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A student who has self-identified as being of Aboriginal ancestry (First Nations: status and non-status, Metis and Inuit). Aboriginal ancestry and Status Indian living on reserve is indicated on the Student Data Collection Form 1701. For data collection purposes a student identified as Aboriginal will remain Aboriginal from the 2003 - 2004 school year forward. Status Indians are Aboriginal people who meet the requirements of the Indian Act and who are registered under the Act. |
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A student 20 years of age or older as of June 30 in the school year July 1 - June 30. |
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Programs that meet the special requirements of students who may be unable to adjust to the requirements of regular schools (for example timetables, schedules or traditional classroom environment). Does not include distributed learning programs or schools. |
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Certificates of high school level attainment that are alternatives to obtaining a British Columbia Certificate of Graduation include: British Columbia Adult Graduation Diploma, General Educational Development (GED) Secondary Equivalency Certificate, Adult Basic Education (ABE) Provincial Diploma and Letters of Assessment. |
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Granted by the Ministry of Education upon successful completion of the provincial adult graduation requirements. Sometimes referred to as the "Adult Dogwood Diploma". |
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Granted by the Ministry of Education to students who meet the British Columbia secondary school graduation requirements. Sometimes referred to as a "Dogwood Certificate / Dogwood". |
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This certificate is intended primarily for students with special needs, and does not represent secondary school graduation (British Columbia Certificate of Graduation). A School Completion Certificate is awarded to a student who has successfully completed the goals and objectives contained in his or her Individual Education Plan, in accordance with the requirements set out in Ministerial Order 205/95. |
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Educational programs focusing on a career or career-related area of study, which combine related courses with a work experience component. Career programs include: Career Preparation; Co-operative Education; Secondary School Apprenticeship; or Career Technical Centre Programs. |
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Certificate of Graduation |
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The number of students taking the same course at the same time with the same instructor. |
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An education program offered by school districts, primarily for adults, leading to either secondary school completion or the upgrading of a current graduation certificate. |
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A method of instruction that relies primarily on indirect communication between students and teachers, including internet or other electronic-based delivery, teleconferencing, or correspondence. |
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A school or francophone school that offers instruction by means of distributed learning only. Historically referred to as Distance Education, electronic delivery, electronic programs or Distributed Electronic Learning, the main feature is that students learn at a distance from the school and teacher. Distributed Learning uses a combination of delivery methodology including computer-based, online, telecommunications and/or paper-based course material and instruction. |
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A teacher, vice-principal, principal, or director of instruction having BC teacher certification. Educator populations are calculated by headcount. An educator is employed by a public school board in British Columbia. If an educator is registered in more than one school, the educator will only be counted once. Educator excludes a person appointed by a board as superintendent of schools or assistant superintendent of schools. |
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A record of a student reported to the Ministry as receiving an education program leading to graduation. A student may be recorded and counted as an enrolment in more than one school. Enrolments include the records of all adults and school-age persons who are working towards graduation. |
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A measure indicating the proportion of full time participation (full day, full week) in the education system, calculated by adding the FTE values of the enrolments. A half-day Kindergarten enrolment is considered a 0.5 FTE; full-day Kindergarten enrolments are recognized as full FTEs. A school-age enrolment in Grades 1-12, enrolled full-time, is considered one FTE. One FTE for an adult enrolment is equal to eight courses. One FTE for a secondary school-age enrolment is equal to four courses. |
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A measure equivalent to the number of teachers who work full time in a school. |
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Schools are organized to provide educational opportunities for students in specific grades or grade ranges. These grade ranges are Elementary (K-7); Elementary - Junior Secondary (K - 10); Elementary - Secondary (K - 12); Junior Secondary (grades 8 - 10); Secondary (grades 8 - 12); Senior Secondary (grades 11 and 12). |
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The percentage of students who enter a grade for the first time from a lower grade and make the transition to a higher grade anywhere in the British Columbia school system in the next school year. |
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Students who have graduated and moved beyond secondary education. For example post-secondary study, employment, travel or other activities. |
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A Certificate of Graduation is awarded by the Ministry of Education upon successful completion of the British Columbia Graduation Requirements. |
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The number of individual/unique students (as opposed to full-time equivalents) enrolled by September 30 in a district, school, grade, program, or course. Students include all school-aged students (5 - 19 years) and all adult students working towards graduation. |
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Children may be taught at home without the supervision of a certified teacher, but are required to be registered with a public, francophone, distributed learning or independent school. |
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A school that is maintained and operated in British
