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Title	Secondary school leaving evaluation in Newfoundland, 1972-1976
Author	Bull, Norman Lloyd.
Description	Thesis (M.Ed.) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1977. Education
Date	1977
Pagination	[6], 118 leaves : ill.
Subject	Students--Newfoundland and Labrador--Rating of; Education, Secondary--Newfoundland and Labrador;
Degree	M.Ed.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline	Education
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Temporal Coverage	1972-1976
Notes	Bibliography : leaves 81-82.
Abstract	The major secondary school leaving evaluation in Newfoundland since June 1972 has been a system of shared evaluation between each school and the Department of Education. The Department of Education awards 50 percent of the students' final grades through the Public Examinations held in June of each year. The school awards the remaining 50 percent by a variety of in-school evaluation procedures. -- The purpose of this study was to determine, as far as possible, the degree to which shared evaluation has achieved its aim of providing a more valid assessment of student achievement while at the same time maintaining quality control and permitting a broadening of the curriculum. The study investigated trends in the distribution of mean marks and pass rates both for the school grades and the Public Examination grades. The final part of the study dealt with a questionnaire survey of 151 teachers in 53 randomly selected schools. The purpose of this survey was to collect data on school practices and teacher opinion regarding shared evaluation. The study covered the years from 1972 to 1976 for the four subjects, algebra, history, English and biology. -- Although the conclusions were confounded by a number of factors it appears that there is a general decline in mean marks and pass rates in the Public Examinations but not in the school examinations. Also the estimated magnitude of differences between schools expected due to random errors is much smaller than the differences permitted by the Department of Education. The results of the teacher survey indicated that the teachers are generally satisfied with shared evaluation and that the majority want no change at the present time.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	76005628
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(77.77 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Bull_NormanL.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	310827.cpd