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Issues In Educational Accountability

Alberta teachers are committed professionals who view educational accountability as an important opportunity to improve learning opportunities for students. Teachers use multiple sources of information to provide for the ongoing assessment, evaluation and reporting of student progress.

Visit www.reallearningfirst.ca to learn more about assessment and accountability and to join the discussion on standardized testing in Alberta.

Setting the Direction

Phase Two has already begun

Setting the Direction is an important project to create a new framework to ensure Alberta students with special education needs get the supports they need to be successful.

Phase one consultations for Setting the Direction officially ended on December 31, 2008. During phase one input was gathered from approximately 3,500 Albertans who represent the views of students, parents and guardians, teachers, teacher assistants, school administrators, school authority staff, school board trustees, community support organizations and health care professionals. (Read more...)