FOUNDATION SKILLS ASSESSMENT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
FSA results show where individual students excel and where they struggle. FSA reading scores, for example, are a reliable predictor of a student's likelihood of completing school on time. Paying attention to individual student results allows parents and educators to make early interventions that will lead to success later in a child's schooling.
- Parents receive their child's results by March 31.
- FSA is not optional. Students in Grades 4 and 7 are expected to participate.
- 4.5 hours of assessment in Grades 4 and 7 can improve your child's educational success. [Read more]
[Minister MacDiarmid's open letter to parents]
This letter is available in French, Punjabi and Simplified Chinese.
News
AGREEMENT SUPPORTS CHILLIWACK’S ABORIGINAL STUDENTS
CHILLIWACK – Chilliwack MLA John Les and Chilliwack-Hope MLA Barry Penner were joined by Aboriginal community representatives and members of the Chilliwack board of education in signing British Columbia’s 48th Aboriginal education enhancement agreement.
B.C. AND U.K. STUDENTS LINK UP TO DISCUSS WORLD PEACE
VICTORIA – New York Times No. 1 best-selling author Dr. Greg Mortenson will share a message of peace with students across B.C. and around the world as part of the Olympic and Paralympic School Year’s student webcast series.
WESTSIDE ACADEMY EMBRACES SPIRIT OF 2010
PRINCE GEORGE – Westside Academy, which embraced global citizenship through their Adopt a Country program, is the winner in the silver level of the Spirit Schools Program, announced Premier Gordon Campbell.
2009-10 CLASS SIZE REPORT
VICTORIA – The fifth annual report on class size and composition shows that class sizes continue to be smaller today than they were prior to the class size and composition legislation that was brought in four years ago.
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