1 n/a n/a M 8.1 n/a F 5.2 M 9.0 n/a Math M 1.5 F 2.7 M 2.1 F 15.4 F 7.6 M 2.2 F 0.7 — Math M 11.7 n/a n/a M 26.1 n/a F 4.6 M 7.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed 31.1 25.0 17.6 24.7 19.7 28.0 29.9 — Percentage of tests failed 30.5 n/a n/a 32.4 n/a 28.4 37.3 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.0 4.3 5.1 3.2 4.2 3.6 3.2 — Overall rating out of 10 3.9 n/a n/a 2.1 n/a 3.2 2.2 n/a HIGH RIVER AREA Joussard [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Blackie [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 13.5 Rank: 737 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 107 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 58.4 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 n/a 71.4 71.7 62.3 75.2 75.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 59.3 n/a Math 72.7 n/a 75.7 82.7 63.1 80.2 86.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 58.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.5 67.6 69.5 63.7 65.5 70.3 66.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 51.7 n/a Math 61.6 70.8 64.1 66.9 73.0 68.3 74.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 5.7 M 4.6 F 4.8 F 5.9 F 8.4 F 4.0 F 0.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 17.2 n/a Math M 3.3 M 14.3 F 4.3 M 4.5 M 0.3 F 8.0 M 0.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 43.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed 21.4 43.4 9.2 8.7 18.6 6.2 6.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C n/a A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D n/a B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.6 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.5 n/a 6.3 6.5 4.5 6.9 7.7 — 62 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Holy Spirit Academy [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Mountain View [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 161 / 748 139 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.3 Rank: 662 / 748 559 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.2 71.9 75.3 71.4 69.5 74.0 76.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 65.4 65.0 67.8 64.3 62.4 64.8 — Math 84.2 79.8 81.3 76.7 76.7 82.3 86.2 — Math 62.7 75.5 67.0 76.7 73.9 81.5 69.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.9 66.3 66.7 73.7 74.9 73.1 70.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 68.7 59.6 65.9 62.9 58.8 63.8 — Math 79.8 61.8 69.7 78.9 80.3 76.5 72.0 — Math 63.6 70.4 55.1 61.7 60.4 50.7 61.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 M 3.2 F 0.2 F 2.2 E F 10.4 F 4.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.4 F 5.8 M 2.3 F 13.9 F 4.6 F 1.4 F 8.9 — Math F 5.2 M 5.8 M 10.3 M 6.7 M 7.0 M 1.5 M 4.6 — Math M 14.5 M 17.2 F 1.4 F 9.7 M 4.2 M 8.3 F 10.2 — Percentage of tests failed 2.1 10.4 7.3 2.5 5.1 6.3 8.2 — Percentage of tests failed 19.8 14.2 27.0 16.2 21.3 26.1 23.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.8 6.4 6.8 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.3 — Overall rating out of 10 4.7 5.3 3.9 4.7 4.3 3.6 3.8 — LACOMBE/PONOKA AREA A B Daley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Lacombe Christian [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.3 Rank: 205 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 90 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 72.7 68.5 70.5 77.3 71.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 73.1 80.5 70.3 71.5 76.8 79.6 — Math n/a n/a 70.9 74.4 72.5 82.6 81.2 up Math 72.3 76.9 81.2 77.2 76.7 79.3 89.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 68.2 74.7 66.3 69.1 74.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 64.8 68.1 64.5 71.4 69.9 73.9 — Math n/a n/a 69.7 80.7 70.8 78.1 80.2 — Math 71.0 66.4 68.5 73.1 72.6 75.7 76.1 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 3.6 F 2.3 F 7.8 F 5.5 F 8.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.9 F 6.3 F 17.5 F 7.3 F 1.2 M 0.1 F 4.7 — Math n/a n/a M 4.8 M 0.8 F 9.8 F 0.2 F 5.9 — Math M 3.4 M 1.1 E M 7.8 M 12.2 M 3.0 M 10.9 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 13.2 6.7 9.3 3.6 9.1 — Percentage of tests failed 14.1 10.5 10.6 10.2 9.7 4.1 3.7 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 6.1 7.5 5.5 7.9 7.0 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.0 6.3 7.9 7.8 up

Cayley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 St. Augustine [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 329 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 205 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.2 67.7 69.2 70.1 71.5 n/a 72.4 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.5 65.0 71.3 73.8 73.5 75.4 73.7 — Math 77.1 81.8 70.6 62.7 72.6 n/a 78.1 n/a Math 71.0 71.8 78.5 82.7 84.9 81.9 78.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.5 68.8 64.2 61.4 61.7 n/a 62.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 60.2 69.7 69.4 64.0 67.9 74.8 — Math 70.3 65.6 63.4 75.0 60.8 n/a 69.6 n/a Math 63.1 65.4 64.3 79.9 66.9 67.8 77.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.6 F 18.8 F 21.9 M 1.7 F 4.4 n/a F 5.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.9 F 7.9 F 10.7 F 1.7 M 1.1 F 7.2 F 8.0 — Math M 5.9 F 9.0 F 8.8 F 10.4 M 3.9 n/a F 0.6 n/a Math F 3.2 M 3.4 F 0.6 M 0.3 F 0.2 F 0.2 F 5.4 — Percentage of tests failed 11.3 13.4 13.6 21.9 13.8 n/a 9.8 n/a Percentage of tests failed 22.4 19.0 13.6 4.4 14.5 5.4 8.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D n/a A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 5.3 4.1 4.7 5.2 n/a 6.4 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.5 5.0 6.0 7.9 6.5 7.1 7.0 —

Hazel Cameron [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 College Heights [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.4 Rank: 395 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.0 Rank: 329 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 69.1 72.9 74.7 68.9 66.5 72.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 74.5 n/a 66.2 68.7 n/a Math 65.3 76.7 75.2 73.9 80.1 77.4 78.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a 80.3 n/a 70.2 74.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.7 63.8 70.2 65.9 65.8 63.6 68.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 66.5 n/a 75.3 69.7 n/a Math 75.0 62.5 62.7 72.1 60.9 62.6 66.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a 73.4 n/a 76.5 78.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.7 F 5.8 M 2.7 F 4.9 F 7.0 F 3.5 M 0.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 0.5 F 0.8 n/a Math F 7.7 M 7.5 M 3.4 F 3.2 M 11.2 M 1.1 M 11.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 3.0 F 5.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.5 19.1 10.2 7.8 14.0 18.4 14.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a 10.0 n/a 10.6 15.5 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 5.4 6.4 6.7 5.0 5.5 6.1 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a 6.9 n/a 6.8 6.4 n/a JASPER/HINTON AREA Jasper [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 Rimbey [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.7 Rank: 309 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 436 / 748 340 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.6 76.2 82.3 80.6 75.7 73.0 72.2 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 72.6 76.5 69.6 73.6 74.4 68.7 — Math 78.7 85.5 87.8 85.1 79.8 76.0 81.0 down Math 70.5 76.6 77.3 72.8 79.3 81.2 82.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 68.5 68.8 68.3 60.4 66.3 66.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.2 68.9 67.9 65.3 66.9 69.7 65.4 — Math 66.2 72.7 66.2 72.0 68.5 69.1 74.4 — Math 72.3 71.8 65.6 69.4 67.0 67.0 61.1 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.2 F 7.0 F 6.5 F 4.3 n/a F 7.6 F 9.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.8 F 10.0 F 5.1 F 4.8 F 13.8 F 9.0 F 4.6 — Math M 7.2 M 0.6 M 2.4 M 0.5 n/a M 0.2 F 2.8 n/a Math F 3.0 M 2.4 F 0.4 F 2.6 F 4.3 F 2.8 F 1.5 — Percentage of tests failed 9.5 5.5 6.9 6.5 9.4 14.2 10.5 — Percentage of tests failed 11.0 10.0 11.2 13.5 12.5 10.8 14.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 7.7 7.5 7.8 6.3 6.0 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 6.6 6.7 5.9 5.5 6.5 5.9 —

Crescent Valley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 72 Clive [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 648 / 748 540 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.5 Rank: 500 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 65.1 67.7 64.6 65.4 65.4 66.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 68.9 76.4 74.0 79.4 69.9 68.9 — Math 70.5 68.3 69.9 68.2 68.7 68.1 63.8 down Math 73.5 65.4 79.5 78.4 86.0 77.4 76.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.3 68.2 61.4 60.4 68.2 63.6 63.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 62.9 67.8 68.0 59.6 68.8 62.1 — Math 79.9 71.0 63.0 65.6 64.0 60.9 69.8 — Math 73.2 61.0 64.2 69.9 73.9 72.2 67.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 14.5 F 5.8 F 4.4 F 6.3 F 12.0 F 4.3 F 11.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.7 F 5.9 M 0.2 F 8.4 F 8.6 F 12.9 n/a n/a Math F 8.9 M 7.7 M 6.2 F 4.1 F 7.0 F 2.2 F 6.7 — Math M 9.6 F 12.4 M 4.8 F 3.9 M 4.2 F 10.6 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.7 18.7 21.9 22.7 16.0 19.1 24.5 — Percentage of tests failed 11.9 24.0 7.8 9.1 8.9 13.9 14.7 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D A C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.1 4.3 7.0 6.5 6.5 5.3 5.5 down Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 63

Iron Ridge Campus [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Thorsby [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 34 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 540 / 748 479 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.3 Rank: 177 / 748 98 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.4 63.8 66.4 71.1 65.0 67.4 67.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.9 74.5 75.7 73.5 71.5 74.1 67.0 — Math 62.4 68.1 68.8 69.6 67.1 70.9 72.1 — Math 86.0 88.0 83.3 81.8 82.6 85.8 79.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.2 63.5 64.9 64.2 64.3 66.7 64.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.5 74.0 70.6 76.2 67.4 73.5 73.0 — Math 58.9 62.6 64.1 62.5 61.6 60.7 58.7 down Math 70.4 79.3 73.8 87.1 73.8 82.0 80.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.1 F 6.5 F 1.8 F 2.3 M 4.8 M 0.7 F 5.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.9 F 3.7 F 5.9 F 5.7 F 5.9 F 7.5 F 5.0 — Math F 3.7 F 0.9 F 4.7 M 12.9 M 8.5 M 2.4 M 1.3 — Math F 10.1 M 7.8 F 3.7 F 2.0 F 1.7 F 1.9 F 1.3 up Percentage of tests failed 30.7 27.4 15.3 14.0 18.8 14.2 16.8 — Percentage of tests failed 8.6 0.0 8.8 2.3 3.8 4.4 7.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C n/a A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C n/a A n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.6 4.6 5.2 5.2 4.1 5.7 5.2 — Overall rating out of 10 7.1 8.3 7.2 8.3 7.1 8.0 7.2 —

Lacombe Upper [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 187 St. Benedict [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 25.6 Rank: 662 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 177 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 80.8 69.3 77.4 78.5 60.1 76.3 63.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.5 69.2 79.0 n/a 75.7 81.0 79.4 n/a Math 89.8 72.2 79.6 78.8 50.2 72.1 47.9 — Math 67.1 70.6 85.9 n/a 91.0 94.9 87.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.4 66.8 71.2 66.0 70.6 68.7 66.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.0 71.9 66.5 n/a 68.6 68.9 67.3 n/a Math 67.5 71.6 70.2 74.7 75.7 70.9 70.6 — Math 63.9 68.9 66.4 n/a 72.1 71.9 65.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.5 F 6.1 F 4.4 F 3.1 F 4.4 F 3.8 F 8.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.2 n/a F 5.3 n/a F 7.4 F 3.1 E n/a Math M 2.0 F 0.1 M 2.3 M 1.6 F 0.1 M 0.9 F 1.7 — Math M 1.6 n/a F 1.3 n/a F 3.7 M 0.7 F 7.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.5 14.8 9.4 14.4 8.3 24.1 32.5 down Percentage of tests failed 19.4 14.8 5.7 n/a 6.9 5.6 9.6 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 6.3 7.3 7.0 5.4 5.9 3.8 down Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.1 7.4 n/a 7.2 8.3 7.2 n/a

Mecca Glen [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Leduc Estates [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 662 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 230 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 68.5 n/a n/a 64.4 n/a 67.3 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 81.0 76.3 77.5 n/a 74.4 73.1 72.9 n/a Math n/a 69.5 n/a n/a 61.9 n/a 73.6 n/a Math 87.6 81.8 81.5 n/a 79.7 78.1 74.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 65.4 n/a n/a 71.1 n/a 70.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.6 70.2 73.0 n/a 77.8 71.9 74.2 n/a Math n/a 71.5 n/a n/a 62.7 n/a 67.8 n/a Math 75.5 71.6 73.4 n/a 79.7 73.9 77.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 14.4 n/a n/a M 4.4 n/a M 17.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 2.8 n/a n/a F 1.0 F 5.9 F 4.9 n/a Math n/a M 2.2 n/a n/a M 8.3 n/a M 28.7 n/a Math n/a M 6.0 n/a n/a M 10.2 F 6.9 M 10.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a 16.2 n/a n/a 15.5 n/a 13.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed 5.6 9.2 4.3 n/a 6.1 9.7 6.6 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A C n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B C n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 5.4 n/a n/a 4.6 n/a 3.8 n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.1 7.3 8.0 n/a 7.5 6.7 6.9 n/a LEDUC AREA East Elementary [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Corinthia Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.5 Rank: 51 / 748 129 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.2 Rank: 329 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 67.5 73.7 71.0 70.4 76.5 75.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.7 67.3 68.5 74.4 72.1 71.8 71.0 — Math 74.4 67.0 75.8 71.2 83.1 84.0 84.5 — Math 70.6 66.6 67.8 74.5 74.8 76.9 76.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.8 74.6 69.5 73.5 71.6 72.5 76.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 66.1 61.9 66.5 69.4 70.0 68.7 — Math 71.8 77.8 74.8 78.8 76.0 78.1 82.4 — Math 73.3 69.2 60.4 72.1 75.4 72.4 72.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.8 F 4.3 F 10.6 F 7.8 F 4.2 F 9.0 F 2.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.0 F 11.0 F 7.9 F 4.4 F 7.3 F 4.4 F 10.3 — Math F 1.4 F 1.0 M 1.7 M 2.2 M 7.5 F 2.2 M 3.3 — Math M 6.6 F 8.4 F 4.5 F 1.9 M 5.0 F 8.0 F 1.5 — Percentage of tests failed 5.4 5.8 5.3 5.4 4.1 6.8 6.3 — Percentage of tests failed 8.1 14.8 16.2 7.7 4.5 6.5 8.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.6 8.2 up Overall rating out of 10 6.6 5.1 4.6 6.7 6.5 6.6 6.4 —

Calmar [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 Notre Dame [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 72 / 748 111 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 395 / 748 264 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.2 74.3 74.8 70.5 70.8 71.5 72.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 70.1 73.7 69.8 75.0 69.2 71.9 — Math 82.2 83.8 79.3 75.1 76.7 80.2 83.8 — Math 76.2 69.0 75.7 73.7 82.6 76.7 79.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.7 73.0 71.3 73.6 71.7 71.9 71.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 63.6 65.6 69.9 75.3 68.0 70.5 — Math 81.2 76.5 74.3 83.6 75.3 75.6 78.9 — Math 67.9 65.2 62.4 76.0 77.9 69.1 71.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.5 F 0.3 F 3.4 F 3.5 F 2.7 F 1.7 F 1.4 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.9 F 15.7 F 7.7 F 3.3 F 3.9 M 1.5 F 9.2 — Math F 0.4 M 8.3 M 3.1 F 2.5 F 4.0 M 2.6 M 1.5 — Math M 5.5 F 7.7 F 1.2 M 1.1 F 2.2 M 4.1 F 13.3 down Percentage of tests failed 1.7 3.8 8.5 7.5 6.4 3.8 4.0 up Percentage of tests failed 10.2 21.3 10.7 9.9 6.4 17.8 8.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.1 7.9 7.3 7.4 7.0 7.7 8.0 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 4.5 6.1 6.8 7.7 6.0 6.1 —

Linsford Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Caledonia Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 72 / 748 264 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.3 Rank: 395 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.3 65.7 67.7 72.7 71.7 72.2 72.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 66.8 73.8 68.4 74.2 71.1 74.4 — Math 74.5 66.7 70.9 80.8 78.1 80.9 85.0 — Math 76.0 75.8 77.5 76.3 82.2 74.0 77.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 70.3 67.8 66.5 66.3 67.6 74.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 67.1 67.6 67.4 66.7 67.5 64.2 down Math 69.8 68.2 64.4 69.6 66.8 63.3 75.0 — Math 72.8 76.0 71.3 72.8 72.3 68.7 75.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 F 3.4 M 5.3 M 0.5 M 2.1 F 2.4 M 0.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.3 F 13.8 F 5.4 F 3.3 F 3.0 M 1.5 F 6.8 — Math M 9.2 F 1.1 M 7.0 F 7.3 M 6.0 F 10.4 M 0.9 — Math M 0.5 F 2.6 F 7.5 F 5.8 M 13.0 M 11.3 F 6.7 — Percentage of tests failed 16.0 14.2 12.4 10.9 8.2 10.5 5.3 up Percentage of tests failed 10.0 10.2 7.0 6.9 6.7 13.3 13.5 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 6.1 5.4 6.7 6.3 6.1 8.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.1 6.6 6.6 6.5 5.8 6.1 — 64 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Willow Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Magrath [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 19.0 Rank: 414 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.4 Rank: 329 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.9 75.1 68.6 69.9 73.2 76.9 71.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.3 73.4 74.1 68.0 72.0 65.1 76.8 — Math 75.4 78.7 68.8 72.0 81.2 83.0 77.6 — Math 81.3 83.7 80.0 73.4 77.7 73.3 84.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.3 65.9 65.2 65.8 74.7 78.4 75.6 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.0 71.0 70.1 71.1 74.4 71.2 66.2 — Math 60.7 56.8 58.2 67.9 80.8 73.0 74.8 — Math 71.1 72.3 73.0 73.7 76.7 76.1 67.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.3 F 3.1 F 5.5 F 5.7 F 8.6 M 1.4 F 13.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.4 F 4.2 F 5.3 F 4.3 F 0.7 F 11.2 F 4.9 — Math M 12.9 F 1.1 M 2.7 M 5.4 F 1.5 F 0.7 F 13.7 — Math F 0.2 M 4.0 M 0.3 M 3.0 M 5.5 F 1.1 F 4.6 — Percentage of tests failed 16.4 16.7 21.5 14.9 3.8 17.7 10.8 — Percentage of tests failed 9.8 7.5 6.4 9.8 6.1 12.8 17.1 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 6.3 4.6 5.6 7.5 7.6 6.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.6 7.4 7.3 6.6 7.3 5.9 6.4 — LETHBRIDGE AREA Immanuel [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 St. Patrick Fine Arts [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.4 Rank: 36 / 748 23 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 414 / 748 340 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.9 82.4 82.7 80.3 77.3 80.1 77.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.7 66.2 73.6 75.5 70.8 70.1 71.2 — Math 78.9 83.2 85.1 79.5 78.7 79.3 83.8 — Math 65.2 74.8 75.6 75.3 75.7 79.3 74.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.8 76.8 79.9 79.2 77.6 80.1 82.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 66.3 74.8 67.3 62.4 67.9 66.8 — Math 76.7 81.5 78.0 74.5 77.5 75.2 82.0 — Math 68.7 66.6 73.1 74.6 71.9 69.8 68.0 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.5 F 4.1 F 6.0 M 1.5 F 0.2 F 4.5 F 6.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.3 F 10.2 F 15.4 F 2.6 F 11.1 F 11.6 F 3.3 — Math M 14.7 M 2.4 F 0.4 M 1.0 M 7.6 F 3.3 M 3.0 — Math M 8.1 M 4.5 F 12.5 F 1.1 F 5.6 M 3.9 F 4.8 — Percentage of tests failed 4.2 1.3 0.6 3.9 2.6 1.8 6.3 — Percentage of tests failed 22.0 11.2 4.6 8.9 12.7 7.1 15.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.1 8.9 9.0 8.4 8.0 8.5 8.4 — Overall rating out of 10 5.4 5.8 6.2 7.1 5.2 6.2 6.0 —

Sunnyside [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Children of St. Martha [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.9 Rank: 177 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 414 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 77.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 79.2 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.9 64.0 74.6 63.8 65.6 69.3 66.7 — Math n/a 82.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 72.6 n/a Math 70.3 65.0 71.7 68.1 72.5 72.3 67.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 62.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 76.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.7 69.6 74.5 72.1 67.4 72.5 69.5 — Math n/a 68.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.5 n/a Math 62.9 71.1 68.3 74.8 65.7 71.3 75.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.5 M 3.1 F 6.3 F 3.0 M 2.5 F 0.6 F 1.6 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math M 6.0 M 11.8 M 2.4 F 3.9 M 13.7 M 0.9 M 7.0 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 4.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a 11.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed 22.9 18.5 12.8 10.8 14.7 17.1 13.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 7.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.2 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.5 5.2 6.4 6.2 4.9 6.4 6.0 —

Cardston [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 96 St. Joseph’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.9 Rank: 230 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.7 Rank: 414 / 748 447 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.6 74.2 77.5 77.6 71.7 70.7 74.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.9 66.8 70.3 65.9 73.7 70.3 71.3 — Math 82.1 82.7 80.4 79.4 75.7 77.9 79.5 — Math 57.4 71.0 71.8 66.2 79.4 72.1 79.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.9 71.9 70.5 68.7 71.1 70.2 70.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 72.7 68.8 62.2 61.1 66.4 63.9 — Math 69.2 69.9 72.5 75.8 73.3 70.6 69.8 down Math 69.8 75.5 70.6 64.5 60.3 66.7 57.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 5.8 F 3.3 F 3.6 F 4.0 F 0.7 F 5.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.1 F 12.9 F 3.3 F 10.8 F 5.7 F 7.9 n/a n/a Math M 2.1 M 9.4 M 3.0 F 0.4 F 0.8 M 5.0 M 1.3 — Math M 1.5 F 2.6 M 6.0 M 3.4 M 2.7 F 0.9 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.2 9.4 8.2 9.0 6.8 13.8 11.2 — Percentage of tests failed 20.7 8.7 11.0 16.1 14.4 20.8 11.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 6.9 7.4 7.4 6.9 6.5 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 5.6 6.3 6.1 4.6 5.5 5.3 6.0 —

Father Leonard Van Tighem [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 St. Mary [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 61 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 12.2 Rank: 265 / 748 321 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.6 Rank: 520 / 748 605 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 73.4 73.2 72.4 72.4 68.0 72.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.1 59.3 58.7 64.1 60.6 67.1 72.5 up Math 72.9 77.7 71.0 80.7 76.5 75.3 81.4 — Math 60.9 53.6 60.6 61.8 67.0 75.5 79.6 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 67.9 73.0 66.0 69.5 72.4 74.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.0 59.9 58.8 53.6 59.4 61.6 68.0 — Math 72.8 67.5 72.5 75.8 73.5 81.7 69.4 — Math 55.4 58.5 58.3 47.8 50.3 56.8 59.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.5 F 3.8 F 8.1 F 8.5 F 10.5 F 21.9 F 6.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.9 F 3.9 F 4.1 F 4.5 F 7.1 F 14.7 F 2.5 — Math M 6.4 F 8.6 F 0.7 M 4.1 F 4.8 F 9.8 F 4.3 — Math M 13.0 F 6.6 F 2.4 M 4.2 M 10.5 F 10.2 M 8.3 — Percentage of tests failed 11.6 12.3 8.5 10.2 7.8 16.1 12.9 — Percentage of tests failed 29.1 35.5 33.2 42.3 33.3 28.8 21.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.2 5.0 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 3.0 2.8 2.8 1.8 1.9 2.9 5.4 —

Our Lady of The Assumption [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Coalhurst [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 34 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.6 Rank: 309 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.1 Rank: 540 / 748 488 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 70.7 70.7 75.7 72.9 70.3 68.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 68.8 71.3 76.7 65.3 69.0 65.9 — Math 70.2 68.5 67.3 71.4 74.6 77.4 68.6 — Math 74.2 71.3 74.0 80.8 63.3 70.0 67.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 72.5 73.4 73.2 74.1 72.2 77.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.0 64.6 65.5 63.8 65.0 64.7 68.7 — Math 74.0 75.5 74.6 82.9 78.1 73.3 81.5 — Math 61.1 64.9 59.0 63.5 66.2 58.5 74.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.2 F 10.9 F 3.6 F 4.1 F 5.7 F 0.2 F 12.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.4 F 7.9 F 4.3 F 7.2 F 2.1 F 0.4 F 11.5 — Math F 0.5 F 0.5 F 5.7 M 0.5 F 6.3 M 4.4 F 3.1 — Math F 8.5 M 3.4 F 1.3 M 7.5 M 9.5 M 13.9 F 1.9 — Percentage of tests failed 14.5 12.5 12.7 4.5 8.2 8.6 9.9 — Percentage of tests failed 17.2 16.1 18.4 10.9 22.9 23.8 17.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 6.4 6.2 7.8 6.7 7.1 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 5.3 5.6 5.4 6.1 4.1 4.3 5.2 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 65

Stirling [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 St. Mary’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 84 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.4 Rank: 552 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 60 / 748 46 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 80.3 81.7 79.8 73.9 68.1 72.6 64.7 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 77.5 80.6 77.5 70.3 75.6 — Math 88.5 89.8 87.8 75.0 71.7 76.5 63.6 down Math n/a n/a 82.5 84.4 86.4 77.4 84.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.2 71.2 71.0 71.0 67.0 67.5 74.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 75.3 76.1 77.3 76.1 74.6 — Math 62.8 71.9 73.0 73.7 60.3 66.7 70.6 — Math n/a n/a 73.4 84.2 80.6 78.3 79.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.2 F 3.5 n/a M 0.8 M 0.4 M 3.4 F 10.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a F 3.6 F 3.7 F 4.6 F 5.4 F 6.6 down Math M 5.4 M 0.4 n/a M 5.4 M 1.6 M 16.7 F 5.9 n/a Math n/a n/a M 3.4 F 0.2 M 3.6 F 1.9 M 0.2 — Percentage of tests failed 7.7 5.1 8.3 8.0 20.2 16.1 17.3 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 4.4 0.8 1.9 7.6 4.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 8.4 7.8 7.1 5.2 5.2 5.1 down Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 7.9 8.9 8.4 7.4 8.1 —

Lethbridge [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 Big Rock [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 66 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.8 Rank: 614 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 13.8 Rank: 230 / 748 165 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 76.1 69.9 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.2 n/a 79.0 78.6 77.3 78.1 74.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.1 75.0 n/a Math 79.6 n/a 80.2 87.6 83.9 83.7 84.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.1 73.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 67.9 70.4 67.3 68.3 69.7 72.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 72.2 71.9 n/a Math 69.7 71.9 70.0 69.4 68.2 69.1 74.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 16.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.7 F 7.4 F 0.7 F 7.3 F 5.3 F 1.2 F 5.4 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 21.5 n/a Math M 5.7 M 2.0 M 0.1 F 2.7 M 5.2 M 10.6 M 4.3 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.7 15.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 8.5 40.5 6.8 8.2 10.9 11.8 14.3 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D n/a D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D n/a D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.2 4.6 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 n/a 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.9 6.9 —

St. Paul [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Millarville [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 14.5 Rank: 625 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 10.8 Rank: 369 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.8 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.0 80.0 77.5 78.1 71.3 72.9 76.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.7 n/a Math 80.0 82.1 84.0 85.3 82.1 82.6 75.5 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 64.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.5 72.4 72.3 71.4 71.6 72.3 67.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 60.9 n/a Math 79.9 68.9 64.8 74.6 69.7 68.0 69.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 3.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.3 F 1.3 F 15.7 F 16.6 F 4.1 F 2.9 M 1.8 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 5.6 n/a Math F 3.2 M 6.0 F 2.9 F 5.6 M 11.5 M 3.0 M 7.6 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 25.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed 3.4 7.0 3.8 10.6 5.1 7.7 16.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.5 n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.7 7.7 6.9 6.7 6.6 7.2 6.2 — OKOTOKS AREA Strathcona-Tweedsmuir [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Turner Valley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Parents’ average education (yrs): 16.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 3 / 748 1 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.2 Rank: 436 / 748 516 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 79.5 81.4 78.8 86.6 86.2 81.9 79.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.2 65.1 71.3 71.3 61.4 69.6 64.4 — Math 88.5 87.8 88.0 90.0 92.7 85.8 90.0 — Math 62.4 62.3 66.5 71.3 61.9 70.5 74.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 84.5 83.5 86.1 84.5 84.8 80.1 83.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 63.1 61.2 56.0 65.6 72.6 69.6 up Math 89.0 87.1 86.6 92.0 91.7 82.4 88.0 — Math 61.0 65.5 57.1 56.5 60.5 71.1 64.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.2 F 2.8 M 0.2 F 0.1 F 2.2 F 1.7 F 3.7 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.8 F 2.9 F 11.9 M 1.1 M 3.5 M 4.3 F 0.7 — Math M 4.7 M 2.0 M 5.0 M 3.9 M 2.8 F 2.2 M 0.6 up Math M 0.2 M 2.0 F 8.1 M 8.7 M 9.8 M 11.5 M 2.2 — Percentage of tests failed 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 — Percentage of tests failed 22.3 18.9 25.6 23.9 20.7 7.8 15.9 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D A D n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.9 9.6 9.6 10.0 10.0 9.4 9.7 — Overall rating out of 10 5.3 5.2 3.5 4.3 3.7 6.1 5.9 up

Good Shepherd [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 92 Percy Pegler [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 85 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 19 / 748 9 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.0 Rank: 455 / 748 413 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.8 77.4 80.2 81.9 81.5 79.5 78.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 69.6 74.3 65.8 68.4 66.9 70.9 — Math 87.4 84.7 85.5 86.9 88.1 88.4 86.7 — Math 77.2 76.9 76.4 72.0 77.6 69.9 72.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.0 77.0 81.6 78.6 78.8 80.3 78.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.0 71.8 65.7 67.7 65.0 66.4 67.0 — Math 81.6 82.1 82.7 86.1 84.9 83.1 82.2 down Math 71.2 73.7 64.0 71.8 66.9 60.0 68.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.5 F 6.1 F 4.5 M 0.7 F 1.4 F 1.5 F 1.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.3 F 6.3 F 6.5 F 5.7 F 10.5 F 5.5 F 5.1 — Math M 4.9 F 0.8 F 2.7 M 3.9 M 1.6 M 2.6 M 1.9 — Math M 6.3 F 9.3 F 0.4 F 0.1 F 4.8 F 2.6 F 6.1 down Percentage of tests failed 3.2 2.3 1.9 0.7 1.3 1.9 2.5 — Percentage of tests failed 11.6 10.5 13.7 11.8 12.0 17.7 14.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.7 8.6 9.0 9.3 9.2 9.3 8.9 — Overall rating out of 10 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.3 5.0 5.8 — OLDS/DIDSBURY AREA Dr Morris Gibson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 82 Olds Koinonia [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 23 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.6 Rank: 33 / 748 98 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.5 Rank: 189 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.2 69.3 75.0 78.1 73.3 71.3 73.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 77.9 79.4 77.4 76.6 76.4 73.9 down Math 69.0 71.3 79.0 81.8 80.0 74.7 81.0 — Math n/a 78.6 73.9 80.0 75.9 79.3 80.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 70.0 70.4 72.3 72.4 76.9 78.6 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 79.0 79.7 75.9 80.5 79.2 73.2 — Math 69.8 69.9 65.2 78.1 76.6 75.7 78.5 — Math n/a 78.3 78.0 80.5 84.9 76.1 81.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.7 E F 0.4 F 2.7 F 1.2 F 5.3 F 1.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 5.2 F 16.2 F 14.7 F 7.7 F 5.9 F 13.7 — Math M 0.9 M 8.4 M 2.9 M 4.8 M 11.0 M 5.2 M 0.2 — Math n/a M 6.3 M 1.2 F 5.4 F 3.3 F 13.7 F 0.2 — Percentage of tests failed 14.8 11.9 5.4 3.8 5.0 5.3 1.6 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 4.2 3.3 2.7 0.0 7.1 9.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 6.4 7.3 8.0 7.1 7.3 8.5 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a 8.0 7.5 7.4 8.2 7.2 7.1 — 66 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

River Valley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 91 E E Oliver [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.2 Rank: 205 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.1 Rank: 369 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 67.1 74.1 71.5 71.5 70.2 71.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 69.0 66.9 71.8 69.5 71.1 72.2 — Math 78.4 80.8 77.4 77.7 84.7 80.5 84.5 — Math 68.2 71.0 64.3 75.7 73.3 70.2 76.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 67.2 69.8 68.0 67.2 68.7 67.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 64.6 68.4 61.5 66.4 67.4 63.5 — Math 69.2 67.2 68.3 73.8 72.2 68.1 72.8 — Math 69.2 70.5 69.9 64.7 67.2 72.2 65.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 12.0 F 9.1 F 2.7 F 1.9 F 9.5 F 4.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.3 F 6.4 F 11.5 F 4.6 F 6.0 F 8.2 F 3.2 — Math M 0.2 F 6.3 F 1.0 M 5.4 M 6.5 F 0.2 M 1.3 — Math F 1.1 M 1.1 F 4.4 M 5.1 M 2.0 F 4.3 E — Percentage of tests failed 11.0 13.2 7.1 7.8 7.8 10.2 10.1 — Percentage of tests failed 17.4 14.0 17.6 12.3 14.5 14.0 14.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D A D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.1 5.8 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.4 7.0 — Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.1 4.7 5.8 5.5 5.7 6.2 up

Spruce View [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Heritage [Francophone] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 230 / 748 404 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 369 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 69.3 72.5 68.5 69.5 64.1 70.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 53.8 71.8 62.9 n/a n/a n/a 64.6 n/a Math 66.0 72.9 76.7 75.2 81.4 71.2 73.3 — Math 66.7 75.2 72.2 n/a n/a n/a 70.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.5 61.0 70.0 65.7 66.8 67.3 67.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.3 63.5 69.7 n/a n/a n/a 70.6 n/a Math 61.4 65.1 76.8 77.2 70.5 75.4 74.1 — Math 61.2 71.9 75.3 n/a n/a n/a 69.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.3 F 4.1 F 19.7 F 8.4 F 7.1 F 14.2 F 0.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 14.4 E n/a n/a n/a n/a F 0.5 n/a Math M 13.2 M 3.8 F 4.5 F 7.1 F 8.4 F 6.1 M 0.6 — Math F 20.3 M 15.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 28.4 22.3 7.4 10.5 13.9 17.2 9.1 — Percentage of tests failed 31.4 11.5 5.1 n/a n/a n/a 9.6 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.6 4.7 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 1.5 5.9 6.6 n/a n/a n/a 6.2 n/a

Cremona [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Kennedy [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 9.3 Rank: 436 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.4 Rank: 500 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 74.1 70.5 75.0 79.0 82.2 80.9 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.7 70.7 72.6 71.5 70.0 71.3 72.8 — Math 78.4 85.3 74.3 76.5 77.5 93.5 88.3 up Math 76.6 74.2 71.4 72.0 72.9 72.1 72.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 69.6 72.6 72.0 67.0 65.3 64.2 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 66.4 71.1 69.6 66.9 62.6 68.6 — Math 71.9 70.5 75.1 73.8 75.3 68.1 64.1 down Math 65.3 67.0 69.3 73.8 69.1 57.4 63.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.7 F 7.3 F 4.8 F 8.5 F 2.6 F 2.9 F 13.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.7 F 11.3 F 14.2 M 1.4 F 11.3 F 7.8 F 6.4 — Math F 2.3 F 0.1 F 2.3 F 0.7 M 1.7 M 0.2 F 5.0 — Math M 8.3 F 8.5 F 3.8 M 2.7 F 6.0 F 3.0 F 5.2 — Percentage of tests failed 11.5 8.8 4.8 8.7 7.0 10.0 17.9 down Percentage of tests failed 12.9 13.3 7.5 9.0 11.8 20.5 20.0 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.3 7.8 5.9 — Overall rating out of 10 6.2 5.6 6.0 6.8 5.2 4.7 5.5 —

Bowden Grandview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 Good Shepherd [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 593 / 748 429 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 527 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 63.4 64.3 66.3 74.4 77.5 63.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 68.4 71.0 66.8 68.0 69.0 67.5 — Math 65.3 61.9 67.2 76.7 85.7 93.5 76.4 — Math 77.3 77.9 78.6 66.2 69.6 68.7 71.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.1 59.0 61.2 64.3 66.1 66.7 65.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.2 68.5 66.8 63.5 64.2 66.5 64.7 — Math 68.1 53.8 68.8 72.0 71.8 68.1 61.9 down Math 62.8 70.3 69.9 68.6 63.3 72.7 65.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.0 F 7.4 F 2.5 F 7.9 M 5.5 F 2.4 F 3.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.0 F 3.6 F 7.5 E F 3.7 F 4.8 F 1.5 — Math M 11.0 F 22.9 M 6.5 F 9.3 M 19.4 M 1.7 M 11.7 — Math F 0.3 M 1.6 F 1.9 M 6.4 M 10.2 M 3.0 M 10.0 — Percentage of tests failed 24.7 32.7 22.2 7.6 11.0 10.9 20.8 — Percentage of tests failed 14.3 9.1 6.7 15.1 17.2 9.6 15.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.9 2.3 4.4 5.8 5.7 7.4 4.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.9 6.6 5.4 4.5 6.1 5.3 — PEACE RIVER AREA Routhier [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Holy Family [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 309 / 748 321 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.8 Rank: 593 / 748 548 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.6 65.2 67.9 67.1 65.9 72.0 71.5 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.4 65.4 65.6 61.1 65.8 66.5 66.4 — Math 71.9 72.1 74.9 75.7 77.0 83.1 76.6 — Math 64.7 64.2 71.2 62.8 63.9 66.7 73.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 64.5 64.3 62.7 69.0 68.0 67.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.4 66.3 57.7 65.0 64.0 65.7 61.9 — Math 71.5 70.9 69.5 71.4 69.1 68.6 71.7 — Math 60.7 62.3 58.9 65.5 61.6 59.8 55.9 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.7 F 0.3 F 3.8 F 5.6 F 0.4 M 2.9 F 6.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.5 M 2.6 M 7.5 F 3.5 F 4.8 F 7.8 F 3.1 — Math F 2.7 F 4.7 F 3.0 F 0.3 M 1.0 M 10.6 F 2.8 — Math F 2.9 M 13.6 M 7.6 M 8.8 M 1.2 M 5.2 M 0.9 — Percentage of tests failed 18.0 16.7 10.6 11.5 8.7 10.8 9.2 up Percentage of tests failed 22.2 19.2 18.1 22.8 21.2 21.4 24.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.4 6.3 6.5 up Overall rating out of 10 4.9 4.6 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.7 up

St. Thomas More [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Rycroft [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 369 / 748 321 / 630 Tests not written (%): 13.9 Rank: 648 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.8 63.9 71.2 70.1 74.5 71.9 68.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 59.9 69.0 65.9 72.3 n/a 66.5 n/a Math 63.7 62.0 77.5 75.8 74.6 80.5 74.8 — Math 63.8 65.4 72.3 73.4 80.2 n/a 61.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 65.5 70.0 61.2 62.8 73.7 67.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.5 64.4 67.8 62.8 64.3 n/a 63.8 n/a Math 74.1 61.6 69.1 73.5 62.0 81.7 69.3 — Math 59.2 67.5 60.3 74.0 67.1 n/a 71.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 13.3 F 17.7 F 5.4 F 1.5 F 0.8 F 0.9 F 4.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.6 F 14.4 F 2.5 F 8.8 F 3.2 n/a n/a n/a Math F 15.9 F 1.6 M 9.6 M 7.0 M 18.6 M 3.3 M 2.0 — Math M 5.4 M 1.4 F 1.8 F 5.1 F 0.4 n/a n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 19.1 27.4 14.0 13.7 14.3 6.7 12.1 — Percentage of tests failed 21.8 23.5 9.1 13.4 7.9 n/a 25.8 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A n/a B n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.9 3.8 5.9 5.9 4.9 7.9 6.2 — Overall rating out of 10 4.4 4.3 6.1 5.5 6.6 n/a 4.0 n/a Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 67

RED DEER Gift Lake [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Gateway Christian [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 58 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 20.0 Rank: 730 / 748 605 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 134 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.6 66.9 62.0 61.1 55.6 67.5 62.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.5 69.3 68.3 70.7 68.1 74.9 70.6 — Math 63.4 60.2 60.6 67.6 59.7 75.1 60.5 — Math 73.6 78.0 75.1 76.4 72.8 85.8 82.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.9 57.0 62.4 55.9 59.2 63.1 58.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.0 68.3 69.3 65.3 70.7 71.0 70.2 — Math 52.1 52.0 61.6 48.3 56.1 57.2 53.9 — Math 67.2 65.0 64.9 63.0 75.5 74.8 74.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.9 F 4.0 n/a F 7.8 F 6.1 n/a F 4.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.8 F 13.6 F 6.2 F 2.4 F 3.4 F 5.2 F 2.4 — Math F 6.1 F 0.3 n/a F 3.1 M 0.7 n/a F 12.6 n/a Math M 12.6 F 4.8 F 2.3 M 9.7 M 7.6 M 7.6 M 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 31.8 29.9 13.6 28.2 27.9 29.7 47.2 down Percentage of tests failed 11.4 14.9 18.6 13.1 9.5 11.7 3.9 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.0 3.9 4.2 3.0 2.6 3.4 1.6 — Overall rating out of 10 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.7 6.2 6.9 7.5 up

Lloyd Garrison [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Poplar Ridge [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.1 Rank: 737 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 6.9 Rank: 177 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 58.2 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.3 66.3 77.8 70.1 64.3 84.3 69.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 51.4 n/a Math 66.5 80.3 82.7 70.0 64.1 88.1 80.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 57.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.8 76.5 75.4 69.7 71.1 68.4 75.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 63.5 n/a Math 80.3 85.8 83.2 77.2 81.7 72.0 79.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 16.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.0 F 10.1 M 1.0 F 2.5 F 7.7 n/a F 1.8 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 17.0 n/a Math F 0.8 F 2.8 M 3.2 M 4.2 M 3.8 M 3.9 M 5.9 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 41.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.4 8.3 3.6 11.0 12.0 4.5 10.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.6 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.3 8.5 6.5 5.6 8.4 7.2 — PICTURE BUTTE AREA Dorothy Dalgliesh [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Camille J Lerouge [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 86 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 205 / 748 466 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.3 Rank: 353 / 748 180 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 67.1 73.7 69.3 70.7 66.7 74.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 71.7 75.2 75.6 73.5 76.3 71.8 — Math 71.1 69.6 67.9 68.1 77.9 65.6 78.6 — Math 84.0 81.0 74.1 77.0 75.7 81.9 67.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 61.3 66.6 59.1 62.4 65.2 69.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.1 75.6 68.2 72.7 69.0 70.6 67.8 — Math 61.6 67.7 74.0 71.1 60.7 60.2 75.0 — Math 74.6 81.9 66.7 78.2 81.4 76.7 72.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.5 F 9.6 F 12.6 F 6.8 F 11.4 F 6.1 F 0.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.1 F 6.8 M 1.6 F 5.2 F 3.4 F 3.4 F 4.8 — Math F 1.2 F 1.9 F 6.5 F 2.4 F 4.5 F 2.0 M 8.3 — Math M 7.8 M 4.1 M 10.2 F 2.4 M 1.3 M 6.9 M 2.4 — Percentage of tests failed 22.0 17.1 9.8 22.7 19.8 21.3 8.2 — Percentage of tests failed 4.2 0.8 5.6 2.7 7.1 5.0 11.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 5.3 5.7 4.8 4.4 4.5 7.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.2 8.0 6.4 7.7 7.0 7.4 6.3 —

Noble Central [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 St. Patricks [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.1 Rank: 230 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 10.9 Rank: 436 / 748 429 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.6 n/a n/a 67.3 59.8 69.1 71.7 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.2 66.8 74.8 70.4 73.0 64.2 70.9 — Math 59.9 n/a n/a 71.8 60.0 68.4 76.4 n/a Math 59.7 73.7 80.8 73.1 80.8 70.5 70.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.1 n/a n/a 58.3 61.4 69.0 70.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.6 65.7 64.4 62.1 61.7 67.1 68.3 — Math 75.1 n/a n/a 57.3 52.5 61.3 69.3 n/a Math 59.1 65.8 60.4 64.4 55.6 62.8 72.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.8 n/a n/a F 13.3 F 8.9 F 10.0 F 6.4 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.6 F 8.2 F 9.9 F 5.0 F 2.2 F 11.1 F 2.5 — Math F 8.3 n/a n/a F 5.5 M 3.6 F 8.9 F 0.7 n/a Math M 11.8 F 3.0 F 3.2 M 5.1 M 4.0 F 5.7 M 2.0 — Percentage of tests failed 16.2 n/a n/a 21.5 40.7 14.6 7.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 31.9 16.8 10.1 14.2 15.2 11.6 19.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D n/a A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D n/a D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 n/a n/a 3.9 1.6 4.8 6.9 n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.8 5.6 6.0 5.5 5.5 4.9 5.9 —

Calvin [Private] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 River Glen [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.9 Rank: 286 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 13.8 Rank: 625 / 748 496 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.4 66.5 68.5 67.5 71.4 68.3 68.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 71.1 66.8 64.4 64.5 64.6 64.8 — Math 67.7 69.7 64.8 65.6 74.8 73.0 77.9 up Math n/a 71.3 68.4 68.8 69.5 70.2 75.7 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 64.3 70.7 64.3 69.8 70.2 68.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 60.4 65.9 65.6 68.1 63.4 65.5 — Math 70.4 66.3 65.1 67.4 71.2 72.0 78.1 up Math n/a 63.6 63.0 66.9 68.5 66.9 63.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.5 F 2.5 F 2.1 F 9.6 F 6.1 F 11.2 F 3.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 2.8 F 2.4 F 3.6 M 3.7 F 7.5 F 3.4 — Math E M 6.1 F 1.6 F 0.7 M 4.1 F 5.2 M 5.9 down Math n/a F 1.8 M 4.8 F 0.4 M 6.7 F 0.7 M 8.5 — Percentage of tests failed 20.6 11.5 14.9 19.4 8.9 9.1 9.8 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 25.3 16.7 17.5 15.2 23.3 28.3 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a C B D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 5.8 5.7 4.9 6.3 5.9 6.6 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.5 down ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE AREA St. Catherine’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Condor [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.4 Rank: 309 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 134 / 748 340 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 72.7 n/a 70.0 74.9 n/a 76.1 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 n/a 67.6 67.8 64.5 72.6 68.6 — Math n/a 80.9 n/a 76.2 82.7 n/a 86.2 n/a Math 72.6 n/a 70.5 78.2 74.4 74.4 78.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 72.4 n/a 66.1 70.1 n/a 70.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 n/a 69.8 66.3 66.1 63.9 71.9 — Math n/a 75.0 n/a 70.3 77.6 n/a 66.9 n/a Math 73.3 n/a 62.2 65.3 69.3 66.7 79.3 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 13.4 n/a F 11.0 n/a n/a F 9.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.3 n/a F 12.7 F 3.9 F 3.7 F 0.6 F 4.4 — Math n/a F 12.0 n/a M 5.4 n/a n/a M 7.8 n/a Math M 5.6 n/a M 4.6 M 3.8 F 2.7 M 6.7 M 1.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 8.2 n/a 7.1 2.9 n/a 12.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 7.7 n/a 14.8 14.9 10.5 7.2 2.7 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B n/a C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C n/a C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 6.5 n/a 6.1 7.9 n/a 6.5 n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 n/a 4.9 5.9 5.7 6.4 7.5 up 68 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

SHERWOOD PARK AREA St. Matthews [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Glen Allan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 89 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.0 Rank: 329 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 44 / 748 69 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.4 68.6 71.2 68.7 72.7 70.4 73.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.8 71.7 71.6 72.7 70.0 76.7 75.8 up Math 77.9 80.7 74.4 74.7 81.8 83.3 86.2 up Math 75.8 80.9 77.0 79.6 79.9 84.2 83.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.9 71.8 66.8 67.0 67.8 63.7 62.8 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.6 75.9 73.1 70.4 73.9 75.6 76.9 up Math 78.6 75.4 66.8 74.9 75.5 67.4 65.6 — Math 73.5 76.8 75.8 77.1 81.8 81.9 80.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.9 F 6.7 F 5.0 F 1.8 M 4.4 M 2.3 F 1.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.6 F 4.2 F 6.6 F 4.5 F 6.2 F 6.1 F 7.5 — Math M 9.5 F 6.7 M 4.6 M 2.9 M 13.7 M 13.5 M 7.0 — Math M 0.6 M 0.4 F 1.7 M 2.6 F 0.7 F 3.5 F 1.1 — Percentage of tests failed 8.2 4.2 10.1 7.3 6.7 12.2 11.9 — Percentage of tests failed 10.6 2.3 5.8 6.8 2.5 1.9 0.9 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.1 6.1 6.8 6.4 5.8 6.4 — Overall rating out of 10 7.4 8.1 7.2 7.3 7.6 8.4 8.3 up

Bentley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Wye [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 71 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 414 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 72 / 748 36 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.8 70.0 71.1 74.3 72.5 66.5 68.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.8 73.4 76.6 74.8 76.2 71.3 77.0 — Math 70.9 75.7 72.9 80.1 76.8 76.3 74.8 — Math 80.7 79.3 81.6 82.3 82.1 78.1 81.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 66.4 70.4 65.2 68.4 66.0 70.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.1 75.3 75.7 71.0 76.1 75.4 71.8 — Math 67.9 67.4 60.5 67.0 70.4 59.1 72.2 — Math 83.2 85.1 83.5 83.1 85.5 84.1 84.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 F 6.2 F 8.5 F 2.6 F 6.5 F 0.4 F 5.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.2 F 3.0 F 1.5 F 6.7 F 2.0 F 6.2 F 2.4 — Math M 9.8 M 9.4 F 1.7 M 7.5 M 5.0 M 4.1 M 11.7 — Math M 1.5 M 2.0 M 4.4 F 4.4 M 0.9 M 2.8 M 3.3 — Percentage of tests failed 13.7 14.9 13.5 13.6 8.7 19.5 10.0 — Percentage of tests failed 2.6 4.5 1.3 1.3 0.5 3.9 6.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B n/a B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 5.8 5.7 6.3 6.3 5.3 6.0 — Overall rating out of 10 8.5 8.2 8.5 7.9 8.7 7.9 8.0 —

Caroline [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Campbelltown [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 49 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.3 Rank: 436 / 748 458 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.4 Rank: 72 / 748 79 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 68.1 71.4 68.4 69.9 70.3 72.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.8 71.8 71.2 73.3 73.5 73.7 75.1 up Math 82.4 74.5 77.0 68.4 77.5 74.2 79.5 — Math 70.2 70.3 72.1 79.1 79.5 80.7 81.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.6 70.3 66.3 63.2 66.1 62.6 64.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.8 76.6 73.3 73.9 76.7 74.4 70.9 — Math 78.4 65.5 73.3 59.7 68.5 57.0 70.4 — Math 79.8 83.5 80.0 81.3 82.3 79.4 79.4 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.7 F 13.1 F 4.7 F 3.3 M 0.3 F 12.3 M 6.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.0 F 4.1 F 5.9 F 6.8 M 0.3 F 6.6 F 3.3 — Math F 10.8 F 3.2 M 2.8 F 7.7 M 4.0 F 13.3 M 7.2 — Math F 6.1 M 4.4 M 0.8 M 10.7 M 2.6 M 1.3 F 0.2 — Percentage of tests failed 6.8 14.7 9.4 20.9 10.1 21.6 13.3 — Percentage of tests failed 6.6 3.7 4.5 3.5 2.8 4.2 1.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.0 5.7 6.6 4.6 6.3 3.7 5.9 — Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.7 7.4 7.3 8.1 7.8 8.0 —

Mother Teresa [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Colchester [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 436 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 80 / 748 55 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 66.1 72.9 73.6 69.3 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.7 78.7 77.1 75.2 73.8 80.8 73.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a 71.0 87.6 80.2 74.2 n/a Math 84.1 89.3 78.7 75.8 82.9 89.1 83.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 65.5 68.4 62.1 65.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.4 75.9 70.2 76.5 79.5 72.9 70.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a 64.7 71.8 54.8 68.7 n/a Math 74.2 81.4 79.0 85.4 85.1 78.9 82.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a F 21.4 F 1.8 F 4.8 F 2.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.1 M 1.5 F 2.2 F 0.7 F 1.5 F 8.8 F 3.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a F 9.4 M 16.4 M 11.3 M 5.6 n/a Math M 3.4 M 4.3 M 4.1 M 5.5 M 4.9 F 6.3 M 3.1 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a 20.4 0.8 17.5 13.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 5.4 1.6 4.7 4.5 2.8 3.4 3.6 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a 3.7 7.0 4.8 5.9 n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.4 8.9 7.7 8.1 8.4 8.0 7.9 —

Eckville [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 24 Fultonvale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.4 Rank: 489 / 748 321 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.3 Rank: 80 / 748 129 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.3 71.9 72.7 70.1 73.4 74.1 70.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.5 76.9 74.5 76.0 76.7 71.7 74.9 — Math 73.6 80.4 79.8 81.0 82.3 75.6 73.6 — Math 75.5 79.6 80.1 87.9 83.9 83.3 84.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 68.1 65.3 64.6 65.5 71.9 66.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 61.5 66.8 75.5 77.2 70.0 71.1 — Math 74.9 75.6 61.7 67.6 67.1 71.9 68.0 — Math 71.5 64.6 67.7 78.7 71.5 70.7 80.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.0 F 4.0 M 9.6 F 4.4 M 1.7 F 9.8 F 8.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.5 F 15.5 M 1.1 F 5.3 F 0.1 F 1.8 F 2.6 — Math F 2.9 F 1.3 M 12.7 F 4.5 F 0.6 M 1.1 F 3.0 — Math M 4.4 F 2.3 M 13.7 F 2.7 M 15.1 F 0.6 M 4.4 — Percentage of tests failed 9.9 4.8 12.1 13.0 7.6 6.8 16.0 — Percentage of tests failed 13.3 11.4 12.5 1.9 5.9 7.4 3.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.5 5.3 6.2 6.9 6.9 5.6 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 6.0 6.1 8.3 7.3 7.4 7.9 —

Leslieville [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Wes Hosford [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 71 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 567 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 90 / 748 79 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.1 74.3 74.7 74.7 71.1 71.3 69.4 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 72.8 73.2 73.7 75.4 75.0 75.0 up Math 70.5 68.5 71.5 77.3 71.4 82.8 78.6 — Math 80.0 80.3 82.3 75.2 78.6 78.6 81.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.0 68.4 66.4 69.4 67.4 70.7 73.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.5 72.4 74.5 70.7 76.0 76.0 76.0 — Math 69.4 64.7 59.7 72.7 65.2 69.8 71.5 — Math 76.5 75.4 77.6 80.9 81.0 77.4 78.3 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.1 F 1.5 F 10.5 F 7.8 F 1.5 F 3.0 F 20.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.4 F 8.6 M 4.7 F 4.7 F 5.4 F 1.3 F 8.1 — Math F 0.3 M 7.4 M 1.4 F 0.9 F 8.1 M 6.9 F 19.8 down Math M 3.5 F 3.9 M 11.6 M 3.1 F 2.6 M 6.9 F 3.1 — Percentage of tests failed 10.2 16.0 16.0 11.5 10.2 5.2 8.5 up Percentage of tests failed 5.3 5.2 3.9 5.2 3.7 3.1 2.8 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.5 6.0 5.4 6.7 5.8 7.1 5.0 — Overall rating out of 10 7.9 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.8 8.0 7.8 up Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 69

Strathcona [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 St. Theresa [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 66 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 90 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.8 Rank: 205 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.0 77.9 77.2 76.8 77.6 75.1 76.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.3 74.4 74.9 73.8 72.9 71.1 70.3 down Math 85.2 83.1 81.5 81.3 79.2 82.8 84.0 — Math 86.4 81.3 80.3 77.9 n/a 83.3 76.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.9 72.7 72.2 70.7 72.2 67.7 73.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 71.4 69.9 70.0 72.9 70.8 69.3 — Math 76.5 81.7 71.3 79.4 73.6 71.9 75.4 — Math 75.4 72.3 69.4 82.8 78.4 79.3 74.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.5 F 4.5 F 6.7 F 4.3 F 1.4 F 5.9 M 2.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.0 F 2.8 F 2.8 F 11.9 F 6.3 F 3.9 F 2.5 — Math M 8.8 M 2.5 M 4.0 M 2.0 M 1.1 M 1.9 M 8.0 — Math M 1.9 M 2.0 M 7.2 F 5.1 M 0.5 M 5.6 M 1.5 — Percentage of tests failed 3.1 3.0 4.3 1.7 3.4 5.2 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 6.3 7.3 7.1 5.2 6.5 2.8 8.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.3 8.3 7.5 8.0 7.9 7.3 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 8.2 7.6 6.9 7.0 n/a 7.6 7.0 n/a

Westboro [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 66 Pine Street [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 82 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 107 / 748 111 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.6 Rank: 265 / 748 129 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.3 74.8 75.1 74.2 73.6 76.6 76.9 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 73.8 77.5 73.8 72.2 76.8 71.7 — Math 79.7 78.5 76.7 79.2 79.8 86.7 83.8 — Math 78.4 81.6 84.4 82.2 82.7 85.1 84.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.1 71.9 74.3 73.4 73.0 69.3 69.6 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.5 74.8 73.4 68.9 74.1 73.0 69.0 — Math 75.6 78.1 72.6 82.2 76.9 70.4 75.9 — Math 82.5 81.2 74.6 75.5 79.3 75.6 73.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.6 F 4.8 E M 2.0 M 0.3 F 4.9 F 1.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.8 F 5.3 F 6.6 F 6.0 F 2.5 F 6.4 F 7.4 — Math M 0.9 M 2.9 M 15.5 M 6.6 M 4.6 M 1.7 M 2.2 up Math M 2.6 F 0.4 F 2.4 F 2.2 M 3.4 F 3.3 M 7.0 down Percentage of tests failed 6.0 4.3 6.5 3.5 3.6 8.9 8.6 — Percentage of tests failed 7.3 1.5 4.9 6.5 6.3 6.3 8.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.3 7.8 6.8 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.7 — Overall rating out of 10 8.0 8.3 7.8 7.3 7.6 7.7 6.7 —

Mills Haven [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 76 Father Kenneth Kearns [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 134 / 748 69 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 286 / 748 139 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 73.2 76.7 78.3 74.5 74.5 73.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 68.2 70.7 72.6 69.4 69.6 69.7 — Math 85.7 81.3 81.6 81.7 82.7 77.2 79.5 — Math 80.5 76.2 77.4 81.5 74.3 73.0 72.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.2 76.3 75.4 72.1 71.3 73.3 75.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 74.4 70.1 74.6 73.1 72.9 73.3 — Math 73.3 79.1 77.3 80.3 79.0 80.7 80.9 — Math 77.7 77.4 71.4 82.6 82.4 74.8 79.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.2 F 5.4 F 1.8 F 3.3 F 4.6 F 8.4 F 7.2 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.1 F 6.1 F 2.8 F 1.8 F 2.9 F 5.1 F 4.8 down Math F 0.3 F 0.9 M 7.1 M 2.2 M 3.4 F 2.2 M 4.1 — Math M 7.0 M 2.7 M 0.1 F 1.2 M 1.5 F 3.0 M 8.1 down Percentage of tests failed 7.2 3.4 1.3 2.8 2.4 1.9 5.1 — Percentage of tests failed 7.0 5.0 6.5 3.9 6.7 3.7 9.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 7.7 7.7 7.5 down Overall rating out of 10 7.7 7.3 7.2 8.2 7.2 7.2 6.6 —

Woodbridge Farms [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Madonna [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.7 Rank: 149 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 286 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 75.4 74.7 73.9 81.6 76.7 76.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 71.2 79.8 76.5 74.2 75.5 75.1 — Math 72.4 78.7 77.9 76.4 85.9 82.3 79.3 — Math 74.3 80.7 86.0 80.7 83.3 82.1 81.7 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 72.4 75.9 68.0 78.4 70.7 71.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.3 69.4 72.2 70.1 73.2 72.9 66.7 — Math 69.9 77.9 79.6 76.2 81.3 73.9 76.7 — Math 76.0 68.3 73.9 71.1 77.3 80.6 74.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.6 M 2.6 F 1.5 F 0.6 M 5.7 F 0.4 F 3.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.7 F 4.7 F 9.7 F 7.1 F 6.0 F 7.4 M 7.8 — Math F 4.4 M 9.4 F 5.3 E M 11.5 M 5.0 M 2.8 — Math M 7.0 M 3.8 F 6.1 F 7.1 M 2.1 F 3.0 M 9.4 — Percentage of tests failed 11.4 5.8 3.4 6.9 2.1 7.7 9.6 — Percentage of tests failed 13.0 10.3 5.9 9.5 5.9 6.6 6.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.5 7.5 7.9 7.5 8.1 7.6 7.4 — Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.8 7.5 6.7 7.5 7.7 6.6 —

Brentwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 St. Luke [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 30 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.8 Rank: 177 / 748 129 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.8 Rank: 455 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 68.1 75.1 72.5 78.8 74.8 73.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 72.2 74.3 69.0 70.1 73.5 72.9 — Math 75.7 71.3 74.1 77.2 82.2 80.9 78.8 — Math 68.9 81.8 85.2 76.2 77.8 84.0 84.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 72.1 72.0 75.4 72.9 74.7 73.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.6 64.6 65.1 67.0 72.8 70.4 63.9 — Math 73.7 78.8 72.9 84.0 76.5 79.3 79.4 — Math 65.9 69.9 62.7 72.5 81.6 74.1 62.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.2 F 6.1 F 10.8 E F 2.4 F 6.3 F 7.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.0 F 1.1 M 0.4 F 11.9 M 0.1 F 11.0 F 7.7 — Math M 1.2 M 2.2 F 5.7 M 10.3 M 8.5 M 4.6 F 5.2 — Math M 1.4 M 5.5 M 15.8 F 7.6 M 9.5 M 10.6 M 3.3 — Percentage of tests failed 8.2 5.4 7.5 3.0 0.8 4.3 6.9 — Percentage of tests failed 26.1 6.8 10.2 7.5 5.6 5.6 17.2 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.1 6.5 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.2 — Overall rating out of 10 5.1 7.1 6.1 5.9 7.2 6.6 5.8 —

Our Lady of Perpetual Help [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 New Sarepta [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 11.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 189 / 748 151 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.5 Rank: 455 / 748 340 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.2 69.1 76.0 69.8 73.2 70.9 72.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.5 66.2 68.5 65.6 70.5 67.3 66.8 — Math 79.6 77.0 81.7 78.8 80.0 83.7 81.4 — Math 67.5 69.7 73.5 71.2 78.0 72.3 71.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.7 73.2 73.4 68.2 72.8 69.9 69.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.5 69.9 68.8 65.9 69.8 69.8 66.7 — Math 72.7 78.0 74.0 73.8 78.1 74.8 76.7 — Math 76.5 73.8 67.1 66.2 69.8 70.9 68.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.2 M 3.9 M 4.5 M 0.7 F 5.4 F 1.4 F 8.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.7 F 4.4 F 1.2 F 0.6 F 2.4 F 2.0 F 2.4 — Math M 3.2 M 9.4 M 2.3 M 8.2 E M 8.0 F 1.1 — Math M 5.7 M 6.6 M 3.6 M 1.0 M 2.9 M 7.2 M 2.6 — Percentage of tests failed 7.7 4.8 3.2 7.2 4.1 4.7 4.0 — Percentage of tests failed 8.7 11.0 10.1 16.6 9.2 9.7 15.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 7.0 7.8 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.1 — Overall rating out of 10 7.0 6.2 6.3 5.7 6.6 6.3 5.8 — 70 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Ministik [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Muriel Martin [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 79 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.6 Rank: 527 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 90 / 748 23 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.6 64.3 68.2 n/a 72.6 n/a 69.7 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 72.9 79.2 80.4 80.2 78.0 74.2 — Math 52.9 59.5 83.9 n/a 72.9 n/a 71.4 n/a Math n/a 79.8 85.7 87.3 89.8 88.2 84.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 66.1 60.1 n/a 69.3 n/a 69.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 73.9 76.1 76.2 73.4 76.6 75.3 — Math 65.7 70.1 54.4 n/a 78.0 n/a 70.6 n/a Math n/a 77.3 74.8 81.0 77.4 80.6 82.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.0 F 1.8 F 8.3 n/a n/a n/a F 9.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 5.9 F 8.8 F 3.2 F 0.2 F 1.9 F 7.7 — Math M 7.2 M 0.6 F 6.4 n/a n/a n/a F 9.1 n/a Math n/a M 0.3 F 1.9 M 3.6 M 3.2 M 1.7 F 3.0 — Percentage of tests failed 31.2 15.4 11.8 n/a 7.6 n/a 14.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a 5.4 2.9 2.9 1.1 0.9 5.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a B n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.8 5.7 5.2 n/a 6.8 n/a 5.3 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 7.8 8.1 8.7 8.7 9.0 7.8 —

Jean Vanier [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Leo Nickerson [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 614 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 90 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.9 71.4 79.3 71.8 77.7 71.9 68.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 72.1 74.1 78.0 75.1 79.2 76.4 — Math 81.0 77.9 84.6 81.4 81.4 83.3 74.3 down Math 73.9 79.6 74.2 80.4 80.5 85.1 83.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.0 66.7 68.3 70.8 71.9 76.1 66.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.5 71.8 69.6 65.5 67.2 67.1 71.2 — Math 68.6 68.8 74.2 77.0 71.1 75.2 74.8 — Math 70.8 74.7 70.3 69.5 66.6 68.3 74.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.4 F 9.3 F 0.6 F 5.7 M 2.4 F 8.3 F 18.4 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.2 F 9.3 F 2.1 F 5.1 F 7.9 F 6.2 F 2.8 — Math M 9.1 F 2.6 M 7.5 M 1.0 M 6.4 F 5.6 F 15.4 — Math F 5.0 F 5.6 M 9.7 F 2.0 M 2.0 F 4.3 M 1.7 — Percentage of tests failed 11.0 12.8 2.6 5.8 8.7 8.1 12.3 down Percentage of tests failed 12.8 10.7 9.9 7.7 10.7 6.1 4.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.3 7.9 7.4 7.1 7.2 4.6 down Overall rating out of 10 6.4 6.7 6.3 6.9 6.2 7.2 7.8 — ST. ALBERT/STONY PLAIN AREA J. J. Nearing [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 55 Sturgeon Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.6 Rank: 23 / 748 18 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 107 / 748 61 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 77.2 78.6 80.0 76.8 78.3 79.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 72.4 77.2 73.2 74.6 71.3 72.8 — Math n/a 86.3 81.2 87.9 86.8 88.1 90.0 — Math 76.9 79.5 81.8 80.7 87.8 80.0 85.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 77.1 77.9 71.0 76.8 79.4 78.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.2 72.5 72.3 72.2 75.4 75.3 71.7 — Math n/a 80.7 78.5 80.7 81.7 80.7 81.9 — Math 78.4 80.2 75.9 83.6 82.3 80.7 75.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a M 0.1 F 6.0 F 1.7 M 0.1 M 1.9 F 6.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.7 F 5.0 F 7.1 F 5.0 F 7.5 F 3.2 M 0.7 — Math n/a M 2.4 M 2.6 M 8.6 M 5.5 M 2.2 M 3.5 — Math M 1.8 M 1.5 M 0.7 M 4.4 F 2.0 F 5.4 M 2.8 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 3.6 3.3 2.9 0.0 2.6 2.3 — Percentage of tests failed 5.9 4.0 4.8 3.3 3.0 2.9 7.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A C n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 8.8 8.2 8.2 8.7 9.0 8.7 — Overall rating out of 10 7.7 7.9 7.8 7.8 8.1 7.9 7.7 —

Neil M Ross [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 79 Sir Alexander Mackenzie [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 102 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 80 / 748 36 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.6 Rank: 107 / 748 61 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.9 71.2 76.7 75.1 69.3 73.2 73.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 73.0 76.0 72.4 73.6 71.5 72.8 — Math 80.6 80.4 81.2 81.0 81.1 84.9 81.2 — Math 76.3 82.9 80.5 80.7 82.3 84.7 83.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 73.8 78.5 73.9 75.0 76.3 73.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 68.9 73.1 72.1 74.4 73.5 73.4 — Math 79.1 79.1 82.0 82.4 84.3 86.1 83.1 — Math 81.1 74.6 75.9 80.9 80.8 78.0 79.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.4 F 7.2 F 3.6 F 4.4 F 4.5 F 4.9 F 5.5 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.0 F 1.4 F 3.9 F 1.6 F 5.8 F 1.9 F 4.7 — Math M 2.0 F 2.7 F 0.1 M 2.0 M 1.2 F 0.2 M 0.4 — Math M 2.5 M 5.8 M 1.5 M 0.8 M 2.4 M 0.9 M 1.7 — Percentage of tests failed 3.8 4.8 2.3 4.1 4.0 3.5 4.5 — Percentage of tests failed 4.8 6.0 3.5 5.2 1.1 7.8 7.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.2 7.6 8.6 8.0 7.8 8.6 7.9 — Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.7 —

Keenooshayo [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 57 Muir Lake [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 57 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.0 Rank: 80 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.0 Rank: 107 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.7 76.2 81.6 73.2 77.2 75.2 73.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 70.6 72.8 77.4 68.3 73.4 72.7 — Math 81.3 79.3 84.2 82.0 71.1 82.3 86.4 — Math 71.9 77.3 75.4 71.4 73.6 73.0 80.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.6 79.0 74.2 70.9 77.1 77.6 77.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.7 72.7 74.1 72.5 75.1 71.6 73.5 — Math 86.7 86.3 81.4 78.4 83.7 84.1 82.6 — Math 72.0 76.7 69.9 78.3 80.2 69.4 77.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 8.7 F 6.6 F 1.2 F 8.3 F 6.1 F 7.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.7 M 1.9 F 3.7 F 5.9 F 4.0 M 1.7 M 1.0 — Math M 0.6 M 0.8 M 4.5 M 12.5 F 4.1 M 0.9 M 1.9 — Math F 5.0 M 9.1 M 8.1 F 2.0 M 0.9 M 4.1 M 5.6 — Percentage of tests failed 3.5 4.1 6.3 6.5 7.1 5.2 7.6 — Percentage of tests failed 10.6 6.9 5.4 7.1 5.5 7.1 4.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A C A n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.7 8.4 8.1 7.2 7.2 8.3 7.9 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 7.2 6.9 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.7 —

Ronald Harvey [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Guthrie [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 80 / 748 111 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 107 / 748 165 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.4 74.8 75.0 73.9 78.3 73.9 76.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.1 70.1 71.6 66.1 72.2 73.9 70.2 — Math 71.9 81.3 82.2 86.7 85.4 81.9 82.4 — Math 73.9 78.5 73.8 70.8 76.1 77.4 78.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.4 73.5 71.9 66.7 76.0 69.3 73.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.3 67.1 75.4 71.4 68.7 77.5 77.0 — Math 74.5 75.7 76.8 72.4 82.2 70.4 79.6 — Math 62.3 65.4 72.9 78.6 73.3 75.7 76.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.4 F 3.4 F 9.6 F 6.4 F 5.6 F 7.4 F 3.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.6 F 8.0 M 0.6 F 1.6 F 4.6 F 0.5 F 2.5 — Math F 4.6 M 6.1 F 1.7 M 4.7 M 3.9 M 2.8 M 5.2 — Math M 2.6 F 6.6 M 5.8 M 3.7 F 1.4 M 13.1 F 6.5 — Percentage of tests failed 11.5 4.1 2.4 8.2 0.0 11.2 3.5 — Percentage of tests failed 19.4 12.8 7.6 10.2 3.9 9.0 1.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.5 7.8 7.6 7.0 8.4 6.7 7.9 — Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.0 7.0 6.6 7.0 7.2 7.7 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 71

Bertha Kennedy [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Elmer S Gish [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.6 Rank: 126 / 748 139 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 265 / 748 193 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.6 75.5 78.9 77.4 76.3 71.4 75.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.6 73.5 73.5 71.2 72.8 73.4 71.6 — Math 80.5 80.9 83.1 82.1 82.7 75.1 81.2 — Math 85.2 81.9 86.0 76.9 80.6 79.1 77.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.1 76.4 71.8 69.2 73.3 71.1 72.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.8 70.3 69.3 73.3 71.9 67.6 73.9 — Math 78.6 74.2 72.4 70.8 75.2 72.6 79.6 — Math 75.6 73.1 67.9 76.5 72.5 62.4 73.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.4 F 6.8 F 7.2 M 0.3 F 9.9 F 2.0 M 0.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.6 F 9.5 F 7.0 M 0.3 F 0.6 F 4.0 F 7.2 — Math M 4.7 M 0.9 M 1.5 M 12.2 F 6.4 M 3.5 M 7.6 — Math M 2.4 F 3.5 F 5.5 M 6.5 M 3.7 M 3.1 F 5.6 — Percentage of tests failed 6.6 3.8 5.8 8.6 4.0 6.6 6.7 — Percentage of tests failed 5.7 8.2 4.9 6.6 4.7 14.5 9.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.9 8.0 7.6 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.6 — Overall rating out of 10 8.1 7.1 7.0 7.3 7.4 6.2 6.7 —

Father Jan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Graminia [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 73 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.4 Rank: 134 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.3 Rank: 265 / 748 214 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.4 75.2 69.2 70.9 73.3 75.1 76.6 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.9 75.8 77.0 74.3 72.7 76.1 73.3 — Math 61.0 76.4 64.5 68.8 73.4 80.0 82.1 up Math 74.4 76.3 78.4 77.2 73.3 77.4 76.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.1 65.1 69.0 68.5 76.7 73.7 73.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.4 72.5 71.0 65.2 69.8 68.0 70.4 — Math 83.1 72.4 70.8 74.0 85.1 78.3 77.6 — Math 69.4 73.2 67.2 71.4 72.0 70.0 69.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.9 M 8.4 M 1.1 F 1.4 M 3.1 F 3.3 M 0.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 13.9 F 9.2 F 5.8 F 0.4 F 1.5 F 1.2 F 5.0 — Math M 2.1 M 16.4 M 6.8 M 15.1 M 8.7 M 8.7 M 11.9 — Math M 2.5 F 4.3 M 3.4 M 6.6 M 5.3 M 2.4 M 3.1 — Percentage of tests failed 9.0 10.8 5.8 10.3 5.0 5.9 2.9 — Percentage of tests failed 17.9 9.2 8.9 9.3 8.8 10.2 10.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.9 5.7 6.3 5.7 7.2 7.3 7.5 up Overall rating out of 10 5.9 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.6 7.0 6.7 —

