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IN AUGUST of 1983, the Minister of Education, § 7 am , Bis
the Honourable Jack Heinrich, announced that

Provincial Examinations in Grade

12 academic

subjects would be required for the graduates of

1984.

The purpose of this pro-
gram is to ensure that Grade
12 students meet consistent
prpvincial standards of
achkiévement in the academic
subjects, and also ensure that
graduating students from*all
schools in the province will
be treated equitably When ap-
plying for jobs or for admis-
sion to universities and other
post-secondary institutions.

Students receive their final
mark for a course in the form
of a letter grade and this let-
ter grade is now determined
by averaging the percentage
mark earned at school, and
the precentage marks earned
on the provincial examina-
tion. For example, a student
earns a school mark of 78%
and an exam mark of 82%.

dicates, this results tn a letter
grade of ‘B’.

PERCENTAGE LETTER
RANGE GRADE
EQUIVALENT
86-100 A
73-85 B
67-72 C+
00-66 Cc
50-59 Pass
Below 50 Fail

The following charts show
the 1984 results based on
final mark printouts supplied
by the Provincial Govern-
ment. The percentage of
Argyle students receiving the
letter grades indicated is com-
pared to the percentage of

ENGLISH
Argyle %%

A
B
C +
Cc
P
fF

HISTORY
Argyle %
17.6
37.0
18.5
14.3
10.1
2.5

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+

GEOGRAPHY
Argyte %o

+
oesaka

FRENCH
Argyle % B.C. %
27.7 10.7
38.5 30.2
9.2 17.6
7.7 18.7
16.9 17.5
0.0 5.3
BIOLOGY
Argyle % B.C. %
9.8 8.4
34.0 25.4
22.0 16.3
7.1 19.3
12.1 23.0
4.9 7.6
PHYSICS
Argyle % B.C. %
21.9 12.0
40.6 29.8
12.5 16.7
9.4 18.6
12.5 17.3
3.3

His percentage mark for the provincial students who
course 1s 78 + 82 divided by 2. received the same etter
= 80%. As the chart in- — grade.

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