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Student Progress and Reporting Information for Families

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Starting this year, the NWT has begun piloting a new curriculum. For the 2023/2024 school year, the program is being piloted in Grades 4 and 5 in our school. The new curriculum also means an update to how student progress is reported to families.

Tomorrow, ECE will be releasing additional information. In anticipation of that, we are sharing some initial information with you. I encourage you to have a look at the documents found at the links at the bottom of this posting. Here are some other things to keep in mind regarding progress and reporting changes that are on the horizon:

  • Students in grades and subjects trialling the new adapted curriculum in 2023-24 may see a new type of marking on report cards this year. For many schools, instead of seeing a percentage or grade letter (i.e., 100% or A+) on a student’s report card, in some subjects, students will now receive a level on a proficiency scale: “Emerging,” “Developing,” “Proficient” or “Extending,” with the goal for all students to be “Proficient.”
  • As of the 2023-24 school year, students in Grades 6 and 9 will no longer be taking Alberta Achievement Tests (AATs). This relates to all students, not just those trialling the new curriculum. The AATs, and eventually the Grade 12 Alberta Diploma Exams, will be replaced by British Columbia’s standardized assessments.
  • Many more details on these changes will be published on ECE’s Curriculum Renewal page ahead of the public release.

We have some additional information on the following circulars, available in both English and French. They are:

As more information becomes available in the coming weeks, we look forward to sharing it with you.

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