Marie Poburan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 77 Brookwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 81 Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 149 / 748 139 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 329 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.9 72.0 77.7 74.3 73.9 72.2 73.1 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 68.5 74.9 71.0 68.0 70.7 71.5 — Math 70.9 75.6 75.1 69.2 76.3 76.0 79.8 — Math 68.8 70.1 73.3 71.7 73.6 76.5 80.0 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 70.1 73.4 70.3 74.8 73.0 71.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 74.2 68.8 68.7 69.0 70.9 69.7 — Math 73.0 81.1 75.0 78.1 83.2 78.3 73.5 — Math 73.6 80.5 72.9 76.4 71.8 74.4 71.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.4 F 1.4 F 2.3 F 2.0 F 0.9 F 8.8 F 0.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.3 F 4.6 E M 0.6 F 5.8 F 6.8 F 7.9 down Math M 7.1 M 5.2 M 5.5 M 8.8 M 0.9 M 0.9 M 3.7 — Math M 1.7 M 2.4 M 3.5 M 2.9 M 0.9 F 4.6 F 4.1 — Percentage of tests failed 8.6 6.6 4.3 4.7 3.6 5.3 3.6 — Percentage of tests failed 12.3 6.3 8.0 6.3 11.6 6.3 11.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.9 7.4 7.5 6.9 7.8 7.1 7.4 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.1 6.0 6.8 6.4 —

Darwell [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 John Paul II [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 57 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 149 / 748 413 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 329 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.1 68.0 74.5 70.2 66.1 63.2 74.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.0 69.7 71.2 74.9 71.2 70.0 69.2 — Math 56.9 72.4 75.1 74.5 70.0 73.0 79.3 — Math 69.4 73.7 70.1 70.2 69.5 77.9 71.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.4 63.1 70.7 65.1 65.7 71.4 71.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.4 64.7 64.9 68.8 69.1 69.7 70.1 — Math 64.5 71.3 65.2 63.0 62.2 68.3 73.3 — Math 69.0 60.7 62.7 67.8 72.5 64.1 69.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.8 n/a F 12.6 F 11.9 F 9.4 F 9.8 F 5.8 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.1 F 2.4 F 6.1 F 5.0 F 1.7 F 0.7 F 4.4 — Math E n/a F 3.2 E F 14.4 F 11.5 F 1.9 — Math M 9.9 M 5.9 M 1.4 F 0.2 M 10.6 M 12.6 M 0.9 — Percentage of tests failed 23.1 22.0 8.9 8.9 14.8 14.6 5.3 — Percentage of tests failed 14.3 18.1 13.2 11.8 10.3 13.2 10.4 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C n/a B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D n/a B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.0 5.1 6.1 5.9 4.1 4.8 7.4 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 5.6 5.6 6.4 5.9 5.9 6.4 —

Robert Rundle [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Blueberry [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 65 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.7 Rank: 189 / 748 151 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 329 / 748 384 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 70.2 72.0 75.4 70.6 67.6 71.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 65.1 70.3 70.0 69.3 72.1 70.2 — Math 77.4 81.8 82.6 81.9 87.1 81.9 83.3 — Math 64.0 63.9 64.2 61.0 64.4 66.0 70.5 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.0 68.1 70.8 67.1 71.5 72.9 71.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.7 66.2 71.1 68.9 72.8 72.1 72.3 — Math 61.8 67.4 64.7 77.1 78.6 84.1 79.4 — Math 65.9 65.3 66.3 71.0 70.2 72.6 73.7 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.3 F 2.5 F 6.4 F 3.6 F 1.7 F 4.9 F 5.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.8 F 0.2 F 8.2 F 1.2 F 3.1 F 3.6 F 7.1 — Math M 4.2 M 1.3 M 2.3 F 2.6 F 4.0 F 4.4 F 4.6 down Math F 5.2 M 12.4 F 6.4 M 6.8 M 1.2 F 3.7 F 6.3 — Percentage of tests failed 18.2 13.6 8.5 4.9 7.2 11.1 9.9 — Percentage of tests failed 23.0 20.1 14.5 15.7 12.6 9.3 8.5 up 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.8 6.8 7.6 7.5 7.1 7.1 — Overall rating out of 10 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.5 6.0 6.5 6.4 up

Stony Plain Central [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Wild Rose [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.2 Rank: 189 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.9 Rank: 353 / 748 447 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.6 69.6 74.7 71.5 75.5 68.0 71.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.3 71.2 71.7 67.5 67.3 69.6 70.2 — Math 74.1 73.6 72.9 76.4 78.0 70.7 72.6 — Math 69.7 74.6 62.9 72.7 66.9 72.8 81.9 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.6 66.8 61.4 62.8 68.2 73.1 72.8 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.7 69.8 66.2 66.8 70.3 64.6 64.8 — Math 64.8 70.3 61.9 68.8 71.3 79.6 77.6 up Math 65.7 72.0 67.7 75.1 78.0 61.7 68.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.3 M 1.3 F 14.2 F 12.9 F 5.8 M 0.9 M 1.2 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 19.4 F 5.4 F 8.1 F 12.9 F 9.1 F 7.0 F 1.8 — Math M 9.5 M 14.2 F 3.6 F 18.5 F 0.6 M 7.0 M 7.8 — Math F 5.0 M 1.3 F 1.5 F 3.5 F 5.0 M 6.9 M 3.9 — Percentage of tests failed 14.9 13.4 21.4 18.3 11.7 8.3 5.8 up Percentage of tests failed 10.9 9.7 12.8 9.3 13.5 21.9 14.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 5.9 4.6 4.4 6.6 6.9 7.1 up Overall rating out of 10 5.6 6.9 5.5 5.8 5.4 4.6 6.3 — 72 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Albert Lacombe [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 61 Queen Street [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 369 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.2 Rank: 500 / 748 447 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.9 67.9 73.8 69.8 68.6 70.9 71.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 64.8 62.7 67.7 70.4 75.6 71.0 up Math 83.8 72.5 80.1 72.5 72.6 77.0 79.8 — Math 65.5 68.1 61.0 75.3 76.1 87.1 72.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 69.9 68.0 68.9 70.9 65.9 63.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 68.1 63.8 67.5 69.5 65.5 65.8 — Math 70.2 75.2 64.3 71.2 66.4 69.3 65.9 — Math 74.1 69.9 66.6 69.5 70.3 59.9 66.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.0 F 6.5 F 4.8 F 2.8 F 2.5 F 2.8 F 1.1 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.1 F 3.9 F 3.4 M 0.8 F 5.2 F 8.8 M 0.6 — Math F 3.3 M 4.4 F 4.6 F 1.1 M 5.9 F 0.2 M 6.7 — Math M 9.0 M 6.9 M 9.8 M 2.2 F 1.3 F 18.1 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 5.9 11.4 10.0 10.3 12.0 11.2 12.1 — Percentage of tests failed 13.1 16.2 20.5 8.9 9.0 14.6 15.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.8 6.4 6.4 6.6 5.9 6.6 6.2 — Overall rating out of 10 6.2 5.6 4.0 6.6 6.4 5.1 5.5 —

Forest Green [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 Duffield [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 27 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.0 Rank: 369 / 748 413 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 552 / 748 413 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.7 62.3 72.8 75.0 72.0 62.3 73.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.8 68.3 65.5 70.6 69.0 70.1 64.2 — Math 66.1 65.9 77.6 81.7 73.3 67.7 75.7 — Math 64.0 75.7 68.3 76.6 64.0 86.7 63.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.5 64.4 65.6 63.4 63.4 64.3 66.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.6 67.6 68.6 69.4 68.5 64.9 69.1 — Math 66.4 66.2 70.3 66.5 66.2 66.5 65.9 — Math 64.7 72.8 69.0 74.6 72.6 64.6 68.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.7 F 1.8 F 7.5 F 1.2 F 10.8 F 1.7 F 1.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.9 F 5.9 F 7.5 F 9.6 F 7.2 F 13.1 M 3.3 — Math M 6.9 M 11.9 F 3.6 E F 0.5 F 0.9 F 2.6 — Math M 5.6 M 2.0 F 4.2 F 6.7 M 4.9 F 0.6 M 10.9 — Percentage of tests failed 26.9 22.5 11.8 14.9 20.7 22.2 17.0 — Percentage of tests failed 18.6 12.6 14.0 3.1 16.1 6.8 13.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.6 4.5 6.2 6.6 4.7 4.8 6.2 — Overall rating out of 10 5.3 6.4 5.3 6.7 5.0 6.3 5.1 —

High Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 54 Grasmere [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.2 Rank: 395 / 748 404 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 552 / 748 524 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 67.7 74.5 68.0 68.8 68.4 72.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.3 67.8 68.3 68.6 65.5 69.4 67.5 — Math 67.1 67.3 70.5 63.2 73.3 74.4 76.4 — Math 55.7 69.6 67.3 69.6 65.4 72.6 77.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 68.3 70.0 70.0 65.7 66.3 68.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.3 64.3 63.1 57.6 66.0 64.4 63.8 — Math 73.5 70.6 69.3 75.8 61.5 68.3 74.8 — Math 67.4 69.0 67.5 58.8 68.2 64.4 58.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.1 F 2.6 F 0.3 F 8.1 M 2.4 F 8.4 F 8.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.5 F 13.4 F 3.4 M 5.3 M 3.5 M 2.7 F 7.3 — Math M 3.6 M 11.3 M 7.2 M 2.9 M 0.6 M 2.2 M 0.4 up Math F 1.6 M 4.0 F 6.6 M 12.2 M 16.6 M 21.7 M 8.1 — Percentage of tests failed 13.9 12.9 9.2 17.0 14.9 20.5 20.1 — Percentage of tests failed 24.4 16.8 16.5 21.1 13.6 17.7 13.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 5.7 6.5 5.4 5.6 5.2 6.1 — Overall rating out of 10 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 5.1 —

Meridian Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 86 Broxton Park [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 65 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 414 / 748 264 / 630 Tests not written (%): 16.9 Rank: 580 / 748 466 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.0 67.2 72.2 70.5 67.8 65.9 66.1 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 68.6 69.2 70.1 65.0 65.4 69.9 — Math 71.9 70.3 76.5 69.8 75.1 75.4 68.2 — Math 79.3 72.2 72.3 72.4 67.4 64.0 77.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.8 74.9 73.0 69.7 76.0 73.0 72.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.3 65.7 66.0 68.5 66.7 66.7 62.8 — Math 76.3 79.7 72.8 75.9 77.7 72.6 73.7 down Math 68.6 70.0 68.3 75.0 69.1 71.9 64.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 2.3 F 5.1 F 0.7 F 6.6 F 7.6 F 5.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.8 F 7.3 F 4.4 M 5.5 F 0.6 M 3.1 F 8.0 — Math M 0.2 F 1.2 F 1.0 M 7.2 M 0.2 F 12.4 M 3.5 — Math F 4.2 F 1.5 E M 9.7 F 1.7 M 10.6 F 4.4 — Percentage of tests failed 10.2 7.0 4.7 9.9 6.6 6.4 12.5 — Percentage of tests failed 11.1 17.4 14.5 12.6 14.0 24.9 24.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C A D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.9 7.4 7.3 6.5 6.9 6.0 6.0 down Overall rating out of 10 6.6 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.6 4.3 4.8 down

Vital Grandin [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 Seba Beach [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 455 / 748 264 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.9 Rank: 593 / 748 553 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.0 74.4 76.2 73.8 69.3 71.8 66.0 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.3 67.1 72.7 71.1 66.6 62.6 67.1 — Math 80.9 87.2 78.4 74.0 71.0 71.6 77.1 — Math 70.5 71.4 79.1 73.5 69.1 65.6 69.8 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.8 66.9 72.7 69.9 70.8 71.1 67.1 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 55.9 65.7 65.8 62.7 58.7 60.4 67.9 — Math 66.1 70.1 64.5 71.4 76.1 71.3 65.2 — Math 47.6 63.4 56.3 54.8 56.3 61.3 65.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 3.3 F 3.4 F 6.3 F 7.0 F 6.3 F 2.3 M 1.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.4 F 11.0 F 15.8 F 4.8 M 1.9 F 4.3 n/a n/a Math M 1.8 M 10.1 F 0.5 F 2.2 F 3.0 M 5.9 M 7.4 down Math F 8.7 F 1.7 F 3.5 M 21.2 M 15.7 F 3.0 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 10.7 7.4 6.6 12.1 9.6 7.6 12.8 — Percentage of tests failed 37.5 19.1 12.5 20.6 24.7 21.8 22.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B D D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.5 6.2 6.7 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 2.7 5.2 5.2 4.0 3.2 4.1 4.7 —

Onoway [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 64 Millgrove [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 62 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 455 / 748 473 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.6 Rank: 614 / 748 384 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.3 63.4 74.7 64.4 70.0 68.8 69.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 73.7 74.4 70.2 71.3 66.7 61.8 down Math 76.9 64.2 72.9 62.7 69.3 70.5 74.3 — Math 71.8 80.2 74.1 69.9 71.2 72.1 65.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 70.5 63.6 66.1 65.8 65.3 68.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.7 69.9 68.3 66.7 70.4 70.7 67.4 — Math 66.2 73.4 63.6 68.9 70.4 62.4 63.1 — Math 73.6 71.7 66.8 74.5 74.6 69.8 70.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.4 F 4.6 F 5.6 F 3.1 F 9.5 F 9.8 F 5.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.3 F 3.6 F 2.8 F 3.9 F 3.1 F 6.3 F 5.2 — Math M 7.2 M 3.2 M 4.0 M 1.8 F 4.2 F 9.8 M 3.1 — Math M 4.4 M 6.8 M 3.4 M 6.8 M 6.5 F 2.2 F 3.5 — Percentage of tests failed 15.6 20.8 16.2 17.8 16.2 16.2 15.4 — Percentage of tests failed 11.0 8.2 8.2 12.0 11.3 10.3 24.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B n/a A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 5.5 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.5 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.3 7.1 6.6 6.0 6.2 6.1 4.6 down Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 73

Evansview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Glen Avon [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 59 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 633 / 748 496 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 593 / 748 447 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.0 63.7 65.4 66.1 64.5 66.5 61.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.4 75.0 70.0 67.4 67.2 65.7 64.1 down Math 58.6 66.5 65.2 65.1 69.4 65.1 63.3 — Math 73.8 76.4 69.6 69.9 69.8 68.8 69.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 58.6 59.9 71.5 67.2 66.4 63.3 66.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.4 64.0 67.2 70.3 69.1 66.1 65.0 — Math 57.8 54.7 69.2 71.1 73.0 72.4 74.3 — Math 70.1 66.2 59.6 67.1 68.6 61.1 67.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.8 F 15.3 F 0.4 M 1.1 F 13.7 F 4.9 F 2.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.2 M 0.2 E M 3.6 M 0.5 M 0.3 M 2.9 — Math M 9.7 F 3.4 M 5.7 M 14.7 F 3.6 M 8.7 F 11.3 — Math M 1.7 M 10.2 M 6.9 M 3.2 M 0.8 M 2.4 M 11.5 — Percentage of tests failed 33.3 29.1 20.4 14.9 12.2 11.4 23.8 — Percentage of tests failed 18.3 16.8 13.8 15.4 13.7 16.8 19.4 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A D A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.6 3.4 5.2 5.1 4.8 5.2 4.3 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 6.1 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.4 4.7 —

Mother Earth’s [Charter] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 R.A. Reynolds [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 11.6 Rank: 744 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 593 / 748 447 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 44.6 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.9 64.2 76.0 68.0 64.8 68.3 67.5 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 43.8 n/a Math 76.7 77.3 73.1 77.8 82.0 82.6 81.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 61.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.2 66.0 66.9 64.5 70.9 69.9 57.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 63.5 n/a Math 67.4 69.6 63.6 69.1 68.2 68.8 58.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.8 F 5.3 F 4.2 F 9.6 M 2.8 F 14.2 F 0.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 1.5 n/a Math M 2.8 M 0.2 M 2.2 M 6.9 M 19.0 M 0.6 F 1.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 60.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed 16.8 15.4 12.7 13.8 10.0 11.8 27.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 6.0 6.2 5.4 5.5 5.9 4.7 — ST. PAUL/BONNYVILLE AREA Elk Point [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 35 Ardmore [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 11.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.3 Rank: 265 / 748 264 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.7 Rank: 668 / 748 479 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.8 70.6 71.5 76.8 72.0 68.3 66.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.4 74.1 79.8 79.8 74.0 67.7 65.1 down Math 76.7 82.2 75.4 83.8 81.3 79.5 76.4 — Math 84.2 77.5 81.1 74.3 80.9 61.6 56.9 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.7 68.2 70.2 69.6 71.8 68.6 70.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.3 63.6 59.3 66.1 66.3 64.2 64.6 — Math 66.6 76.0 67.6 73.4 77.7 71.7 76.9 — Math 60.7 60.1 72.2 64.1 67.7 54.1 65.9 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.9 F 3.5 F 12.7 F 17.2 F 4.1 F 4.0 M 0.5 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.0 F 12.8 F 4.7 F 12.3 F 5.0 F 2.8 F 1.1 — Math M 2.2 M 7.2 F 12.1 F 2.5 F 2.4 M 3.7 M 1.9 — Math M 10.2 F 14.9 M 5.6 F 8.8 F 2.9 M 7.2 M 12.6 — Percentage of tests failed 17.7 10.6 11.2 8.4 5.3 12.7 13.6 — Percentage of tests failed 16.2 24.0 15.5 12.8 14.0 27.9 27.1 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.9 5.4 6.7 7.4 6.3 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.2 4.5 6.3 5.6 6.1 3.6 3.7 down

Mallaig [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Glendon [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.4 Rank: 353 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 696 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.1 72.3 75.4 72.2 73.7 74.5 74.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.9 72.0 73.6 71.9 72.5 79.8 64.1 — Math 64.0 81.2 77.6 80.6 75.9 75.4 75.1 — Math 75.4 78.3 77.4 74.6 75.9 86.3 66.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 68.6 68.9 63.3 68.3 68.1 69.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.0 71.1 70.2 72.4 74.8 68.4 66.6 — Math 68.3 76.1 76.8 73.2 70.6 69.4 74.3 — Math 77.0 74.2 71.8 77.2 77.6 65.4 63.7 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.1 F 13.0 F 9.5 F 3.8 F 10.1 M 0.3 M 3.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 2.5 F 1.8 F 12.0 M 0.1 F 0.4 F 9.3 F 13.9 — Math M 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a M 9.4 n/a n/a Math M 0.6 M 2.4 F 8.2 M 5.3 M 2.1 F 12.6 F 20.2 — Percentage of tests failed 16.5 4.9 3.0 10.8 4.3 7.8 15.8 — Percentage of tests failed 8.3 8.5 4.9 5.6 4.8 9.2 21.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.4 7.6 7.8 6.3 7.0 6.6 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 7.8 7.4 6.4 7.4 7.6 6.4 3.2 —

Mackenzie River [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 38 Heinsburg [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 455 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 10.1 Rank: 732 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 69.3 70.3 68.9 74.2 72.7 77.3 up Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 50.6 n/a Math 74.8 78.7 70.3 74.6 79.2 76.5 81.0 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.2 70.6 64.3 65.9 67.0 64.5 67.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 52.9 n/a Math 71.6 72.2 64.5 70.1 67.4 66.4 63.0 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 43.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.6 F 12.7 F 9.4 F 3.8 F 7.9 F 4.5 F 8.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 7.7 n/a Math M 6.0 F 2.8 F 7.0 M 1.0 F 2.9 F 3.3 F 9.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 5.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 9.8 7.6 15.0 11.6 9.2 8.9 16.5 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 41.9 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 6.6 4.9 6.3 6.2 6.3 5.8 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.1 n/a STETTLER AREA St. Dominic [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 65 Forestburg [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 15.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.0 Rank: 473 / 748 413 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.1 Rank: 60 / 748 111 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.9 63.6 66.9 68.0 64.3 69.9 69.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.8 74.9 75.7 78.3 72.4 78.0 72.5 — Math 73.9 71.3 68.9 75.9 77.5 81.6 71.2 — Math 73.3 84.8 70.7 82.5 78.0 84.9 83.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.7 63.3 62.0 65.0 69.0 67.2 67.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.0 71.0 70.1 68.4 64.6 74.8 76.6 — Math 65.4 63.8 63.5 76.6 69.7 65.3 69.1 — Math 74.6 74.7 74.5 75.4 71.8 78.7 84.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.2 F 0.1 F 8.9 F 1.2 F 3.7 F 3.5 F 5.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.9 F 2.8 F 8.1 F 6.4 F 6.5 F 1.6 F 5.1 — Math F 0.4 M 13.0 F 2.0 M 1.4 M 5.4 M 5.0 M 5.9 down Math M 6.9 M 8.9 M 1.2 F 0.5 M 0.1 M 3.7 M 4.8 — Percentage of tests failed 13.2 19.6 19.4 11.7 14.6 10.8 14.2 — Percentage of tests failed 12.7 7.5 5.2 4.7 10.3 0.0 2.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 4.8 4.6 6.6 5.5 6.2 5.7 — Overall rating out of 10 7.1 7.4 6.9 7.7 6.3 8.7 8.1 — 74 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Consort [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Langdon Area [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 69 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 286 / 748 255 / 630 Tests not written (%): 6.3 Rank: 473 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 76.8 76.5 74.0 66.9 64.9 73.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 73.6 n/a Math 72.5 81.0 79.4 74.8 68.9 59.8 73.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 81.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 71.9 66.2 72.4 75.8 67.4 67.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 65.5 n/a Math 71.5 77.5 64.4 80.5 82.3 72.0 67.2 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 60.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 15.9 F 5.4 F 8.5 F 3.4 n/a F 7.5 n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 8.0 n/a Math F 5.5 M 2.6 F 2.8 F 1.1 n/a F 0.7 n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 6.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 14.8 2.2 7.8 5.7 5.7 17.9 9.1 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 15.1 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.9 8.0 6.5 7.6 7.1 5.0 6.6 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.7 n/a

Delburne Centralized [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 36 Westmount [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 70 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.9 Rank: 574 / 748 479 / 630 Tests not written (%): 11.9 Rank: 500 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.2 71.6 68.6 64.2 66.9 66.1 67.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 73.0 70.6 68.5 n/a Math 78.0 78.4 67.6 73.3 71.6 74.4 72.4 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 76.3 74.2 76.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.4 65.1 65.4 61.5 63.9 67.9 64.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.8 64.5 68.3 n/a Math 76.2 71.1 63.5 70.4 70.0 72.0 69.4 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.6 62.8 69.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 0.7 F 6.2 F 8.2 F 1.4 F 3.1 M 3.3 F 11.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 3.2 F 7.5 F 9.4 n/a Math M 5.6 F 7.3 M 3.5 M 16.0 F 2.0 M 8.0 F 6.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.9 M 1.5 F 6.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.9 13.4 18.9 15.2 17.4 13.1 16.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 10.9 17.0 17.6 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.9 6.2 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.8 4.9 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.4 5.3 5.5 n/a STRATHMORE AREA Sacred Heart [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 St. Gabriel the Archangel [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.8 Rank: 6 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 5.9 Rank: 520 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 83.4 86.7 83.7 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.2 63.8 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 87.5 91.2 92.6 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 78.4 71.0 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.3 69.3 79.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.9 71.0 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.1 71.1 89.4 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 75.0 74.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 3.9 F 2.6 F 3.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 7.9 F 10.9 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a M 2.6 M 5.6 M 1.1 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a M 0.9 F 5.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.7 4.0 1.7 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.7 14.7 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.8 8.4 9.6 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.1 5.4 n/a

Carseland [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 25 Central Bow Valley [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.9 Rank: 161 / 748 340 / 630 Tests not written (%): 7.9 Rank: 721 / 748 621 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.6 69.9 74.8 74.3 77.2 65.6 74.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.2 68.6 64.9 58.6 55.4 60.0 59.7 — Math 79.2 77.0 80.6 75.3 77.2 70.2 86.7 — Math 53.5 62.4 55.4 61.6 56.3 56.0 66.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.4 68.5 66.5 65.3 68.4 64.1 67.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.2 56.5 59.3 58.7 63.2 59.2 59.8 — Math 61.3 70.0 64.7 78.9 68.9 68.3 72.2 — Math 64.9 58.3 57.6 53.2 65.6 60.0 51.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 7.5 F 3.7 F 16.2 M 5.0 F 1.8 F 1.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.8 F 9.9 M 9.7 F 9.5 F 11.7 F 4.1 n/a n/a Math n/a M 4.1 F 0.8 F 6.9 M 17.1 F 3.9 M 4.6 — Math M 10.1 F 5.7 M 9.5 F 13.7 F 10.9 M 7.8 F 9.8 — Percentage of tests failed 19.8 9.2 12.2 10.2 12.5 20.4 10.3 — Percentage of tests failed 30.8 35.7 35.9 34.1 34.5 33.8 31.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D C n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.4 6.5 6.6 5.9 5.6 5.1 7.3 — Overall rating out of 10 3.4 3.3 2.0 1.9 1.5 2.3 2.1 — TABER/MEDICINE HAT AREA Wheatland [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 56 St. Francis Xavier [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 28 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 6.9 Rank: 265 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.9 Rank: 15 / 748 79 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.9 71.7 71.5 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.7 78.0 77.0 74.0 79.5 78.9 80.0 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 84.5 76.7 80.0 n/a Math 55.3 83.4 78.1 78.7 83.1 88.6 80.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 66.1 63.3 65.8 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.5 72.5 68.1 73.5 75.6 77.9 86.0 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.1 66.7 75.0 n/a Math 81.4 71.1 68.6 81.2 78.8 86.9 93.9 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 2.4 F 8.8 F 2.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.5 F 7.6 n/a F 4.1 F 1.0 F 13.9 F 9.3 n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a M 2.3 F 7.0 F 2.2 n/a Math M 7.1 F 3.4 n/a M 11.6 M 6.0 F 9.1 E n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 17.3 11.3 12.2 n/a Percentage of tests failed 19.3 8.3 11.6 2.0 8.6 8.6 1.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.1 5.6 6.7 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.7 7.5 6.6 7.5 7.8 7.6 9.2 up

Brentwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 65 Mother Teresa [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 45 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.2 Rank: 395 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 60 / 748 98 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.3 66.3 66.8 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.9 69.0 74.3 73.7 69.4 75.1 78.3 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 78.3 71.2 77.1 n/a Math 80.3 74.4 75.5 78.9 76.0 82.3 86.9 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 74.8 70.9 71.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.7 77.0 78.2 74.7 75.9 74.5 72.4 down Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 79.7 73.9 70.0 n/a Math 69.3 78.0 78.3 76.1 80.1 74.1 77.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 4.1 F 3.5 F 8.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 6.5 F 8.5 F 7.1 F 0.5 F 6.9 F 9.1 F 2.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a F 0.1 M 3.5 M 2.2 n/a Math M 7.1 F 4.7 M 2.6 M 5.1 F 0.9 F 2.8 M 3.9 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.0 10.8 12.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 7.1 7.6 2.5 8.1 5.4 3.6 5.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A B B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.5 6.3 6.1 n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 7.0 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.6 8.1 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 75

River Heights [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Seven Persons [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.2 Rank: 90 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 286 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 72.0 72.2 71.6 67.9 68.3 74.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.8 72.3 68.7 75.7 74.6 70.7 72.7 — Math 79.5 82.2 80.5 78.0 84.9 79.5 81.0 — Math 77.7 68.6 71.1 77.8 72.5 74.0 79.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.9 75.7 82.4 75.8 77.1 76.1 75.8 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.2 73.0 71.8 64.0 67.6 72.0 67.3 — Math 86.1 81.6 81.1 82.2 80.5 74.4 81.5 — Math 70.3 75.6 68.9 66.9 74.0 69.3 71.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 4.9 F 7.3 F 5.5 F 6.2 F 2.3 M 1.0 F 5.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.2 M 3.5 F 5.4 F 5.5 F 1.9 F 2.9 F 7.9 — Math M 1.4 F 7.2 F 3.5 F 1.7 F 0.1 M 8.9 F 4.3 — Math F 2.8 M 8.2 F 4.4 F 2.4 F 5.7 M 11.7 F 3.3 — Percentage of tests failed 4.2 5.2 3.8 7.1 5.9 8.5 4.9 — Percentage of tests failed 9.2 12.5 11.8 16.4 9.2 11.8 8.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 8.5 7.6 8.1 7.5 7.9 7.1 7.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.3 6.5 6.0 6.1 6.5 6.1 6.6 —

Irvine [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Foremost [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.3 Rank: 107 / 748 165 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 353 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.5 74.4 73.3 77.0 74.7 74.6 74.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 77.4 73.4 76.6 78.7 71.2 65.7 69.8 — Math 84.1 80.4 73.7 79.9 77.6 78.4 83.6 — Math 80.6 82.0 76.0 90.6 74.3 69.8 79.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.1 70.5 75.6 70.3 71.5 70.2 74.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 70.3 64.9 63.9 68.1 71.3 67.8 — Math 70.5 72.8 75.1 74.6 71.3 69.6 76.3 — Math 77.5 85.1 76.5 73.1 79.5 67.8 73.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.6 F 4.3 F 1.7 F 8.9 F 4.3 F 8.9 F 4.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.6 F 6.9 F 0.9 M 7.5 F 14.1 M 3.7 F 11.2 — Math F 2.9 F 1.4 M 1.7 F 4.0 F 6.6 M 7.4 M 6.3 down Math M 5.0 F 1.6 M 13.4 M 16.7 F 4.7 M 15.4 M 3.1 — Percentage of tests failed 7.7 6.8 5.1 6.4 8.4 8.5 3.9 — Percentage of tests failed 6.0 5.3 9.6 6.8 5.2 6.9 8.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.2 6.7 6.4 7.7 — Overall rating out of 10 7.9 7.9 6.4 6.7 6.1 5.6 6.3 —

Ross Glen [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Webster Niblock [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.5 Rank: 126 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 369 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 70.5 71.3 79.2 74.8 72.6 72.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 72.9 73.1 75.0 72.1 73.5 67.8 — Math 72.3 77.3 77.1 85.1 85.2 81.9 83.6 — Math 74.0 84.0 75.8 76.5 77.6 77.2 73.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.7 73.1 74.6 70.3 77.9 72.6 74.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 72.5 70.1 69.0 71.3 71.8 70.4 — Math 74.3 77.9 75.0 76.7 83.0 78.1 78.0 — Math 70.8 76.4 70.5 73.1 69.4 73.5 70.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.2 F 9.3 F 8.1 F 3.2 F 2.7 F 10.7 F 4.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.0 F 10.7 F 14.0 F 10.9 F 1.7 F 4.5 F 8.2 — Math F 0.2 F 1.7 M 2.5 F 2.1 M 6.3 F 4.4 M 4.4 — Math F 1.5 F 8.0 F 5.9 F 0.4 M 5.1 M 1.3 M 0.4 — Percentage of tests failed 11.0 7.7 3.0 1.9 2.3 4.1 6.3 — Percentage of tests failed 11.3 6.6 10.1 5.6 6.6 5.2 12.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B D B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.2 7.3 8.2 8.3 7.2 7.6 — Overall rating out of 10 6.8 7.1 5.9 6.9 6.9 7.4 6.2 —

St. Patrick’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 St. Michael’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 249 / 748 180 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.5 Rank: 369 / 748 413 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 71.8 78.5 71.9 76.0 69.7 76.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.0 68.2 65.6 69.1 68.2 71.4 71.4 up Math 71.5 80.0 78.9 70.7 79.1 75.3 81.2 — Math 66.7 72.7 68.1 71.0 75.5 77.4 74.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.4 75.5 70.7 66.7 75.5 70.7 66.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.2 69.8 68.2 66.5 69.7 68.3 68.5 — Math 74.4 76.1 67.9 75.7 77.0 76.9 69.1 — Math 70.1 69.1 65.1 68.4 71.5 62.4 69.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.9 F 5.5 F 2.7 F 9.9 F 4.1 M 3.1 F 7.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.4 F 11.7 F 9.7 F 12.0 F 15.2 F 3.3 F 7.7 — Math M 0.8 F 0.5 M 8.3 F 1.0 M 0.4 M 3.1 M 3.3 — Math F 2.5 F 11.4 M 2.5 M 0.4 F 3.7 M 13.1 M 4.3 — Percentage of tests failed 10.3 5.5 7.4 11.3 3.6 9.1 8.3 — Percentage of tests failed 8.0 15.6 9.7 13.5 10.7 12.2 10.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B D C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.8 7.0 6.2 7.9 6.9 6.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.1 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.7 6.2 up

Crestwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 93 Vauxhall [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.3 Rank: 249 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 395 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 71.7 76.3 73.0 71.2 70.5 75.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.2 73.1 70.4 73.8 72.5 66.7 65.0 — Math 76.2 77.1 75.6 76.0 74.2 75.8 82.9 — Math 79.1 80.4 74.4 76.1 75.5 72.8 73.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.0 70.1 67.1 65.9 70.2 64.2 68.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.6 65.7 69.1 72.6 73.9 64.7 66.3 — Math 71.5 73.8 65.6 68.8 73.5 62.6 70.0 — Math 75.8 70.5 69.4 82.3 76.3 65.9 75.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.9 F 10.1 F 5.6 F 2.4 F 4.5 M 0.6 F 5.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.4 F 5.7 F 6.1 F 12.6 F 10.1 F 1.6 F 2.3 — Math M 4.0 F 1.9 F 6.5 M 2.0 M 2.4 M 9.4 M 2.0 — Math F 1.9 M 2.5 F 4.6 F 5.0 F 1.5 M 8.9 M 5.0 — Percentage of tests failed 7.9 7.3 7.7 13.0 7.4 17.3 12.4 — Percentage of tests failed 6.9 11.6 15.0 11.6 8.6 18.0 11.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.7 5.4 6.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.5 6.8 5.8 6.6 6.6 5.1 6.1 —

Connaught [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 51 George Davison [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 72 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.8 Rank: 265 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.5 Rank: 395 / 748 404 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.5 73.0 74.5 70.8 75.3 71.3 71.1 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.5 69.6 72.0 75.3 63.6 71.0 71.0 — Math 81.9 79.2 76.7 76.9 70.0 80.9 80.1 — Math 63.9 71.3 77.8 77.7 64.1 78.4 75.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 73.9 69.5 69.1 69.0 73.0 67.5 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.7 67.0 66.2 63.1 69.0 68.6 69.9 up Math 75.2 78.4 69.4 77.9 73.2 74.3 74.7 — Math 73.0 66.9 60.8 65.1 71.4 69.1 70.6 up Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.2 F 7.8 F 9.2 F 4.2 F 1.7 F 5.8 F 1.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.7 F 3.1 F 8.4 F 7.8 F 6.3 F 4.6 F 4.1 up Math M 3.1 F 4.2 F 2.4 M 2.7 F 8.6 F 3.1 F 12.8 — Math F 0.3 M 5.5 M 0.4 M 1.4 F 3.3 M 4.1 M 9.3 down Percentage of tests failed 8.9 4.1 6.3 6.2 7.9 5.2 4.8 — Percentage of tests failed 16.5 15.1 18.2 12.3 18.9 12.4 12.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D A B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.6 6.8 7.2 6.3 7.3 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.1 6.0 5.6 6.1 4.7 6.3 6.1 — 76 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Southview [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 41 CAPE [Charter] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 15.1 Rank: 436 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 4.7 Rank: 593 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.5 69.0 n/a 75.1 77.1 69.1 76.6 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 77.7 n/a 68.1 72.5 71.8 n/a Math 74.8 75.1 n/a 83.6 83.8 75.1 87.9 n/a Math n/a n/a 83.4 n/a 70.6 72.1 70.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 57.3 60.9 n/a 62.0 58.8 58.4 62.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a 75.7 n/a 69.8 71.9 69.1 n/a Math 67.4 59.7 n/a 69.9 61.2 52.0 66.3 n/a Math n/a n/a 72.2 n/a 71.9 77.8 61.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 13.2 n/a M 3.5 M 0.7 F 10.3 F 4.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a M 4.0 n/a F 6.1 F 2.8 F 15.7 n/a Math n/a F 8.9 n/a M 8.0 M 18.1 F 13.7 F 6.1 n/a Math n/a n/a M 5.8 n/a F 10.1 M 4.6 F 10.4 n/a Percentage of tests failed 21.6 19.0 n/a 10.9 19.3 33.3 21.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a 6.0 n/a 14.9 2.8 15.9 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D n/a D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a B n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.8 4.6 n/a 6.5 4.9 2.6 5.9 n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a 7.7 n/a 5.2 7.4 4.7 n/a

Barnwell [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 St. Thomas Aquinas [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 473 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.9 Rank: 662 / 748 357 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.1 n/a 68.8 63.3 67.2 67.9 62.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 72.9 72.0 71.2 70.9 63.6 63.3 down Math 71.8 n/a 74.6 75.0 65.0 73.3 78.6 — Math 66.7 78.4 77.8 66.1 73.9 73.3 70.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.1 n/a 69.2 59.4 71.8 72.7 67.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 78.9 73.8 74.2 63.6 71.8 73.2 62.9 — Math 73.1 n/a 72.5 66.8 78.2 77.2 68.0 — Math 78.8 74.3 76.4 74.6 71.1 78.0 67.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.2 n/a F 2.6 M 2.9 n/a F 6.1 F 3.2 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.4 M 0.8 F 4.0 F 6.5 F 1.8 F 14.1 M 10.9 — Math M 2.6 n/a M 7.3 M 6.3 n/a M 5.4 M 9.3 n/a Math F 1.3 M 11.8 M 4.3 F 0.3 F 3.0 F 2.0 M 16.7 — Percentage of tests failed 13.8 n/a 5.4 16.7 17.2 3.8 11.7 — Percentage of tests failed 7.0 6.0 5.7 16.5 8.3 6.1 17.6 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D n/a A A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D n/a A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.4 n/a 6.6 5.0 5.1 6.9 5.7 — Overall rating out of 10 7.4 7.3 7.3 5.7 6.7 6.3 3.8 — VEGREVILLE/FORT SASKATCHEWAN AREA Vincent Massey [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Ft. Sask [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.5 Rank: 500 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 51 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 67.8 72.9 71.7 73.9 71.8 68.8 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 75.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.6 75.7 n/a Math 69.3 68.4 74.4 76.8 82.0 80.7 77.4 — Math 69.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a 82.6 83.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.6 72.2 74.5 66.1 68.6 69.0 68.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.4 72.6 n/a Math 73.3 80.2 68.7 69.0 68.4 68.3 72.6 — Math 76.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.8 79.3 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts E F 1.2 F 2.1 F 8.1 F 1.1 F 6.5 F 12.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a M 1.3 F 4.6 n/a Math M 5.0 M 4.8 M 1.0 F 6.6 M 1.4 F 0.2 F 9.3 — Math M 7.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a M 3.5 M 1.9 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.4 13.9 6.3 13.1 8.7 11.3 11.8 — Percentage of tests failed 17.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.5 1.2 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.8 6.7 7.2 5.9 7.0 6.6 5.5 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7.3 8.2 n/a

Herald [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 26 Ardrossan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 85 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.7 Rank: 580 / 748 404 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.9 Rank: 189 / 748 151 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.8 66.1 74.3 68.9 73.1 72.9 69.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.6 74.6 78.3 74.4 74.5 74.7 76.4 — Math 60.2 63.9 78.9 62.8 79.7 74.0 79.8 — Math 73.3 79.2 78.4 78.6 78.6 80.0 85.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.6 69.3 73.3 59.0 70.7 67.8 60.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.3 71.2 70.0 69.0 73.0 70.0 69.7 — Math 72.3 69.4 68.8 59.3 76.8 70.6 62.6 — Math 72.0 75.8 69.3 70.4 75.2 70.7 70.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.2 F 9.8 M 0.9 M 1.4 F 4.4 F 4.9 F 7.5 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.1 F 3.5 F 2.1 F 1.9 F 4.9 F 1.2 F 7.0 — Math F 1.0 F 7.3 M 6.9 F 2.6 M 0.6 F 3.7 F 8.0 — Math M 5.6 M 0.5 M 1.8 M 1.3 F 2.3 M 2.0 M 1.9 — Percentage of tests failed 20.7 17.5 7.4 22.8 10.8 21.2 20.8 — Percentage of tests failed 8.9 6.5 6.9 9.3 7.2 9.8 8.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D A C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D A B C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 5.1 7.1 4.5 6.9 5.7 4.8 — Overall rating out of 10 7.1 7.7 7.4 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.1 —

St. Louis [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Uncas [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.3 Rank: 580 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 205 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 61.6 n/a 72.9 73.8 68.9 66.3 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.2 65.2 70.8 67.2 71.1 69.3 69.2 — Math n/a 63.1 n/a 70.1 76.9 73.5 70.2 n/a Math 72.8 67.3 73.5 72.2 76.3 66.5 74.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a 59.1 n/a 60.4 69.3 70.3 67.3 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.4 64.2 65.4 74.0 68.5 65.2 69.1 — Math n/a 64.6 n/a 71.5 69.2 67.6 73.7 n/a Math 68.8 67.8 65.7 79.8 72.2 68.0 72.6 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a F 8.2 n/a F 2.2 F 2.6 n/a F 12.5 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 6.3 F 5.5 F 7.3 F 5.6 F 1.8 F 1.9 — Math n/a F 10.3 n/a M 11.0 M 12.5 n/a F 16.5 n/a Math M 5.5 M 1.3 F 0.9 M 2.1 F 1.2 M 4.1 F 0.2 — Percentage of tests failed n/a 22.7 n/a 11.7 3.6 10.4 11.5 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.1 17.7 10.6 9.9 7.9 19.4 7.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B C B n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a 3.8 n/a 5.7 6.6 6.4 4.8 n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 5.4 6.1 6.7 6.6 5.2 7.0 —

Burdett [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 James Mowat [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 50 Parents’ average education (yrs): 11.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 24.7 Rank: 580 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 1.0 Rank: 230 / 748 180 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.4 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.5 70.6 75.7 73.1 73.0 71.8 73.4 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 77.9 n/a Math 69.4 73.7 76.1 78.0 78.5 78.1 83.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 69.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 66.6 72.8 68.5 65.5 70.6 66.7 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.4 n/a Math 70.9 71.1 72.8 76.1 70.3 68.9 66.7 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.6 F 6.6 F 6.6 M 0.1 E M 0.6 F 1.2 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math F 10.5 F 0.4 F 2.5 M 13.9 M 1.2 M 3.7 M 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 27.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.3 10.8 4.9 6.4 8.1 6.8 8.5 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.8 n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.6 7.3 6.8 6.9 7.1 6.9 — Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 77

Fort Saskatchewan [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Two Hills [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.4 Rank: 249 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.0 Rank: 369 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 69.3 73.0 73.4 70.5 70.6 72.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.0 74.3 69.3 74.0 69.2 66.1 70.0 — Math 74.9 79.8 74.6 79.2 75.4 75.8 78.6 — Math 79.1 79.0 68.1 78.3 77.0 61.2 72.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.1 72.2 72.1 73.2 69.6 68.9 66.9 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.0 71.5 69.9 69.3 75.0 67.0 75.7 — Math 73.1 73.1 66.2 78.8 74.0 70.4 68.9 — Math 70.2 73.8 71.9 74.9 78.2 67.6 86.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 11.1 F 3.1 F 3.3 M 1.9 F 5.7 M 0.8 M 2.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.1 F 6.4 F 10.7 F 6.6 F 1.1 F 3.8 F 12.6 — Math M 1.5 M 2.5 F 1.6 M 2.6 F 5.0 M 6.7 M 2.6 — Math M 8.6 F 4.0 F 6.4 M 0.5 M 16.3 M 1.7 F 11.7 — Percentage of tests failed 12.0 5.3 8.1 4.0 6.1 13.2 9.3 — Percentage of tests failed 13.3 3.1 4.9 7.4 7.5 16.9 9.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B A n/a A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B A n/a A n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 7.4 6.8 7.8 6.5 6.3 6.8 — Overall rating out of 10 6.8 7.5 6.0 7.2 6.5 5.1 6.2 —

Our Lady of The Angels [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Bruderheim [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 309 / 748 321 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 414 / 748 496 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 68.2 73.0 68.7 70.0 68.5 66.2 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.7 66.4 66.5 67.0 67.6 67.4 70.8 up Math 75.6 73.3 74.8 74.7 77.6 72.8 73.8 — Math 52.3 79.9 72.2 69.8 71.3 57.7 83.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 71.1 66.1 67.0 65.7 65.3 69.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.8 64.7 65.7 58.2 62.1 68.3 63.2 — Math 71.6 76.3 72.0 73.5 72.7 71.5 74.1 — Math 79.3 74.9 60.8 56.8 61.8 67.4 65.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 4.3 F 6.4 F 8.2 F 3.6 F 9.2 M 0.5 F 6.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 9.2 F 5.5 F 9.5 M 0.6 M 5.5 F 3.2 F 2.4 — Math M 9.5 M 4.7 F 3.4 M 8.2 M 4.4 M 8.3 E — Math F 6.8 F 9.9 F 9.6 F 11.7 M 14.8 M 2.6 M 5.4 — Percentage of tests failed 12.9 11.4 6.6 11.8 12.8 8.2 8.7 — Percentage of tests failed 25.7 8.6 11.7 20.5 11.8 19.4 15.8 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D A D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.1 5.6 6.2 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 4.9 6.3 4.8 4.3 4.4 5.0 6.0 —

Lamont [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Mundare [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 21 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.2 Rank: 329 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 3.5 Rank: 473 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.8 74.6 72.7 73.3 75.6 75.4 72.6 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.0 n/a Math 74.3 82.0 72.3 82.4 85.2 84.0 78.8 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 80.7 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 68.2 69.3 67.7 71.8 69.1 67.2 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.7 n/a Math 72.7 72.1 71.1 76.5 79.5 69.3 67.6 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 57.6 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.2 F 5.2 F 1.2 F 8.7 F 8.1 F 8.5 F 4.2 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 3.9 n/a Math M 2.6 F 2.9 M 5.7 F 1.1 F 7.4 M 0.4 M 1.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a F 4.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 8.7 7.7 8.6 6.8 6.0 9.8 13.0 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 14.6 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B B D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 7.2 7.3 6.6 7.1 7.2 7.0 6.4 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.7 n/a

Pope John XXIII [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 St. Martin’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 52 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 1.7 Rank: 329 / 748 214 / 630 Tests not written (%): 4.5 Rank: 500 / 748 277 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.9 71.5 76.2 72.7 73.7 67.8 72.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.8 69.9 70.7 71.1 71.0 69.9 68.6 — Math 66.9 74.6 81.8 79.9 75.9 75.1 82.4 — Math 74.8 75.7 76.8 74.1 72.8 75.6 74.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.7 71.9 71.7 66.0 71.8 69.9 69.1 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.8 75.0 67.0 63.2 71.0 67.9 68.4 — Math 73.2 75.8 65.8 68.6 71.1 69.3 66.3 — Math 79.4 77.8 69.7 76.1 80.6 75.9 73.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.0 F 11.6 F 3.3 F 5.3 F 1.9 F 5.8 F 9.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 5.0 F 5.8 M 1.8 F 7.8 F 4.1 F 1.7 F 10.1 — Math M 2.8 M 1.9 M 0.7 F 1.4 F 0.5 M 5.4 M 6.1 down Math M 0.8 M 0.8 M 4.5 M 0.3 M 3.2 M 1.3 F 4.4 — Percentage of tests failed 15.0 7.3 5.1 6.4 6.9 10.6 8.8 — Percentage of tests failed 12.2 6.7 8.8 15.3 7.2 9.8 17.3 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.2 6.9 7.5 6.9 7.2 6.1 6.4 down Overall rating out of 10 7.1 7.5 6.6 6.0 6.9 6.9 5.5 —

Holy Redeemer [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 46 A. L. Horton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.9 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 4.6 Rank: 353 / 748 165 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.4 Rank: 540 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.8 69.9 75.4 68.3 73.1 70.6 67.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 70.0 67.7 67.5 67.1 n/a Math 75.2 76.7 82.7 72.0 82.8 83.3 81.0 — Math n/a n/a n/a 74.3 74.2 75.8 71.2 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.1 65.6 73.3 70.5 72.6 73.6 65.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a 64.7 72.3 70.6 65.5 n/a Math 72.2 70.3 69.1 74.3 77.7 78.7 73.0 — Math n/a n/a n/a 68.3 72.2 71.5 68.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.9 F 7.2 F 4.1 F 1.6 F 6.5 F 7.5 F 6.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a F 1.8 F 2.7 F 8.1 F 9.2 n/a Math F 0.9 F 5.1 M 3.2 M 5.6 M 4.4 E F 3.5 — Math n/a n/a n/a M 15.1 M 7.5 F 5.7 M 0.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 16.6 15.3 4.4 6.7 8.1 4.0 11.0 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a 15.7 10.8 8.8 18.4 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B A D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.3 6.0 7.5 6.8 7.0 7.7 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a 5.3 6.1 6.2 5.2 n/a

Win Ferguson [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 42 Andrew [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 19 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.7 Rank: 353 / 748 255 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.9 Rank: 552 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 64.1 73.1 70.3 67.1 66.2 69.4 70.0 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.0 76.3 69.8 67.4 72.7 n/a 64.3 n/a Math 66.3 76.9 71.9 70.6 77.4 78.4 75.7 — Math 67.4 77.6 71.2 74.0 78.3 n/a 65.2 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.8 70.9 77.8 72.7 74.2 70.4 71.4 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 70.8 71.9 67.2 64.8 72.1 n/a 66.0 n/a Math 74.3 67.7 68.5 78.0 76.1 72.2 73.9 — Math 69.2 81.1 65.1 70.2 75.6 n/a 75.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.5 M 4.4 F 13.4 F 2.0 F 5.2 M 2.8 F 7.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.0 F 10.7 F 2.3 M 6.4 F 6.7 n/a F 8.4 n/a Math M 11.7 M 10.7 F 5.9 M 8.2 F 3.1 M 3.0 F 4.8 — Math F 2.6 M 4.5 F 1.7 M 21.0 F 6.9 n/a F 7.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 11.6 7.5 6.4 9.5 5.5 9.4 12.5 — Percentage of tests failed 14.9 5.1 15.3 14.5 2.8 n/a 13.4 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.5 6.6 6.2 6.5 6.9 6.9 6.3 — Overall rating out of 10 5.9 7.4 5.8 4.8 7.0 n/a 5.1 n/a 78 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

