Results on the June 1998

This report has been prepared by the Direction de la sanction des études with the cooperation of the Direction des statistiques et des études quantitatives of the Direction générale des services à la gestion. © Gouvernement du Québec Ministère de l'Éducation, 1999–98-1017 ISBN 2-550-34050-7 Legal Deposit–Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 1 PART I 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE EXAMINATION SESSION ........................................... 5 1.1 Coordination .................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Certification Requirements............................................................................... 5 1.3 Preparation of Uniform Examinations .............................................................. 6 1.4 Administration of Examinations....................................................................... 6 1.5 Correction of Examinations.............................................................................. 7 1.6 Processing of Results ....................................................................................... 7 1.7 Publication of Results....................................................................................... 9 PART II 2. EXAMINATION RESULTS..................................................................................... 13 2.1 Overview ....................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Results by Educational Institution and Administrative Region........................ 16 PART III 3. GRADUATION RATES BY SCHOOL BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGION................................................................................ 109 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 Additional Information.............................................................................. 125 APPENDIX 2 List of Educational Institutions with Fewer than 10 Students Taking a Uniform Examination ................................................................. 127 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1 Examination Sessions, 1994 to 1998................................................... 14 TABLE 2 Examination Results According to Certain Variables, 1994 to 1998.... 14 TABLE 3 Uniform Examination Results, by Administrative Region, Public and Private School Systems, June 1998.................................... 15 TABLE 4 Overall Results for Each Examination, Public and Private School Systems, June 1998................................................................. 16 TABLE 5 Overall Results on the Uniform Ministry Examinations, by Educational Institution................................................................... 19 TABLE 6 Overall Results on the Uniform Ministry Examinations, French Sector, by Educational Institution............................................ 43 TABLE 7 Overall Results on the Uniform Ministry Examinations, English Sector, by Educational Institution........................................... 63 TABLE 8 Overall Results on the Uniform Ministry Examinations, Ranking of Educational Institutions by Success Rate .......................... 71 TABLE 9 Graduation Rates by Cohort, Observation Period and Sex, by Administrative Region and School Board .................................... 111 INTRODUCTION For several years, the Ministère de l'Éducation has been publishing a statistical report on the results on the June uniform ministry examinations and on graduation rates. This information reflects the Ministère’s desire to facilitate access to information that is in the public domain. The report, which is also available on the Internet, is divided into three sections: organization of the examination session, results on the uniform examinations by public school and private school, and graduation rates by school board and by administrative region. The document combines the results for both the public and private school systems in one document. To make it easier to locate information, educational institutions are listed in alphabetical order for each administrative region. The results are presented for the examinations as a whole by language of instruction and by ranking of educational institution for each uniform examination. The section covering graduation rates contains only one indicator presented in table form: graduation rates by cohort, observation periods and sex. Additional information on the results on uniform examinations and graduation rates are available at the Ministère’s Web site (see Appendix 1). This information document is intended for educational institutions and the general public with a view to allowing: • public and private educational institutions access to information that they can use to evaluate their educational practices, to compare their effectiveness over time, to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and to compare their performance with that of other educational institutions; • the general public access to official Ministère information. 1 For the objectives of this publication to be met, it is important that educational institutions and the general public keep in mind that certain factors may affect students’ academic achievement when comparing their students’ marks with the provincial results. Such factors include: • Family situation: The support and availability of parents, their financial situation and the family’s standard of living in general are among the factors that may affect a student’s academic achievement. Studies carried out in Québec and elsewhere in the world have shown that the academic achievement of students from socio-economically disadvantaged areas is generally lower. • The location of the educational institution: Learning in some subjects, such as the second language, may be affected by the institution’s location. For example, the conditions for learning English as a second language are not the same throughout Québec. • The number of students in the second cycle of secondary school: In educational institutions with relatively few students in the second cycle of secondary school, the choice of courses offered may be somewhat limited and the classes more or less homogeneous. The institution’s overall performance may thus be affected. • Mother tongue: In the past several years, some educational institutions have experienced an increase in the number of students whose mother tongue is not the language of instruction, which may have an impact on the institution’s overall results. • The integration of students with special needs into regular classes: It is clear that in educational institutions that routinely integrate students with special needs into regular classes, the increased range of disparities among the students sitting for ministry examinations may affect the overall success rates for those institutions. • The grouping of students with major learning difficulties or psychosocial integration difficulties: Such students enrolled in special classes in an educational institution may have a significant impact on the overall performance of the school. • Different practices related to admission: Some educational institutions take in all students, while others base admission on past academic achievement or performance on aptitude tests. 2 PART I 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE EXAMINATION SESSION 1.1 Coordination One of the responsibilities of the Direction de la sanction des études involves defining and applying rules regarding the certification of studies in general education. Consequently, one of its activities includes coordinating the administration of uniform examinations, the correction of the examinations and the publication of the results. 1.2 Certification Requirements The application of the certification rules in section 69 of the Basic school regulation for secondary school education is suspended and replaced by the rules under transitional certification system 3,1 which means that to obtain a Secondary School Diploma (SSD): • students must have accumulated 54 credits, 20 of which must be at the Secondary V level or in vocational education; • only Secondary IV and V credits count toward the SSD; • the pass mark is 60 percent; • a pass mark must be obtained in the following subjects: – Secondary V language of instruction (6 credits) – Secondary IV or Secondary V second language (French sector) (4 credits) – Secondary V second language (English sector) (4 credits) – Secondary IV history of Québec and Canada (4 credits) 1. In September 1996, all students were subject to the rules of certification system 3, except for students enrolled in Secondary V in 1995-96, who had an additional year to complete their SSD. 5 1.3 Preparation of Uniform Examinations In Québec, the responsibility for preparing examinations for the certification of studies is shared by the Ministère and the school boards and private schools. Each year, the Ministère selects a certain number of subjects for which it will prepare uniform examinations. Evaluation in the other subjects is the responsibility of school boards and private schools. The uniform examinations are summative examinations used for evaluation purposes in subjects that are compulsory for the certification of studies or the recognition of prerequisites for certain college programs. The following are some of the characteristics of the uniform examinations that are used to certify secondary school studies: • The examinations are prepared by teachers and educational consultants

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