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Outside the Box: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA 2022 Study – The Performance of Canadian 15-Year-Olds in Creative Thinking

This report provides a high-level description of Canadian results from the creative-thinking component of the OECD’s PISA 2022. PISA is a survey of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds near the end of their compulsory schooling. The report presents both pan-Canadian and provincial results in creative thinking, and it complements the information presented in the PISA 2022 international report.

Categories: Assessment and evaluation, ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥ data and research, Elementary and secondary education, Learning outcomes, Literacy

Volume I, along with volume II, provides the initial results from OECD’s PISA 2022. PISA is a survey of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds near the end of their compulsory schooling. The major focus of the 2022 assessment was mathematics, with a secondary focus on reading and science. Volume I provides a detailed examination of student performance in mathematics, reading, and science, and describes how performance has changed since previous PISA assessments.

Categories: Assessment and evaluation, ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥ data and research, Elementary and secondary education, Learning outcomes, Literacy

Assessment Matters! Issue 21 - Does How Science Is Taught Relate to Science Achievement in PISA?

Assessment Matters! is a series of policy-oriented research notes designed to explore educational issues in Canada and Canadian jurisdictions. These notes are based on the results of international and national assessment programs, including the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Categories: Assessment and evaluation, ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥ data and research

PCAP 2019 Technical Report

PCAP is highly complex methodologically, requiring intensive collaboration among stakeholders. The PCAP 2019 Technical Report describes those methodologies, along with other features that have enabled PCAP to provide high- quality data. The information gained by this pan-Canadian assessment provides ministers of education with a basis for examining the curriculum and other aspects of their school systems.

Categories: Assessment and evaluation, ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥ data and research, Elementary and secondary education, Literacy

CMEC Indigenous ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥ Data Webinar Series February – April, 2021

In February and April 2021, the Council of Ministers of ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥, Canada (CMEC) hosted a webinar series that brought together participants from across Canada for a discussion on Indigenous education data.

The webinar series focused on elementary and secondary education, exploring topics such as student completion pathways, data-sharing agreements, approaches to self-identification, use of Indigenous data, and linking quantitative and qualitative data. The list of topics was developed from discussions with provincial and territorial Indigenous ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥ Committee members and was informed by feedback from Indigenous education partners who have attended and participated in several of CMEC’s events pertaining to Indigenous education, such as the 2018 CMEC Symposium on Indigenizing Teacher ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥.

Categories: Indigenous ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥, ÀóÖ¦Ö±²¥ data and research