WAINWRIGHT/VERMILION AREA Viking [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Kitscoty [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.0 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.9 Rank: 107 / 748 79 / 630 Tests not written (%): 2.1 Rank: 286 / 748 264 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.4 68.6 76.6 75.2 78.0 78.9 76.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 68.7 74.5 71.7 74.5 73.6 71.9 — Math 76.3 77.6 80.6 82.4 85.1 90.9 87.4 — Math 72.8 77.3 79.8 76.5 77.4 73.3 77.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.1 70.2 73.1 67.9 72.5 72.8 67.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.5 69.6 66.7 67.1 69.6 68.6 68.9 — Math 67.3 75.0 70.4 73.9 73.1 73.0 76.5 — Math 69.7 69.6 67.7 71.4 71.0 65.9 72.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 2.5 F 3.3 F 0.3 F 1.0 F 7.4 F 0.4 F 1.0 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.6 F 7.4 E F 1.2 F 9.3 F 2.9 F 9.1 — Math M 9.4 M 4.4 M 8.9 M 7.3 M 0.2 M 4.3 M 2.8 — Math M 6.9 M 3.0 F 1.2 M 3.6 F 8.9 M 1.7 M 0.6 — Percentage of tests failed 11.5 4.5 7.0 6.4 0.9 2.8 8.1 — Percentage of tests failed 14.3 12.3 9.2 9.9 10.5 12.6 10.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B B C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C B B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C D B n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.9 8.5 7.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.6 6.4 7.1 6.7 5.9 6.4 6.6 —

Irma [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 15 St. Jerome’s [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 39 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.0 Rank: 107 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 286 / 748 297 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.4 68.1 73.0 n/a 71.3 n/a 71.0 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.7 72.2 73.1 71.2 68.4 64.8 70.4 — Math 62.8 72.7 69.8 n/a 74.6 n/a 81.0 n/a Math 72.9 81.4 74.3 79.9 77.5 67.7 81.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.4 71.2 72.6 n/a 75.1 n/a 77.9 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 65.9 67.8 71.1 71.1 70.3 65.3 — Math 75.0 72.6 78.9 n/a 77.5 n/a 79.4 n/a Math 65.3 67.0 62.5 79.2 77.4 75.7 74.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 6.6 F 0.5 F 0.7 n/a M 1.5 n/a F 10.7 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.2 F 2.3 F 4.2 F 6.6 M 3.4 F 4.7 F 7.1 — Math M 7.5 M 4.1 M 9.6 n/a M 3.7 n/a M 4.3 n/a Math F 0.2 M 1.6 F 8.3 M 3.7 M 12.6 F 7.4 F 0.7 — Percentage of tests failed 27.1 7.9 11.4 n/a 3.9 n/a 0.0 n/a Percentage of tests failed 15.2 11.2 12.1 4.7 9.3 13.0 9.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B B D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a B n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B A B n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.0 7.0 6.6 n/a 7.5 n/a 7.7 n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.9 5.8 7.3 6.2 5.7 6.6 —

Blessed Sacrament [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 33 Wainwright [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 82 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.0 Rank: 149 / 748 413 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.6 Rank: 414 / 748 321 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.3 64.8 77.3 73.3 72.5 68.3 71.1 down Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.2 70.8 74.6 68.9 71.0 69.5 67.7 — Math 71.0 69.1 81.5 78.0 69.6 80.5 85.5 — Math 73.8 74.1 76.4 72.7 75.2 72.8 73.1 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.0 70.3 66.0 66.8 64.0 62.2 69.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.8 65.0 68.9 65.8 67.1 69.4 68.0 — Math 65.2 71.7 63.1 71.4 68.4 62.6 76.1 — Math 63.9 67.2 65.4 69.2 71.8 70.2 68.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.4 F 2.8 M 5.0 F 8.4 F 8.4 F 22.5 F 3.3 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.1 F 4.2 F 8.5 F 1.2 F 1.3 M 1.4 F 3.6 — Math M 8.5 M 1.1 M 8.0 F 3.2 F 5.8 F 25.6 M 4.3 — Math M 3.7 M 2.6 F 5.2 M 6.7 M 5.8 M 8.3 M 3.3 — Percentage of tests failed 18.0 13.6 13.3 9.7 11.5 14.2 6.0 — Percentage of tests failed 16.7 13.5 8.9 14.1 11.0 6.3 14.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C C B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C B B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.3 6.2 6.5 5.3 3.1 7.4 — Overall rating out of 10 5.8 6.2 6.3 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.0 —

Provost [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 32 School of Hope [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 127 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 3.1 Rank: 189 / 748 297 / 630 Tests not written (%): 31.3 Rank: 552 / 748 479 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 80.8 76.5 76.2 75.4 73.2 78.1 78.4 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.8 65.4 69.7 70.3 70.5 67.2 69.6 — Math 89.5 84.8 75.7 77.3 75.8 71.9 86.2 — Math 74.3 69.8 74.2 77.4 74.1 76.0 79.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.7 67.3 66.6 62.1 66.6 67.3 65.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 68.9 67.5 66.2 67.3 66.7 68.2 — Math 76.6 68.3 68.5 69.8 73.6 64.6 65.9 — Math 70.9 67.5 68.6 66.5 68.5 65.6 71.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 3.5 F 7.2 F 7.4 F 10.1 F 16.6 F 7.1 F 0.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.1 F 9.0 F 2.9 F 5.7 F 8.9 F 4.3 F 5.6 — Math M 0.4 F 2.2 F 5.1 M 1.5 F 7.4 F 6.3 M 5.6 — Math M 4.2 F 0.7 M 10.6 M 3.8 F 1.5 F 2.8 M 4.6 — Percentage of tests failed 3.8 6.7 6.7 7.0 9.0 10.6 9.5 — Percentage of tests failed 22.1 23.1 15.9 18.1 20.2 36.1 31.6 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C n/a C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C n/a C n/a Overall rating out of 10 9.0 7.3 6.5 6.4 5.4 6.1 7.1 — Overall rating out of 10 5.9 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.1 4.3 5.1 —

Mannville [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 18 Vermilion [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 60 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.4 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 2.5 Rank: 230 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.8 Rank: 614 / 748 384 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.6 62.5 74.4 77.8 70.4 68.9 66.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.4 73.5 75.3 70.4 72.1 67.3 69.8 — Math 75.7 63.6 82.2 78.6 77.3 71.9 70.7 down Math 82.1 80.0 80.3 73.6 80.7 76.3 74.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.4 64.8 67.7 63.3 69.2 71.1 76.1 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.6 67.0 65.7 64.8 68.1 68.2 62.5 — Math 67.2 68.1 68.7 66.2 73.5 73.0 80.2 — Math 74.5 73.7 62.5 71.0 67.7 70.4 56.1 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.8 F 7.9 F 6.3 F 2.6 F 2.0 F 4.3 F 5.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.2 F 8.5 F 8.9 F 8.9 F 4.7 F 2.5 F 1.7 up Math M 0.4 M 2.7 M 4.2 M 1.6 M 5.6 M 6.3 F 1.1 — Math F 5.1 F 0.4 M 2.7 F 2.5 F 4.0 M 0.9 M 8.3 — Percentage of tests failed 17.8 21.0 3.8 11.5 6.2 13.8 7.7 — Percentage of tests failed 14.3 7.7 10.6 10.8 10.8 12.1 24.1 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C A B A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C D C D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C A B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.1 4.8 7.1 6.7 6.8 6.0 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 6.5 7.1 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.4 4.6 — WETASKIWIN/DRAYTON VALLEY AREA Central High Sedgewick [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Warburg [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 12.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 8.6 Rank: 265 / 748 384 / 630 Tests not written (%): 12.5 Rank: 90 / 748 235 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 56.2 70.1 76.7 71.8 74.9 74.1 71.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.5 75.3 73.9 75.9 72.6 74.7 77.0 — Math 60.3 77.9 78.2 79.1 76.7 76.3 87.6 — Math 79.0 83.1 83.1 80.4 81.7 83.7 83.3 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.9 69.3 61.5 58.0 70.2 70.6 66.8 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.8 68.1 64.0 60.2 67.6 72.3 73.3 up Math 64.9 75.0 63.6 57.3 69.1 71.7 80.7 — Math 65.4 58.5 65.9 66.3 69.5 69.4 68.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 5.7 M 5.7 F 9.1 F 13.3 F 8.9 F 6.5 F 15.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.0 F 6.6 F 11.2 M 0.7 F 8.6 F 7.4 n/a n/a Math M 18.5 M 15.0 F 0.6 F 4.1 F 13.0 F 9.1 F 3.0 — Math M 5.5 M 5.7 F 6.8 M 5.8 F 6.6 F 3.9 n/a n/a Percentage of tests failed 23.9 6.8 12.9 20.3 9.2 8.4 6.8 — Percentage of tests failed 10.4 12.0 10.8 12.7 5.4 9.9 5.7 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B B C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D A A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C C n/a Overall rating out of 10 3.9 6.4 6.0 4.6 5.8 6.5 6.7 — Overall rating out of 10 6.7 6.4 5.9 6.3 6.4 6.9 7.8 up Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 79

Aurora [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Pipestone [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.8 Rank: 161 / 748 235 / 630 Tests not written (%): 1.3 Rank: 500 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 68.5 72.9 72.7 67.2 68.8 75.9 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.3 n/a n/a 64.8 n/a n/a 63.3 n/a Math 74.0 76.4 79.3 76.1 71.1 79.3 82.6 — Math 74.8 n/a n/a 72.4 n/a n/a 67.6 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 65.5 68.7 67.9 69.8 69.3 67.8 69.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.8 n/a n/a 63.0 n/a n/a 72.8 n/a Math 61.6 74.3 72.1 75.4 74.8 71.5 76.3 — Math 74.2 n/a n/a 72.6 n/a n/a 76.1 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 12.9 F 9.2 F 4.2 F 8.7 F 5.1 F 5.6 F 5.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.1 n/a n/a F 8.6 n/a n/a F 0.4 n/a Math F 7.6 F 2.8 M 0.7 F 5.4 F 3.5 F 4.1 M 1.7 — Math M 13.3 n/a n/a F 7.2 n/a n/a M 13.3 n/a Percentage of tests failed 16.4 7.8 7.8 7.0 9.0 8.2 9.5 — Percentage of tests failed 5.6 n/a n/a 17.2 n/a n/a 15.4 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B C C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A A C A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a A n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.2 6.7 7.1 6.7 6.1 6.5 7.3 — Overall rating out of 10 7.0 n/a n/a 5.0 n/a n/a 5.5 n/a

Clear Vista [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 62 St. Anthony [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 53 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.8 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 10.7 Rank: 230 / 748 193 / 630 Tests not written (%): 0.6 Rank: 527 / 748 466 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 76.0 72.6 76.9 69.8 66.7 69.6 66.2 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 68.6 71.9 66.0 63.0 65.9 70.8 — Math 82.0 79.6 79.9 78.3 75.3 75.8 77.6 down Math 71.8 72.3 78.1 68.8 71.0 71.6 72.9 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.0 68.6 70.1 67.6 71.0 72.1 71.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 71.0 62.4 69.8 64.9 66.9 73.8 64.3 — Math 62.9 68.4 67.4 67.1 77.4 75.2 79.6 up Math 64.0 59.4 57.6 61.4 63.4 71.1 54.4 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 6.2 F 3.8 M 0.6 F 5.8 F 3.3 F 7.7 F 1.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.5 F 12.0 F 5.4 F 1.3 F 5.8 M 5.1 F 2.0 — Math M 3.5 M 0.7 M 5.2 F 0.9 M 6.4 F 1.9 M 0.4 — Math F 0.7 F 4.8 M 0.3 M 6.8 M 5.0 M 13.1 M 2.2 — Percentage of tests failed 15.8 8.8 3.4 8.0 6.6 6.9 13.5 — Percentage of tests failed 16.1 17.0 17.9 20.0 17.5 8.6 19.4 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C n/a A n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C C A C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B n/a A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D D C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.6 7.1 7.5 6.6 6.5 6.9 6.9 — Overall rating out of 10 6.0 4.9 5.8 4.9 4.7 5.9 5.3 —

Eldorado [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 48 Lakedell [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 20 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.0 Rank: 309 / 748 277 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.5 Rank: 527 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.9 74.7 75.9 72.7 73.1 69.2 71.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 68.4 73.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a 64.9 n/a Math 63.9 80.7 73.5 75.9 78.3 80.5 76.7 — Math 66.3 67.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a 60.5 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.2 67.8 62.8 63.4 72.3 66.6 68.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 74.3 67.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 71.3 n/a Math 64.9 64.6 63.6 67.1 73.7 62.8 77.8 — Math 71.4 72.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.9 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.1 F 5.9 F 0.6 F 2.5 F 4.4 F 2.6 F 12.5 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.8 F 7.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a F 2.0 n/a Math F 5.9 M 5.2 M 1.3 F 5.4 F 3.8 M 1.3 M 0.2 — Math M 0.4 M 6.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a M 7.6 n/a Percentage of tests failed 12.2 11.3 10.4 9.8 4.7 17.1 9.9 — Percentage of tests failed 21.9 13.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 17.1 n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a C B D C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B B D A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.5 6.6 6.4 6.3 7.1 5.9 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 6.0 6.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 5.3 n/a

Falun [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 31 Norwood [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 44 Parents’ average education (yrs): n/a 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 15.2 Rank: 309 / 748 357 / 630 Tests not written (%): 14.2 Rank: 540 / 748 340 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.8 65.4 65.4 71.4 66.0 64.4 72.5 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.5 66.9 75.6 70.0 66.0 68.6 66.2 down Math 57.3 65.2 72.9 76.0 78.4 63.3 74.3 — Math 71.8 73.9 81.3 76.2 72.0 72.3 72.6 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.9 65.4 63.3 68.6 64.9 68.9 69.4 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 73.0 74.5 73.6 68.7 67.2 70.9 71.4 — Math 66.6 68.5 69.4 78.1 68.4 74.3 75.4 — Math 77.9 77.1 73.4 75.4 67.1 73.9 69.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.0 n/a F 8.4 F 3.6 F 1.9 F 5.2 F 7.5 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 10.0 F 9.0 F 9.5 F 1.0 M 7.3 M 0.1 F 10.7 — Math M 1.6 n/a F 1.9 F 5.7 M 2.0 M 2.2 F 1.1 — Math F 1.4 E F 9.8 M 5.5 M 12.0 M 8.0 F 5.7 — Percentage of tests failed 22.6 16.9 19.5 2.4 10.3 17.4 13.2 — Percentage of tests failed 6.2 11.9 0.8 4.2 9.9 14.9 18.5 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A D n/a n/a n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A C B A n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A C n/a n/a n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A D B C n/a Overall rating out of 10 5.1 5.2 5.0 7.2 6.1 5.4 6.5 — Overall rating out of 10 7.2 6.7 7.2 7.1 5.0 6.1 5.2 —

Drayton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 22 Parkdale [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 43 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.7 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 5.7 Rank: 369 / 748 n/a Tests not written (%): 9.2 Rank: 567 / 748 533 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.7 59.2 70.8 n/a Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 59.9 61.2 65.0 62.6 64.6 65.6 66.5 up Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 68.5 67.4 78.6 n/a Math 64.7 63.4 65.4 70.5 73.9 70.4 72.0 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a 67.6 73.3 64.1 n/a Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.1 66.8 61.7 66.0 68.8 58.9 66.1 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a 70.1 68.7 66.3 n/a Math 65.3 71.7 61.3 78.2 70.7 67.7 76.8 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a F 11.5 F 2.7 M 1.0 n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 7.3 n/a F 18.8 F 7.6 F 5.7 F 8.0 F 15.9 — Math n/a n/a n/a n/a E M 15.0 F 2.6 n/a Math M 7.5 n/a F 22.1 M 1.6 M 7.0 F 4.6 M 2.4 — Percentage of tests failed n/a n/a n/a n/a 16.7 13.2 14.1 n/a Percentage of tests failed 25.8 14.2 21.2 13.5 11.0 20.8 18.0 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a C D n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a A B D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a D C n/a Math n/a n/a n/a A B B A n/a Overall rating out of 10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 4.9 5.0 6.2 n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.2 5.4 2.3 5.7 5.4 4.2 5.0 —

Centennial [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 17 Breton [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 29 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.6 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.3 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 36.0 Rank: 489 / 748 473 / 630 Tests not written (%): 5.9 Rank: 593 / 748 n/a Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 60.2 63.0 74.0 66.4 69.1 76.8 80.7 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 72.6 73.7 69.2 75.2 64.9 n/a 65.9 n/a Math 70.1 70.5 81.3 72.2 75.8 85.8 93.1 — Math 81.7 83.5 82.0 79.2 72.5 71.2 80.7 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 69.2 64.1 57.7 59.5 62.6 61.8 66.8 up Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.8 69.0 67.0 69.2 68.0 63.5 63.6 — Math 77.3 71.8 68.1 61.8 73.3 58.0 69.8 — Math 53.3 69.1 67.0 69.8 63.2 60.2 56.9 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 1.7 F 5.0 F 5.2 M 2.4 F 8.7 F 0.1 n/a n/a Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 13.2 F 10.1 F 3.6 M 1.9 F 4.1 F 9.1 F 6.8 — Math M 4.1 M 0.1 F 10.8 M 8.2 F 3.7 M 9.8 n/a n/a Math F 6.2 F 2.6 M 9.7 M 3.5 M 7.2 F 6.5 M 0.6 — Percentage of tests failed 9.4 17.5 12.0 26.1 14.3 27.7 29.8 — Percentage of tests failed 17.4 11.3 12.3 7.0 12.5 20.0 26.0 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D D D B n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a B C n/a D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D B D B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C D n/a D n/a Overall rating out of 10 6.7 5.6 5.6 4.3 5.3 5.1 5.6 — Overall rating out of 10 5.2 6.8 6.0 7.2 5.2 n/a 4.7 n/a 80 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Evergreen [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 37 C. B. McMurdo [Public] Gr 6 enrollment: 16 Parents’ average education (yrs): 14.1 2003-04 Last 5 Years Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.5 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 0.7 Rank: 633 / 748 458 / 630 Tests not written (%): 9.4 Rank: 729 / 748 589 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 63.9 61.0 65.0 70.0 65.5 63.9 58.3 — Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 66.7 64.0 68.0 66.7 61.8 61.4 60.8 down Math 64.3 64.8 73.0 75.3 74.3 73.5 59.0 — Math 78.7 71.1 74.3 68.8 57.2 57.0 57.9 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.0 65.3 65.5 60.2 65.1 72.6 67.6 — Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 62.1 60.4 62.7 59.7 64.6 58.4 56.1 down Math 61.8 67.7 68.9 66.1 62.8 75.6 71.9 — Math 70.3 70.4 67.0 70.0 67.3 65.4 58.1 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts M 0.3 F 11.8 M 1.1 F 6.0 F 5.3 F 8.6 F 8.9 down Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.8 F 3.3 F 10.6 F 1.4 M 12.9 F 1.3 F 9.9 — Math M 7.2 F 4.1 M 0.5 F 3.3 F 1.2 F 1.1 F 1.3 — Math M 4.3 M 8.4 F 5.8 M 11.2 M 17.0 F 0.6 M 12.4 — Percentage of tests failed 27.5 19.6 13.6 18.4 15.2 11.3 21.5 — Percentage of tests failed 8.3 19.2 10.3 20.3 27.6 27.2 33.8 down 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D B A C n/a 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a B C A B n/a Math n/a n/a n/a D C C D n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.7 4.6 6.0 5.3 5.2 6.2 4.3 — Overall rating out of 10 6.3 5.1 5.3 4.7 2.1 3.7 1.8 down

Sacred Heart [Separate] Gr 6 enrollment: 47 Parents’ average education (yrs): 13.2 2003-04 Last 5 Years Tests not written (%): 7.4 Rank: 721 / 748 599 / 630 Academic Performance 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Trend Gr 3 avg test mark Lang. Arts 61.7 65.5 67.7 64.1 65.2 56.5 61.1 — Math 60.4 64.5 67.2 67.2 66.3 62.3 56.4 down Gr 6 avg test mark Lang. Arts 67.1 62.3 57.3 60.8 67.5 55.3 57.5 — Math 65.2 65.4 55.0 65.6 63.9 55.6 56.7 — Gr 6 gender gap Lang. Arts F 8.2 F 7.5 F 3.1 F 10.9 F 4.3 F 0.9 F 6.5 — Math F 1.9 M 1.3 M 5.9 M 11.3 M 3.2 M 5.2 M 6.5 — Percentage of tests failed 24.9 25.2 28.2 22.6 24.1 40.4 38.9 — 3-year value added Lang. Arts n/a n/a n/a D C D D n/a Math n/a n/a n/a C C D D n/a Overall rating out of 10 4.8 4.7 3.6 3.7 4.3 1.8 2.1 — Ranking the schools

Important notes to the rankings schools in the province reporting achievement-test results, 748 are included in this Report Card. In some In this table, schools are ranked (on the left side school districts and divisions that operate middle of the page) in descending order (from 1 to 744) schools or junior high schools, the elementary according to their academic performance as mea- schools may not enroll students in grade 6. Since the sured by the Overall rating out of 10 (shown on Report Card is based on the results of tests given in the right side of the table) for the school year grades 3 and 6, these elementary schools cannot be 2003/2004. Each school’s five-year average rank- included. In addition, schools at which fewer than ing and Overall rating out of 10 are also listed. The 15 students were enrolled in either grade 3 or grade higher the overall rating (out of 10), the higher the 6 are excluded, as are schools that did not gener- rank awarded to the school. Where schools tied in ate a sufficiently large set of student data to enable the overall rating, they were awarded the same rank. the calculation of an Overall rating out of 10 for the Where less than five years of data were available school year 2003/2004. “n/a” appears in the table. The exclusion of a school from the Report Card Not all the province’s elementary schools are should in no way be construed as a judgement of included in the tables or the ranking. Of all the the school’s effectiveness.

