GNS School Leaders Use Results to Direct Constant Improvement Plans

Grande Yellowhead School Division’s leaders met in September to review last year’s Assurance Measure results, student achievement data from June Diploma exams, and June literacy and numeracy screens assigned to at-risk students in Grades 1, 2, and 3.  

Every fall, school principals and their admin colleagues analyze the Assurance Measure Survey Results report based on responses from the teachers, students in selected grades, and parents at their school.  Questions in the survey create a range of data points - focusing on Student Growth and Achievement, Teaching and Leading, Learning Supports, and Governance.  School leadership reviews the survey responses to identify areas to celebrate, and areas where further investigation is needed. Principals then include their teaching staff in a deeper review: teachers look at individual student and whole class achievement in the specific curriculum or course they teach - including the Provincial Achievement Test (PAT) results from June which are released in late October.

The Results Review process of data analysis and exploring the root causes for the results is critical to informing the current school improvement plan which identifies the actions the school will implement to meet student learning and achievement goals informed by the results review process. Principals share the plan with their School Councils for support and additional insights.

In the primary elementary grades, teachers in Grade 1 - 3 will soon be reviewing literacy and numeracy data from screens applied to all students in September. Kindergarten students also complete screens beginning in January.