Columbia by an authority that provides an educational
program to 10 or more school-aged students as outlined
in the Independent School Act. All independent schools
must hold a valid Certificate of Group Classification
issued by the Inspector of Independent Schools. |
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A collection of the most commonly used statistics about the BC education system published annually in one report. |
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The number of students who responded to at least one question in the assessment divided by the total number of students in that grade. |
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The number of students who wrote the examination at least once in the school year and are in the same grade as the indicated exam grade level divided by the total number of students who are in the same grade as the indicated exam grade level. |
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Students who receive a passing letter grade of A, B, C+, C, or C- as their exam mark in a particular year divided by students who receive a letter grade of A through F as their exam mark in that year. Includes students from all grades who obtained marks in the course of the indicated grade level. |
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Measure student performance in selected Grade 10, 11 and 12 academic courses. Provincial examinations are currently held in November, January, April, June and August. |
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Provincial Resource Programs (PRP) are designed for students, who, for health or other reasons, cannot attend a regular school. These programs are intended to assist districts to meet the educational needs of students in exceptional circumstances. Students are in long term PRPs if they are in the program for longer than three months. |
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A body of students, teachers, other staff, and facilities organized as a unit for educational purposes under the supervision of an administrative officer and administered by a district school board. Types of public schools include: Standard schools; short-term and long-term Provincial Resource Programs; Youth Custody/Residential Attendance Centers; District Continuing Education Centers; Alternate Program Schools, Distributed Learning Schools. Individual schools can only be associated with one District. A School does not include Federal Band schools, offshore schools offering BC educational programs, or Yukon schools. Public school facility types are defined in the Form 1601 instructions. Public school facility types are determined by program (and in some cases physical location). |
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A student who has met the BC Graduation Requirements. |
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A regular graduate who achieves a grade point average (GPA) of greater than 3.0. |
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School Completion Rate |
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A geographic area in British Columbia constituted as a district under the School Act. There are currently 59 school districts and one Francophone Education Authority. |
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The school year includes a portion of two regular calendar years. It is the 12 month period commencing on July 1 and ending the following June 30. |
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The Six-Year Completion Rate is calculated by using
the percentage of students who graduate within six years
from the time they enrol in Grade 8, adjusted for migration
in and out of BC. A six-year rate provides students
with an extra year beyond the five years required to
move through Grades 8 - 12. |
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2000/01 |
Cohort selection begins with all students enrolled for the 1st time in Grade 8. Add to this count: |
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2001/02 |
students enrolled for 1st time in Gr 9 not yet included in the cohort |
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+ Year 3 |
2002/03 |
students enrolled for 1st time in Gr 10 not yet included in the cohort |
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+ Year 4 |
2003/04 |
students enrolled for 1st time in Gr 11 not yet included in the cohort |
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2004/05 |
students enrolled for 1st time in Gr 12 not yet included in the cohort |
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Students represented in Years 1-5 have one additional year to graduate before the Six-Year Completion Rate is calculated |
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Students who have a disability of an intellectual, physical, sensory, emotional or behavioural nature, have a learning disability or have exceptional gifts or talents. |
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A supplemental program is provided by schools to assist students, identified as having “special needs”, in achieving a Certificate of Graduation and/or other outcomes as specified in the student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP). |
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Special Needs Performance Reporting Groups |
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Constructed from Special Needs Categories for the purpose of identifying students who are most likely to be working towards a Certificate of Graduation and for whom the Ministry's student achievement measures are most meaningful: |
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An individual enrolled in a BC school. Student populations are calculated by headcount. Students include all adult and school-aged persons who are working towards graduation. Registered homeschooled children are not included. |
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An individual who has a valid BC teaching certificate and is employed by a school board to provide an educational program to students or to administer or supervise the provision of an educational program to students. Includes: Regular Teachers, Department Heads, and Teachers who have administration duty (but are not Department Heads). Teachers may be employed in more than one district; therefore, the total number of teachers reported at the provincial level may exceed the actual number of teachers in the province. |
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A writer is any person who has written either one or more provincial exams or an FSA assessment. |
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Where applicable, the ministry reports performance of students in Youth Custody Facilities where they may have been sent either by court order, or during probation. |
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