Provincial rank Overall Rating 2003/ Last 5 2003/ Last 5 2004 years School name City 2004 years

1 5 Windsor Park Edmonton 9.8 9.4 1 8 Glenmore Christian Calgary 9.8 9.2 3 1 Strathcona-Tweedsmuir Okotoks 9.7 9.7 3 12 Nellie McClung Calgary 9.7 8.9 3 13 Sunalta Calgary 9.7 8.8 6 3 Elbow Park Calgary 9.6 9.5 6 5 Grandview Heights Edmonton 9.6 9.4 6 n/a Sacred Heart Strathmore 9.6 n/a 9 15 St. Martin Edmonton 9.5 8.7 10 n/a Clear Water Academy Calgary 9.4 n/a 11 2 Webber Calgary 9.3 9.6 11 3 Calgary Jewish Academy Calgary 9.3 9.5 11 36 New Norway New Norway 9.3 8.2 11 n/a Rundle College Calgary 9.3 n/a 15 36 Glenora Edmonton 9.2 8.2 15 79 St. Francis Xavier Medicine Hat 9.2 7.7 17 69 McKernan Edmonton 9.1 7.8 18 79 Talmud Torah Edmonton 9.0 7.7 19 9 Good Shepherd Okotoks 8.9 9.1 19 15 Earl Buxton Edmonton 8.9 8.7 19 18 Calgary French & International Calgary 8.9 8.6 22 32 George H Luck Edmonton 8.8 8.3

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23 18 J. J. Nearing St. Albert 8.7 8.6 23 46 Namao Namao 8.7 8.1 23 255 Satoo Edmonton 8.7 6.6 23 n/a George P. Nicholson Edmonton 8.7 n/a 27 9 St. Vincent De Paul Calgary 8.6 9.1 27 11 Victoria Edmonton 8.6 9.0 27 18 Patricia Heights Edmonton 8.6 8.6 27 23 John Costello Calgary 8.6 8.5 27 29 Westmount Calgary 8.6 8.4 27 46 Briar Hill Calgary 8.6 8.1 33 61 Master’s Academy Calgary 8.5 7.9 33 98 Dr Morris Gibson Okotoks 8.5 7.6 33 129 Dapp Dapp 8.5 7.4 36 7 Calgary Montessori Calgary 8.4 9.3 36 13 Hillhurst Calgary 8.4 8.8 36 18 Mount Pleasant Edmonton 8.4 8.6 36 23 Immanuel Lethbridge 8.4 8.5 36 23 Prince of Wales Calgary 8.4 8.5 36 36 Keheewin Edmonton 8.4 8.2 36 61 St. Sylvester Calgary 8.4 7.9 36 193 Menisa Edmonton 8.4 6.9 44 23 Westbrook Edmonton 8.3 8.5 44 23 St. Boniface Calgary 8.3 8.5 44 29 Cardinal Newman Calgary 8.3 8.4 44 36 Parkview Edmonton 8.3 8.2 44 61 Good Shepherd Edmonton 8.3 7.9 44 69 Glen Allan Sherwood Park 8.3 7.8 44 111 St. Gerard Calgary 8.3 7.5 51 15 Tempo Edmonton 8.2 8.7 51 18 Monsignor E. L. Doyle Calgary 8.2 8.6 51 32 Jennie Elliott Calgary 8.2 8.3 51 36 Calgary Waldorf Calgary 8.2 8.2 51 55 Mother Mary Greene Calgary 8.2 8.0 51 55 Rideau Park Calgary 8.2 8.0 51 61 Our Lady of Peace Calgary 8.2 7.9 51 129 East Elementary Leduc 8.2 7.4 51 n/a Ft. Sask Fort Saskatchewan 8.2 n/a 60 32 Holy Family Brooks 8.1 8.3 60 32 Father James Whelihan Calgary 8.1 8.3 60 36 West Dalhousie Calgary 8.1 8.2 60 46 St. Mary’s Okotoks 8.1 8.1 60 46 William Reid Calgary 8.1 8.1 60 46 Chinook Park Calgary 8.1 8.1 60 55 Dr. E. W. Coffin Calgary 8.1 8.0 60 98 Mother Teresa Medicine Hat 8.1 7.6 60 98 St. Cecilia Calgary 8.1 7.6 60 98 Simons Valley Calgary 8.1 7.6 60 111 Forestburg Forestburg 8.1 7.5 60 151 Waverley Edmonton 8.1 7.2 72 36 Wye Sherwood Park 8.0 8.2 72 55 St. Boniface Edmonton 8.0 8.0 72 79 Campbelltown Sherwood Park 8.0 7.7 72 79 Olympic Heights Calgary 8.0 7.7 72 111 Calmar Calmar 8.0 7.5 72 139 Brookside Edmonton 8.0 7.3 72 255 Forest Heights Edmonton 8.0 6.6 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 83

Provincial rank Overall Rating 2003/ Last 5 2003/ Last 5 2004 years School name City 2004 years

72 264 Linsford Park Leduc 8.0 6.5 80 36 Neil M Ross St. Albert 7.9 8.2 80 55 Colchester Sherwood Park 7.9 8.0 80 61 St. Anthony’s Drumheller 7.9 7.9 80 79 Keenooshayo St. Albert 7.9 7.7 80 79 Fish Creek Calgary 7.9 7.7 80 111 Ronald Harvey St. Albert 7.9 7.5 80 129 Fultonvale Sherwood Park 7.9 7.4 80 151 St. Philip Calgary 7.9 7.2 80 214 Varsity Acres Calgary 7.9 6.8 80 n/a Mayfield Edmonton 7.9 n/a 90 23 Muriel Martin St. Albert 7.8 8.5 90 46 Greenfield Edmonton 7.8 8.1 90 69 Airdrie Koinonia Airdrie 7.8 7.8 90 69 Andrew Sibbald Calgary 7.8 7.8 90 69 Bearspaw Christian Calgary 7.8 7.8 90 79 Wes Hosford Sherwood Park 7.8 7.7 90 79 Strathcona Sherwood Park 7.8 7.7 90 79 River Heights Medicine Hat 7.8 7.7 90 79 Hawkwood Calgary 7.8 7.7 90 98 Red Deer Lake Calgary 7.8 7.6 90 151 Virginia Park Edmonton 7.8 7.2 90 165 St. Ambrose Calgary 7.8 7.1 90 165 Our Lady of The Prairies Edmonton 7.8 7.1 90 180 Banff Trail Calgary 7.8 7.0 90 193 Leo Nickerson St. Albert 7.8 6.9 90 193 Lacombe Christian Lacombe 7.8 6.9 90 235 Warburg Warburg 7.8 6.7 107 55 Edgemont Calgary 7.7 8.0 107 61 Sturgeon Heights St. Albert 7.7 7.9 107 61 Sir Alexander Mackenzie St. Albert 7.7 7.9 107 69 Capitol Hill Calgary 7.7 7.8 107 79 Monsignor J. S. Smith Calgary 7.7 7.7 107 79 Viking Viking 7.7 7.7 107 79 St. Paul Edmonton 7.7 7.7 107 79 Woodbine Calgary 7.7 7.7 107 111 Westboro Sherwood Park 7.7 7.5 107 111 Sam Livingston Calgary 7.7 7.5 107 151 Muir Lake Stony Plain 7.7 7.2 107 165 Guthrie Lancaster Park 7.7 7.1 107 165 Irvine Irvine 7.7 7.1 107 165 St. Augustine Edmonton 7.7 7.1 107 180 Timberlea Fort McMurray 7.7 7.0 107 277 Blackie Blackie 7.7 6.4 107 n/a Archbishop Joseph MacNeil Edmonton 7.7 n/a 107 n/a Irma Irma 7.7 n/a 107 n/a King Edward Edmonton 7.7 n/a 126 46 St. Mary Edmonton 7.6 8.1 126 61 Dickinsfield Fort McMurray 7.6 7.9 126 79 Ross Glen Medicine Hat 7.6 7.7 126 98 Aurora Edmonton 7.6 7.6 126 111 Haysboro Calgary 7.6 7.5 126 129 Trinity Calgary 7.6 7.4 126 139 Bertha Kennedy St. Albert 7.6 7.3 126 214 Foundations for the Future Calgary 7.6 6.8 134 36 Parkallen Edmonton 7.5 8.2 84 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Provincial rank Overall Rating 2003/ Last 5 2003/ Last 5 2004 years School name City 2004 years

134 46 St. Anne Fort McMurray 7.5 8.1 134 69 Mills Haven Sherwood Park 7.5 7.8 134 69 Michael A Kostek Edmonton 7.5 7.8 134 111 St. Stanislaus Edmonton 7.5 7.5 134 111 Marion Carson Calgary 7.5 7.5 134 165 Kildare Edmonton 7.5 7.1 134 180 Daly Grove Edmonton 7.5 7.0 134 193 Boyle Boyle 7.5 6.9 134 193 Lago Lindo Edmonton 7.5 6.9 134 214 Father Jan St. Albert 7.5 6.8 134 277 Gateway Christian Red Deer 7.5 6.4 134 321 Elmwood Edmonton 7.5 6.2 134 340 Condor Condor 7.5 6.1 134 n/a Monsignor J. J. O’Brien Calgary 7.5 n/a 149 36 Rideau Park Edmonton 7.4 8.2 149 79 Woodbridge Farms Sherwood Park 7.4 7.7 149 79 Dalhousie Calgary 7.4 7.7 149 98 Lake Bonavista Calgary 7.4 7.6 149 139 Marie Poburan St. Albert 7.4 7.3 149 139 La Perle Edmonton 7.4 7.3 149 151 Meadowlark Edmonton 7.4 7.2 149 165 St. Teresa Edmonton 7.4 7.1 149 214 Banded Peak Bragg Creek 7.4 6.8 149 264 St. Martha Edmonton 7.4 6.5 149 413 Darwell Darwell 7.4 5.7 149 413 Blessed Sacrament Wainwright 7.4 5.7 161 46 Elboya Calgary 7.3 8.1 161 79 Heritage Calgary 7.3 7.7 161 111 Centennial Edmonton 7.3 7.5 161 129 Eastbrook Brooks 7.3 7.4 161 139 Holy Spirit Academy High River 7.3 7.3 161 139 Mother Teresa of Calcutta Calgary 7.3 7.3 161 139 Glamorgan Calgary 7.3 7.3 161 139 McKenzie Lake Calgary 7.3 7.3 161 151 Canyon Meadows Calgary 7.3 7.2 161 235 Aurora Drayton Valley 7.3 6.7 161 297 Neerlandia Neerlandia 7.3 6.3 161 340 Carseland Carseland 7.3 6.1 161 357 Westview Fort McMurray 7.3 6.0 161 n/a St. Elizabeth Seton Calgary 7.3 n/a 161 n/a St. John Bosco Edmonton 7.3 n/a 161 n/a Ste-Jeanne-d’Arc Edmonton 7.3 n/a 177 98 Thorsby Thorsby 7.2 7.6 177 98 W. O. Mitchell Calgary 7.2 7.6 177 129 Brentwood Sherwood Park 7.2 7.4 177 139 Brander Gardens Edmonton 7.2 7.3 177 151 Poplar Ridge Red Deer 7.2 7.2 177 180 St. Lucy Edmonton 7.2 7.0 177 193 Bishop Greschuk Edmonton 7.2 6.9 177 214 Rio Terrace Edmonton 7.2 6.8 177 357 St. Edmund Edmonton 7.2 6.0 177 n/a St. Benedict Leduc 7.2 n/a 177 n/a Sunnyside Lethbridge 7.2 n/a 177 n/a Capilano Edmonton 7.2 n/a 189 98 St. Maria Goretti Calgary 7.1 7.6 189 111 Sister Mary Phillps Fort McMurray 7.1 7.5 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 85

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189 111 Olds Koinonia Olds 7.1 7.5 189 111 Louis Riel Calgary 7.1 7.5 189 129 St. Dominic Calgary 7.1 7.4 189 151 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sherwood Park 7.1 7.2 189 151 Robert Rundle St. Albert 7.1 7.2 189 151 Ardrossan Ardrossan 7.1 7.2 189 165 Clara Tyner Edmonton 7.1 7.1 189 235 Highwood Calgary 7.1 6.7 189 235 North Haven Calgary 7.1 6.7 189 297 Provost Provost 7.1 6.3 189 384 Stony Plain Central Stony Plain 7.1 5.9 189 n/a Jackson Heights Edmonton 7.1 n/a 189 n/a Hay Lakes Hay Lakes 7.1 n/a 189 n/a St. Henry Calgary 7.1 n/a 205 29 Earl Grey Calgary 7.0 8.4 205 98 Bawlf Bawlf 7.0 7.6 205 98 St. Vincent Edmonton 7.0 7.6 205 111 St. Jude Calgary 7.0 7.5 205 111 Monsignor Neville Anderson Calgary 7.0 7.5 205 129 Lansdowne Edmonton 7.0 7.4 205 129 Rosemont Calgary 7.0 7.4 205 139 Sifton Camrose 7.0 7.3 205 180 Holy Angels Calgary 7.0 7.0 205 193 St. Augustine Ponoka 7.0 6.9 205 193 Daysland Daysland 7.0 6.9 205 193 Frere Antoine Edmonton 7.0 6.9 205 193 Jerry Potts Calgary 7.0 6.9 205 214 River Valley Sundre 7.0 6.8 205 214 A B Daley Nanton 7.0 6.8 205 277 Eugene Coste Calgary 7.0 6.4 205 297 Uncas Ardrossan 7.0 6.3 205 297 Belvedere Parkway Calgary 7.0 6.3 205 340 Legal Legal 7.0 6.1 205 357 St. Basil Edmonton 7.0 6.0 205 466 Dorothy Dalgliesh Picture Butte 7.0 5.3 205 n/a Rosary Roman Separate Manning 7.0 n/a 205 n/a St. Theresa Sherwood Park 7.0 n/a 205 n/a Alex Ferguson Calgary 7.0 n/a 230 111 St. Benedict Edmonton 6.9 7.5 230 151 Ascension of Our Lord Calgary 6.9 7.2 230 165 Big Rock Okotoks 6.9 7.1 230 165 St. Margaret Calgary 6.9 7.1 230 180 James Mowat Fort Saskatchewan 6.9 7.0 230 180 Cardston Cardston 6.9 7.0 230 193 Clear Vista Wetaskiwin 6.9 6.9 230 214 Calgary Christian Calgary 6.9 6.8 230 235 Mannville Mannville 6.9 6.7 230 264 Holy Spirit Cochrane 6.9 6.5 230 277 Manning Manning 6.9 6.4 230 297 Westgate Calgary 6.9 6.3 230 321 St. Patrick Camrose 6.9 6.2 230 384 Elmer Elson Mayerthorpe 6.9 5.9 230 384 Hugh Sutherland Carstairs 6.9 5.9 230 404 Spruce View Spruce View 6.9 5.8 230 n/a Leduc Estates Leduc 6.9 n/a 230 n/a Holden Holden 6.9 n/a 86 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

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230 n/a Noble Central Nobleford 6.9 n/a 249 165 St. Andrew Calgary 6.8 7.1 249 180 St. Patrick’s Medicine Hat 6.8 7.0 249 193 Wildwood Calgary 6.8 6.9 249 214 Fort Saskatchewan Fort Saskatchewan 6.8 6.8 249 214 Don Bosco Calgary 6.8 6.8 249 235 Fulton Place Edmonton 6.8 6.7 249 235 Mary Hanley Edmonton 6.8 6.7 249 255 Hill Crest La Crete 6.8 6.6 249 255 Greenview Edmonton 6.8 6.6 249 264 Haultain Memorial Calgary 6.8 6.5 249 277 Father Scollen Calgary 6.8 6.4 249 297 Beaverlodge Beaverlodge 6.8 6.3 249 297 Crestwood Medicine Hat 6.8 6.3 249 321 St. Mary Westlock 6.8 6.2 249 357 Ralph McCall Airdrie 6.8 6.0 249 n/a Calgary Arts Academy Calgary 6.8 n/a 265 111 Thorncliffe Calgary 6.7 7.5 265 129 Pine Street Sherwood Park 6.7 7.4 265 151 Aspen Grove Grande Prairie 6.7 7.2 265 151 Sundance Calgary 6.7 7.2 265 193 Elmer S Gish St. Albert 6.7 6.9 265 193 H. A. Kostash Smoky Lake 6.7 6.9 265 193 Connaught Medicine Hat 6.7 6.9 265 214 Graminia Spruce Grove 6.7 6.8 265 214 St. Michael Calgary 6.7 6.8 265 214 Riverbend Calgary 6.7 6.8 265 235 St. Paul’s Fort McMurray 6.7 6.7 265 264 Elk Point Elk Point 6.7 6.5 265 277 Aldergrove Edmonton 6.7 6.4 265 277 Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys Calgary 6.7 6.4 265 321 Father Leonard Van Tighem Lethbridge 6.7 6.2 265 321 Kingsland Calgary 6.7 6.2 265 357 Swanavon Grande Prairie 6.7 6.0 265 384 Central High Sedgewick Sedgewick 6.7 5.9 265 n/a Our Lady of the Snows Canmore 6.7 n/a 265 n/a Wheatland Strathmore 6.7 n/a 265 n/a St. Alphonsus Calgary 6.7 n/a 286 69 Altadore Calgary 6.6 7.8 286 69 Rosedale Calgary 6.6 7.8 286 79 Lynnwood Edmonton 6.6 7.7 286 139 Father Kenneth Kearns Sherwood Park 6.6 7.3 286 151 Madonna Sherwood Park 6.6 7.2 286 165 Father Doucet Calgary 6.6 7.1 286 180 Janet Johnstone Calgary 6.6 7.0 286 193 Jack Stuart Camrose 6.6 6.9 286 214 Holy Family Edmonton 6.6 6.8 286 235 Camilla Riviere Qui Barre 6.6 6.7 286 235 Fred Seymour Calgary 6.6 6.7 286 255 Consort Consort 6.6 6.6 286 264 Kitscoty Kitscoty 6.6 6.5 286 264 Prairie Three Hills 6.6 6.5 286 277 St. Bonaventure Edmonton 6.6 6.4 286 297 St. Jerome’s Vermilion 6.6 6.3 286 297 Seven Persons Seven Persons 6.6 6.3 286 297 Captain John Palliser Calgary 6.6 6.3 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 87

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286 357 Callingwood Edmonton 6.6 6.0 286 357 St. Angela Edmonton 6.6 6.0 286 357 St. Dominic Edmonton 6.6 6.0 286 384 Calvin Monarch 6.6 5.9 286 413 John Paul I Edmonton 6.6 5.7 309 180 Laurier Heights Edmonton 6.5 7.0 309 193 Our Lady of The Assumption Lethbridge 6.5 6.9 309 193 St. Luke Calgary 6.5 6.9 309 193 Woodlands Calgary 6.5 6.9 309 214 Jasper Jasper 6.5 6.8 309 214 Silver Springs Calgary 6.5 6.8 309 235 Meyonohk Edmonton 6.5 6.7 309 277 Eldorado Drayton Valley 6.5 6.4 309 277 Three Hills Three Hills 6.5 6.4 309 277 J A Fife Edmonton 6.5 6.4 309 297 Alex Munro Calgary 6.5 6.3 309 321 Kateri Mission Grande Prairie 6.5 6.2 309 321 Routhier Falher 6.5 6.2 309 321 Our Lady of The Angels Fort Saskatchewan 6.5 6.2 309 357 Falun Falun 6.5 6.0 309 357 St. Joseph Calgary 6.5 6.0 309 429 Kameyosek Edmonton 6.5 5.6 309 510 Glenbrook Calgary 6.5 4.8 309 n/a St. Catherine’s Picture Butte 6.5 n/a 309 n/a Woodcroft Edmonton 6.5 n/a 329 193 Lamont Lamont 6.4 6.9 329 214 Pope John XXIII Fort Saskatchewan 6.4 6.8 329 235 Brookwood Spruce Grove 6.4 6.7 329 235 Magrath Magrath 6.4 6.7 329 235 St. Catherine Calgary 6.4 6.7 329 235 Glendale Calgary 6.4 6.7 329 277 Baturyn Edmonton 6.4 6.4 329 297 Good Shepherd Fort McMurray 6.4 6.3 329 297 St. Matthews Rocky Mountain House 6.4 6.3 329 321 Corinthia Park Leduc 6.4 6.2 329 357 John Paul II Stony Plain 6.4 6.0 329 357 Griffin Park Brooks 6.4 6.0 329 357 Afton Edmonton 6.4 6.0 329 384 Blueberry Stony Plain 6.4 5.9 329 384 Chester Ronning Camrose 6.4 5.9 329 473 Athlone Edmonton 6.4 5.2 329 488 Winterburn Edmonton 6.4 5.0 329 533 Homesteader Edmonton 6.4 4.5 329 n/a St. Brigid Calgary 6.4 n/a 329 n/a College Heights Lacombe 6.4 n/a 329 n/a Westbrook Cochrane 6.4 n/a 329 n/a Cayley Cayley 6.4 n/a 329 n/a Notre-Dame Edmonton 6.4 n/a 329 n/a St. Monica Calgary 6.4 n/a 353 165 Holy Redeemer Ardrossan 6.3 7.1 353 165 St. James Calgary 6.3 7.1 353 180 Camille J Lerouge Red Deer 6.3 7.0 353 214 Mallaig Mallaig 6.3 6.8 353 214 Steinhauer Edmonton 6.3 6.8 353 235 Maple Ridge Calgary 6.3 6.7 353 255 Win Ferguson Fort Saskatchewan 6.3 6.6 88 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

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353 277 Holyrood Edmonton 6.3 6.4 353 277 Midnapore Calgary 6.3 6.4 353 321 Dr Karl A Clark Fort McMurray 6.3 6.2 353 321 Foremost Foremost 6.3 6.2 353 340 Katherine Therrien Edmonton 6.3 6.1 353 429 St. Wilfrid Calgary 6.3 5.6 353 447 Wild Rose St. Albert 6.3 5.5 353 447 St. Elizabeth Edmonton 6.3 5.5 353 n/a King George Calgary 6.3 n/a 369 235 Millarville Millarville 6.2 6.7 369 235 Webster Niblock Medicine Hat 6.2 6.7 369 255 Lymburn Edmonton 6.2 6.6 369 277 Kirkness Edmonton 6.2 6.4 369 297 Albert Lacombe St. Albert 6.2 6.3 369 297 Our Lady Queen of Peace Airdrie 6.2 6.3 369 321 St. Thomas More Fairview 6.2 6.2 369 321 Two Hills Two Hills 6.2 6.2 369 340 Queen Elizabeth Calgary 6.2 6.1 369 357 St. Pius X Calgary 6.2 6.0 369 384 Vanier Edson 6.2 5.9 369 384 St. Gabriel Edmonton 6.2 5.9 369 404 Harry Balfour Grande Prairie 6.2 5.8 369 404 St. Hubert Calgary 6.2 5.8 369 413 Forest Green Stony Plain 6.2 5.7 369 413 St. Michael’s Medicine Hat 6.2 5.7 369 429 E E Oliver Fairview 6.2 5.6 369 447 Canyon Pincher Creek 6.2 5.5 369 496 Fr M Beauregard Fort McMurray 6.2 4.9 369 496 Falconridge Calgary 6.2 4.9 369 n/a Academy at King Edward Edmonton 6.2 n/a 369 n/a Bearspaw Calgary 6.2 n/a 369 n/a St. Clare Calgary 6.2 n/a 369 n/a Heritage Falher 6.2 n/a 369 n/a Drayton Drayton Valley 6.2 n/a 369 n/a Grassland Grassland 6.2 n/a 395 139 St. Augustine Calgary 6.1 7.3 395 180 St. Cyril Calgary 6.1 7.0 395 193 Cambrian Heights Calgary 6.1 6.9 395 264 Notre Dame Leduc 6.1 6.5 395 277 Kensington Edmonton 6.1 6.4 395 297 Ridgevalley Crooked Creek 6.1 6.3 395 297 Caledonia Park Leduc 6.1 6.3 395 297 Monsignor A. J. Hetherington Calgary 6.1 6.3 395 357 Vauxhall Vauxhall 6.1 6.0 395 384 Hazel Cameron Vulcan 6.1 5.9 395 404 High Park Stony Plain 6.1 5.8 395 404 Westlock Westlock 6.1 5.8 395 404 George Davison Medicine Hat 6.1 5.8 395 429 Duchess Duchess 6.1 5.6 395 447 St. Andrew’s High Prairie 6.1 5.5 395 458 Willow Park Calgary 6.1 5.4 395 548 Valley View Calgary 6.1 4.3 395 n/a Brentwood Strathmore 6.1 n/a 395 n/a Mount Royal Edmonton 6.1 n/a 414 264 Meridian Heights Stony Plain 6.0 6.5 414 264 Beddington Heights Calgary 6.0 6.5 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 89

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414 297 Willow Park Leduc 6.0 6.3 414 321 Wainwright Wainwright 6.0 6.2 414 321 St. Bede Calgary 6.0 6.2 414 340 St. Patrick Fine Arts Lethbridge 6.0 6.1 414 340 Blessed Kateri Edmonton 6.0 6.1 414 357 Children of St. Martha Lethbridge 6.0 6.0 414 357 McKee Edmonton 6.0 6.0 414 357 Meadowlark Christian Edmonton 6.0 6.0 414 384 Bentley Bentley 6.0 5.9 414 384 Princeton Edmonton 6.0 5.9 414 384 Dunluce Edmonton 6.0 5.9 414 429 St. Charles Edmonton 6.0 5.6 414 429 Collingwood Calgary 6.0 5.6 414 447 St. Joseph’s Coaldale 6.0 5.5 414 479 St. Mark Calgary 6.0 5.1 414 488 Edmonton Islamic Edmonton 6.0 5.0 414 496 Bruderheim Bruderheim 6.0 4.9 414 553 Calder Edmonton 6.0 4.2 414 576 Abbott Edmonton 6.0 3.7 414 n/a Greentree Drumheller 6.0 n/a 436 165 St. James Edmonton 5.9 7.1 436 180 Cremona Cremona 5.9 7.0 436 264 Braeside Calgary 5.9 6.5 436 277 University School Calgary 5.9 6.4 436 297 Ranchlands Calgary 5.9 6.3 436 340 Rimbey Rimbey 5.9 6.1 436 340 Cedarbrae Calgary 5.9 6.1 436 357 Brentwood Calgary 5.9 6.0 436 429 St. Patricks Red Deer 5.9 5.6 436 429 St. Philip Edmonton 5.9 5.6 436 429 St. Anne Edmonton 5.9 5.6 436 458 Caroline Caroline 5.9 5.4 436 496 St. Pius X Edmonton 5.9 4.9 436 510 Father Leo Green Edmonton 5.9 4.8 436 516 Turner Valley Turner Valley 5.9 4.7 436 n/a Mother Teresa Sylvan Lake 5.9 n/a 436 n/a Granums Granum 5.9 n/a 436 n/a Southview Medicine Hat 5.9 n/a 436 n/a St. Matthew Calgary 5.9 n/a 455 98 Crestwood Edmonton 5.8 7.6 455 235 Holy Name Calgary 5.8 6.7 455 255 Eleanor Hall Clyde 5.8 6.6 455 264 Vital Grandin St. Albert 5.8 6.5 455 297 St. Luke Sherwood Park 5.8 6.3 455 297 Hazeldean Edmonton 5.8 6.3 455 321 Velma E. Baker Edmonton 5.8 6.2 455 340 St. Gerard Grande Prairie 5.8 6.1 455 340 New Sarepta New Sarepta 5.8 6.1 455 340 Julia Kiniski Edmonton 5.8 6.1 455 357 Malmo Edmonton 5.8 6.0 455 384 Mackenzie River Cold Lake 5.8 5.9 455 413 Percy Pegler Okotoks 5.8 5.7 455 447 Belmont Edmonton 5.8 5.5 455 458 Cecil Swanson Calgary 5.8 5.4 455 473 Onoway Onoway 5.8 5.2 455 479 St. Richard Edmonton 5.8 5.1 90 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

