Provincial Examinations

Grade 12 Provincial Examination Specifications

German 12

2008/09 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2008 through August 2009.

Changes and Revisions

• Refer to the 2008/09 Changes to Examinations for important information regarding general changes to provincial examinations.

Specifications

• The Table of Specifications and Description of Examination (37 KB) show teachers and students how the German 12 curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations.

The Provincial examination represents 40% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 60%.

There may be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may evaluate performance on only a sample of these outcomes.

• Reading Categories (55 KB) provide a description of each reading category.

• Curriculum Connections links to the prescribed learning outcomes.

Samples

• Sample Questions (122 KB) illustrate the types and range of questions students may need to answer.

• Sample and Released Examinations show the format of an examination and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizers.