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Data Source: BC Ministry of Education

The Transcripts and Examinations dataset contains individual student exam records on provincial and non-provincial examinable courses in Grade 11 and 12. The Provincial Examinations Program is designed to provide performance standards established at the provincial level. The program gives students the opportunity to demonstrate excellence and ensures that expected levels of performance for students are communicated to students, teachers and parents. The public is reassured that standards exist through accountability which is provided through data obtained from the marking process and ensures informed decisions are made in schools and in curriculum. The program also provides equity to students who plan to enter into post-secondary studies, or for employment purposes, and ensures that examinations development, administration and marking are carefully monitored for validity and reliability.

Provincial exams are developed by teachers and are based on provincial curriculum. The exams are marked by teachers from all over the province of B.C., and the process of each testing session is reviewed by an official legislated Board of Examiners. The provincial exam score is worth 40% of a student's final course mark, and the school mark is worth 60%.

• Population Coverage:
  • grade 11 and 12 students in the province of British Columbia
  • more than 150,000 exams are written each year by just over 55,000 students
  
  
• Information Collected:
  • student demographics
  • exam results
  • awards
  • transcripts information
  
  
• Information Used For:
  • Graduation certification
  • College admission
  • Scholarship awards

There are three major components in this dataset:

• The snap shot file: student demographics, graduation status and GPA;
• The provincial examinable courses file: course code, school and provincial exam marks for the course;
• The non-provincial-examinable courses file: course code and school mark for the course.

The BC Ministry of Education provides a series of Standard Reports summarized at the provincial level.

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