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455 516 Corpus Christi Calgary 5.8 4.7 473 277 Beacon Hill Fort McMurray 5.7 6.4 473 340 St. Gabriel Fort McMurray 5.7 6.1 473 340 Barrhead Barrhead 5.7 6.1 473 357 Bishop Savaryn Edmonton 5.7 6.0 473 384 Barnwell Barnwell 5.7 5.9 473 413 St. Dominic Cold Lake 5.7 5.7 473 429 St. Vladimir Edmonton 5.7 5.6 473 429 St. Clement Edmonton 5.7 5.6 473 447 Stanley Jones Calgary 5.7 5.5 473 496 Ogden Calgary 5.7 4.9 473 n/a Monterey Park Calgary 5.7 n/a 473 n/a Mother Teresa Edmonton 5.7 n/a 473 n/a Langdon Area Langdon 5.7 n/a 473 n/a Mundare Mundare 5.7 n/a 473 n/a Donnan Edmonton 5.7 n/a 473 n/a Menno Simons Calgary 5.7 n/a 489 264 Deer Run Calgary 5.6 6.5 489 297 Edmonton Christian Edmonton 5.6 6.3 489 321 Eckville Eckville 5.6 6.2 489 384 Alexander Forbes Grande Prairie 5.6 5.9 489 458 Ormsby Edmonton 5.6 5.4 489 466 Douglas Harkness Calgary 5.6 5.3 489 473 Centennial Wetaskiwin 5.6 5.2 489 488 Calgary Islamic Calgary 5.6 5.0 489 n/a Strathearn Edmonton 5.6 n/a 489 n/a St. Jerome Edmonton 5.6 n/a 489 n/a Connaught Calgary 5.6 n/a 500 277 St. Martin’s Vegreville 5.5 6.4 500 277 Vincent Massey Medicine Hat 5.5 6.4 500 321 Clive Clive 5.5 6.2 500 413 Westglen Edmonton 5.5 5.7 500 413 Ethel M. Johnson Calgary 5.5 5.7 500 429 Kennedy Grimshaw 5.5 5.6 500 429 Delwood Edmonton 5.5 5.6 500 447 Queen Street Spruce Grove 5.5 5.5 500 458 Rainbow Lake Rainbow Lake 5.5 5.4 500 458 St. Bernadette Edmonton 5.5 5.4 500 466 York Edmonton 5.5 5.3 500 473 Caernarvon Edmonton 5.5 5.2 500 488 Bisset Edmonton 5.5 5.0 500 516 St. Michael’s Pincher Creek 5.5 4.7 500 533 St. Matthew Edmonton 5.5 4.5 500 n/a Pipestone Millet 5.5 n/a 500 n/a Westmount Strathmore 5.5 n/a 500 n/a Grovenor Edmonton 5.5 n/a 500 n/a St. Gerard Edmonton 5.5 n/a 500 n/a St. Leo Edmonton 5.5 n/a 520 429 Plamondon Plamondon 5.4 5.6 520 605 St. Mary Lethbridge 5.4 3.0 520 n/a Crossing Park Calgary 5.4 n/a 520 n/a St. Gabriel the Archangel Chestermere 5.4 n/a 520 n/a Sparling Camrose 5.4 n/a 520 n/a Rosemary Rosemary 5.4 n/a 520 n/a Scott Robertson Edmonton 5.4 n/a 527 255 St. Benedict Calgary 5.3 6.6 Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 91

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527 357 Malcolm Tweddle Edmonton 5.3 6.0 527 357 Crawford Plains Edmonton 5.3 6.0 527 404 Weinlos Edmonton 5.3 5.8 527 429 Good Shepherd Peace River 5.3 5.6 527 466 St. Anthony Drayton Valley 5.3 5.3 527 479 Queensland Downs Calgary 5.3 5.1 527 496 Crystal Park Grande Prairie 5.3 4.9 527 516 Oliver Edmonton 5.3 4.7 527 576 Roland Michener Calgary 5.3 3.7 527 n/a Lakedell Westerose 5.3 n/a 527 n/a Ministik Sherwood Park 5.3 n/a 527 n/a Livingstone Lundbreck 5.3 n/a 540 297 Acme Acme 5.2 6.3 540 340 Norwood Wetaskiwin 5.2 6.1 540 404 St. Justin Edmonton 5.2 5.8 540 413 Fox Creek Fox Creek 5.2 5.7 540 479 Iron Ridge Campus Blackfalds 5.2 5.1 540 479 Huntington Hills Calgary 5.2 5.1 540 488 Coalhurst Coalhurst 5.2 5.0 540 516 McArthur Edmonton 5.2 4.7 540 594 Belfast Calgary 5.2 3.3 540 n/a A. L. Horton Vegreville 5.2 n/a 540 n/a Sir James Lougheed Calgary 5.2 n/a 540 n/a La Rose Sauvage Calgary 5.2 n/a 552 340 Stirling Stirling 5.1 6.1 552 357 Thickwood Heights Fort McMurray 5.1 6.0 552 357 Holy Cross Edmonton 5.1 6.0 552 413 Duffield Duffield 5.1 5.7 552 429 Sweet Grass Edmonton 5.1 5.6 552 479 School of Hope Vermilion 5.1 5.1 552 488 Lorelei Edmonton 5.1 5.0 552 510 McLeod Edmonton 5.1 4.8 552 524 St. Patrick Grande Prairie 5.1 4.6 552 524 Grasmere Alberta Beach 5.1 4.6 552 540 Penbrooke Meadows Calgary 5.1 4.4 552 573 Vista Heights Calgary 5.1 3.8 552 n/a Andrew Andrew 5.1 n/a 552 n/a Gold Bar Edmonton 5.1 n/a 552 n/a Garneau Edmonton 5.1 n/a 567 340 Richard Secord Edmonton 5.0 6.1 567 357 Leslieville Leslieville 5.0 6.0 567 413 Banff Banff 5.0 5.7 567 496 St. Patrick Calgary 5.0 4.9 567 533 Parkdale Wetaskiwin 5.0 4.5 567 533 Pollard Meadows Edmonton 5.0 4.5 567 540 Pineridge Calgary 5.0 4.4 574 429 St. Rupert Calgary 4.9 5.6 574 473 Holy Cross Grande Prairie 4.9 5.2 574 479 Delburne Centralized Delburne 4.9 5.1 574 496 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Calgary 4.9 4.9 574 516 Bassano Bassano 4.9 4.7 574 n/a Killarney Calgary 4.9 n/a 580 404 Herald Medicine Hat 4.8 5.8 580 466 Sexsmith Sexsmith 4.8 5.3 580 466 Broxton Park Spruce Grove 4.8 5.3 580 510 David Ovans Sangudo 4.8 4.8 92 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

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580 516 Pine Grove Edson 4.8 4.7 580 516 Meyokumin Edmonton 4.8 4.7 580 540 St. Maria Goretti Edmonton 4.8 4.4 580 570 St. Peter Calgary 4.8 3.9 580 581 High Prairie High Prairie 4.8 3.6 580 n/a Niton Central Niton Junction 4.8 n/a 580 n/a St. Louis Medicine Hat 4.8 n/a 580 n/a Burdett Burdett 4.8 n/a 580 n/a St. Stephen Calgary 4.8 n/a 593 384 Hillside Grande Prairie 4.7 5.9 593 429 Bowden Grandview Bowden 4.7 5.6 593 447 Greely Road Fort McMurray 4.7 5.5 593 447 Glen Avon St. Paul 4.7 5.5 593 447 R.A. Reynolds Cold Lake 4.7 5.5 593 466 Fraser Edmonton 4.7 5.3 593 496 Annie Foote Calgary 4.7 4.9 593 524 Northmount Edmonton 4.7 4.6 593 533 Parkside Grande Prairie 4.7 4.5 593 533 St. Elizabeth Seton Edmonton 4.7 4.5 593 548 Holy Family Grimshaw 4.7 4.3 593 553 Seba Beach Seba Beach 4.7 4.2 593 559 Overlanders Edmonton 4.7 4.1 593 559 Grant MacEwan Calgary 4.7 4.1 593 576 Avondale Grande Prairie 4.7 3.7 593 n/a Gabrielle-Roy Edmonton 4.7 n/a 593 n/a Breton Breton 4.7 n/a 593 n/a Killam Killam 4.7 n/a 593 n/a CAPE Medicine Hat 4.7 n/a 593 n/a Richmond Calgary 4.7 n/a 593 n/a Mount View Calgary 4.7 n/a 614 214 Jean Vanier Sherwood Park 4.6 6.8 614 384 Millgrove Spruce Grove 4.6 5.9 614 384 Vermilion Vermilion 4.6 5.9 614 413 Father J A Turcotte Fort McMurray 4.6 5.7 614 413 Our Lady of Victories Edmonton 4.6 5.7 614 479 Our Lady of the Assumption Calgary 4.6 5.1 614 548 Youngstown Edmonton 4.6 4.3 614 599 Holy Family Calgary 4.6 3.1 614 622 Almadina Calgary 4.6 1.7 614 n/a Lethbridge Lethbridge 4.6 n/a 614 n/a Victory Edmonton 4.6 n/a 625 473 Lauderdale Edmonton 4.5 5.2 625 496 River Glen Red Deer 4.5 4.9 625 524 Glengarry Edmonton 4.5 4.6 625 565 Colonel J. Fred Scott Calgary 4.5 4.0 625 n/a St. Paul Lethbridge 4.5 n/a 630 510 J H Picard Edmonton 4.4 4.8 630 553 David D. Oughton Calgary 4.4 4.2 630 n/a St. Alphonsus Edmonton 4.4 n/a 633 413 Inglewood Edmonton 4.3 5.7 633 458 Evergreen Drayton Valley 4.3 5.4 633 488 St. Martha Calgary 4.3 5.0 633 496 Evansview Evansburg 4.3 4.9 633 524 Sakaw Edmonton 4.3 4.6 633 581 Rundle School Calgary 4.3 3.6 633 n/a St. Brendan Edmonton 4.3 n/a Fraser Institute Studies in Educational Policy 93

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640 n/a I.V. Macklin Grande Prairie 4.2 n/a 641 413 Anne Fitzgerald Edmonton 4.1 5.7 641 458 St. Bernadette Calgary 4.1 5.4 641 533 Ekota Edmonton 4.1 4.5 641 553 Grace Martin Edmonton 4.1 4.2 641 559 Lee Ridge Edmonton 4.1 4.1 641 565 Guy Weadick Calgary 4.1 4.0 641 576 Dr. J. K. Mulloy Calgary 4.1 3.7 648 214 St. Rita Calgary 4.0 6.8 648 235 Morrin Morrin 4.0 6.7 648 496 Dovercourt Edmonton 4.0 4.9 648 524 Rosscarrock Calgary 4.0 4.6 648 540 Crescent Valley Hinton 4.0 4.4 648 553 Our Lady of Peace Edmonton 4.0 4.2 648 565 Mayland Heights Calgary 4.0 4.0 648 570 Blessed Damien Calgary 4.0 3.9 648 581 Newton Edmonton 4.0 3.6 648 589 John Barnett Edmonton 4.0 3.5 648 595 Catherine Nichols Gunn Calgary 4.0 3.2 648 n/a Rycroft Rycroft 4.0 n/a 660 488 Hythe Hythe 3.9 5.0 660 605 Albert Park Calgary 3.9 3.0 662 357 St. Thomas Aquinas Medicine Hat 3.8 6.0 662 384 Lacombe Upper Lacombe 3.8 5.9 662 496 Delton Edmonton 3.8 4.9 662 540 Kathyrn Kathyrn 3.8 4.4 662 559 Mountain View Hinton 3.8 4.1 662 n/a Mecca Glen Ponoka 3.8 n/a 668 479 Ardmore Ardmore 3.7 5.1 668 496 John XXIII Calgary 3.7 4.9 668 524 Beacon Heights Edmonton 3.7 4.6 668 524 Thorncliffe Edmonton 3.7 4.6 668 565 St. Timothy Edmonton 3.7 4.0 668 581 Argyll Home School Centre Edmonton 3.7 3.6 668 589 R J Scott Edmonton 3.7 3.5 668 595 Bannerman Edmonton 3.7 3.2 668 599 Kinuso Kinuso 3.7 3.1 668 605 Greenview Calgary 3.7 3.0 668 610 Marlborough Calgary 3.7 2.9 668 n/a Bowcroft Calgary 3.7 n/a 668 n/a Calgary Academy Calgary 3.7 n/a 681 540 Minchau Edmonton 3.6 4.4 682 524 Tipaskan Edmonton 3.5 4.6 682 599 Le Roi Daniels Calgary 3.5 3.1 682 629 Athabasca Delta Fort Chipewyan 3.5 0.7 685 540 Helen E. Taylor Wembley 3.4 4.4 685 553 Evansdale Edmonton 3.4 4.2 685 559 Avonmore Edmonton 3.4 4.1 685 595 Belmead Edmonton 3.4 3.2 685 599 Erin Woods Calgary 3.4 3.1 690 573 Holy Redeemer Calgary 3.3 3.8 690 581 Montrose Edmonton 3.3 3.6 690 589 Annunciation Edmonton 3.3 3.5 690 n/a St. Stephens Valleyview 3.3 n/a 690 n/a John A. McDougall Edmonton 3.3 n/a 690 n/a Horse Hill Edmonton 3.3 n/a 94 Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools — 2005 Edition

Provincial rank Overall Rating 2003/ Last 5 2003/ Last 5 2004 years School name City 2004 years

696 321 Glendon Glendon 3.2 6.2 696 510 Millwoods Edmonton 3.2 4.8 696 559 Mee-Yah-Noh Edmonton 3.2 4.1 696 570 St. Clement Grande Prairie 3.2 3.9 696 573 Chris Akkerman Calgary 3.2 3.8 696 581 Vilna Vilna 3.2 3.6 696 611 Belvedere Edmonton 3.2 2.8 696 615 Patrick Airlie Calgary 3.2 2.4 696 625 Ashmont Ashmont 3.2 1.3 696 n/a R. B. Bennett Calgary 3.2 n/a 706 581 Terrace Road Calgary 3.1 3.6 706 595 Rundle Edmonton 3.1 3.2 706 n/a Pere-Lacombe Edmonton 3.1 n/a 709 589 John Paul II Calgary 2.9 3.5 709 615 West Dover Calgary 2.9 2.4 711 614 Sifton Edmonton 2.8 2.7 711 627 St. Francis of Assisi Edmonton 2.8 1.1 713 576 Cappy Smart Calgary 2.7 3.7 714 581 Langevin Calgary 2.6 3.6 714 625 St. Mary of the Lake Slave Lake 2.6 1.3 716 618 St. Catherine Edmonton 2.3 2.3 716 n/a Parkdale Edmonton 2.3 n/a 718 548 Duggan Edmonton 2.2 4.3 718 611 O. S. Geiger Calgary 2.2 2.8 718 n/a Rocky Lane Fort Vermilion 2.2 n/a 721 540 Swan Hills Swan Hills 2.1 4.4 721 599 Sacred Heart Wetaskiwin 2.1 3.1 721 599 Abbeydale Calgary 2.1 3.1 721 621 Central Bow Valley Gleichen 2.1 2.0 725 565 St. Thomas More Calgary 2.0 4.0 725 611 Chief Justice Milvain Calgary 2.0 2.8 727 623 Brightview Edmonton 1.9 1.6 727 n/a North Edmonton School Edmonton 1.9 n/a 729 589 C. B. McMurdo Wetaskiwin 1.8 3.5 730 605 Gift Lake Gift Lake 1.6 3.0 731 n/a James Gibbons Edmonton 1.3 n/a 732 548 Hillview Edmonton 1.1 4.3 732 605 Holy Cross Calgary 1.1 3.0 732 n/a Heinsburg Heinsburg 1.1 n/a 735 628 Norwood Edmonton 1.0 0.8 735 n/a Piitoayis Family School Calgary 1.0 n/a 737 n/a Lloyd Garrison Berwyn 0.6 n/a 737 n/a Joussard Joussard 0.6 n/a 739 615 Major General Griesbach Edmonton 0.5 2.4 740 n/a Tevie Miller Edmonton 0.3 n/a 741 620 Keeler Calgary 0.2 2.1 741 630 Kikino Kikino 0.2 0.4 743 n/a Prince Charles Edmonton 0.1 n/a 744 619 Harold W Riley Calgary 0.0 2.2 744 624 Exshaw Exshaw 0.0 1.4 744 n/a Mother Earth’s Stony Plain 0.0 n/a 744 n/a Eastwood Edmonton 0.0 n/a 744 n/a Ben Calf Robe - St. Clare Edmonton 0.0 n/a Appendix 1: Calculating the Overall rating out of 10

The Overall rating out of 10 is intended to answer the question, “In general, how is the school doing, academi- cally?” The following is a simplified description of the procedure used to convert the raw indicator data into the Overall rating out of 10.

1 Course by course, the average achievement test marks and failure rates for each school were standardized by calculating Z, which is defi ned by:

Z = (X − μ) / σ where X is the individual school’s result, μ is the mean of the all-schools distribution of results, and σ is the standard deviation of the same all-schools distribution.

2 The course-by-course standardized failure-rate data were then aggregated to produce a weighted average standardized failure rate value. The weighting used was the number of student writers in each subject area at the school relative to the total number of student writers of the relevant tests.

3 This weighted average failure-rate result was then re-standardized.

4 The Gender gap indicators were calculated using the raw data and then standardized as described in step 1 above.

5 The seven standardized indicator results were then combined to produce a weighted average summary standardized score for the school. The weightings used in these calculations were Average test mark (for each of the four subject areas)—12.5%; Percentage of tests failed—30%; Grade-6 gender gap: Language Arts— 10%; Grade-6 gender gap: Mathematics—10%. For schools for which there were no gender-gap results in either of the two courses, the Percentage of tests failed was weighted at 50%.

6 This summary standardized score was re-standardized.

This standardized score was converted into an overall rating between 0 and 10 as follows:

7 The allowable maximum and minimum standardized scores were set at 2.2 and −3.29, respectively. Scores equal to, or greater than, 2.2 receive an overall rating of 10. This cut-off was chosen because it allows more than one school in a given year to be awarded 10 out of 10. Scores of equal to, or less than, −3.29 receive the lowest overall rating of 0. Schools with scores below –3.29 are likely to be outliers, a statistical term used to denote members of a population that appear to have characteristics substantially different from the rest of the population. We chose, therefore, to set the minimum score so as to disregard such extreme differences.

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8 The resulting standardized scores were converted into Overall ratings according to the formula:

OR = μ + ( σ * StanScore) where OR is the resulting Overall rating, μ is the average calculated according to the formula:

μ = (ORmin − 10 (Zmin / Zmax)) / (1 − (Zmin / Zmax)) where σ is the standard deviation calculated according to the formula:formula:

σ = (10 − μ) / Zmax and StanScore is the standardized score calculated in (6) above and adjusted as required for minimum and

maximum values as noted in (7) above. As noted in (7) above, ORmin equals zero, Zmin equals −3.29; and

Zmax equals 2.2.

9 Finally, the derived Overall rating is rounded to one place of the decimal to refl ect the signisignififi ccantant nnumberumber of places of the decimal in the original raw data.

Note that the Overall rating out of 10, based as it is on standardized scores, is a relative rating. That is, in order for a school to show improvement in its Overall rating, it must improve more than the average. If it improves, but at a rate less than the average, it will show a decline in its rating. Appendix 2: Calculating the Value adaddedded indicatorindicatorss

The Value added indicators were calculated as follows:

1 For each grade-6 test, for each of the school years from 2000/2001, the standardized results were regressed on the two independent variables, Parents’ average education in years (based on 2001 Census data) and the standardized Grade-3 average test mark achieved at the school three years earlier. The regression coeffi cients were then determined (see table A2 below).

2 For each grade-6 test, for each school year, the proportions of the standardized result associated with Parents’ average education (yrs) and the standardized Grade-3 average test mark were deducted from the total, according to the formula:

G6Seff = G6 − (bEd * EdMEP) − (bg3 * G3),

where G6Seff is the component of the grade-6 standardized results attriattributedbuted ttoo sschoolchool eeffects;ffects; G6 is the

actual, standardized grade-6 test result; bEd is the parents’ average education (yrs) regression coeffi cient;

EdMEP is the parents’ average education (yrs) at the school; bg3 is the grade-3 standardized test mark regression coeffi cient; and, G3 is the average grade-3 standardized test mark achieved at the school three years earlier.

3 The proportion of the grade-6 standardized test result attributed to school effects (G6Seff) was standardized.

4 The standardized values of G6Seff for all the schools were sorted from highest to lowest and divided into quartiles.

5 The results were converted into a letter grade determined by the quartile into which each result was placed. Schools whose result fell in the fourth (highest scoring) quartile, received a letter grade of A; those in the third quartile received a letter grade of B; those in the second quartile received a letter grade of C; and, those in the fi rst quartile (lowest scoring) received a letter grade of D.

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Table A2: The association of parents average education (yrs.) and grade-3 achievement test results with grade-6 achievement tests

Grade 6 Language arts - 2004

Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.75 R Square 0.56 Adjusted R Square 0.56 Standard Error 0.66 Observations 676 Coeffi cients t Stat P-value Intercept -3.59 -10.69 EdMEP 0.24 10.56 ** 2001_WeightedStdResult 0.62 18.32 ** Gr3 Language Arts

Grade 6 Mathematics - 2004

Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.66 R Square 0.43 Adjusted R Square 0.43 Standard Error 0.73 Observations 677 Coeffi cients t Stat P-value Intercept -3.47 -9.45 EdMEP_NullIfCoverage 0.24 9.39 ** Below 50% 2001_WeightedStdResult 0.51 13.75 ** Gr3 Mathematics

Note: EdMEP is the averageaverage numbernumber of yearsyears of education of the most educated parent in student families.families. It is derivedderived from 2001 Census data aggregated to the Dissemination Area (DA) level for the school year 2003/2004 and from 1996 Census data aggregated to the Enumeration Area (EA) level for previous years. Alberta Education provided the necessary enrollment data. For each of the two value-added indicators, the variable 2001_WeightedStdResultGr3 is the standardized average mark at the school on the indicated test sitting in the school year 2000/2001. ** = signifi cant at 99% level. About the authors

Peter Cowley

Peter Cowley is the Director of School Performance Studies at The Fraser Institute. Upon graduation from the University of British Columbia (B.Comm. 1974), Mr Cowley accepted a marketing post with Proctor and Gamble in Toronto. Shortly thereafter, he returned to Vancouver to begin a long career in marketing and general management in the furniture-manufacturing sector. During his assignments in general man- agement, process improvement was a special focus and interest. In 1994, Mr Cowley wrote and published The Parent’s Guide, a popular handbook for parents of British Columbia’s secondary-school students. The Parent’s Guide web site replaced the handbook in 1995. In 1998, Mr Cowley was co-author of The Fraser Institute’s A Secondary Schools Report Card for British Columbia, the first of the Institute’s continuing series of annual reports on school performance. This was followed in 1999 by The 1999 Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools, Boys, Girls, and Grades: Academic Gender Balance in British Columbia’s Secondary Schools, and The 1999 Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools. Since then, Mr Cowley has co-authored all of the Institute’s annual Report Cards. Editions published in 2004 included Report Cards on secondary schools in British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec, and New Brunswick and Report Cards on elementary schools in British Columbia, Alberta, and . The Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British Columbia was also introduced in 2004. He continues his research on education and related issues for The Fraser Institute.

Stephen T. Easton

Stephen T. Easton is a professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University and a Senior Scholar at The Fraser Institute. He received his A.B. from Oberlin College and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Recent works published by The Fraser Institute include Privatizing Prisons (editor, 1998), The Costs of Crime: Who Pays and How Much? 1998 Update (with Paul Brantingham, 1998), and Rating Global Economic Freedom (editor, 1992). A co-author of A Secondary Schools Report Card for British Columbia (1998), Boys, Girls, and Grades: Academic Gender Balance in British Columbia’s Secondary Schools (1999) and the Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British Columbia (2004), he has continued to co-author the Report Cards of British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick and, most recently, Ontario. Other publications about education include “Do We Have a Problem Yet? Women and Men in Higher Education,” in David Laidler (ed.), Renovating the Ivory Tower: Canadian Universities and the Knowledge Economy (Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute 2002), pp. 60–79; “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” in Stephen B. Lawton, Rodney Reed, and Fons van Wieringen, Restructuring Public Schooling (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1997) and Education in Canada: An Analysis of Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Schooling (Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 1988). His editorials have been carried by the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen, the Stirling chain and many other newspapers around the country.

99 Acknowledgments

The Fraser Institute wishes to thank the employees of Alberta Education for their help in the acquisition and verification of the data upon which this Report Card is based. We also wish to thank all of those who took the time to share with us their comments and criticisms. Without the contributions of these individuals, improvement would come much slower.

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