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Vancouver schools: but ‘it

was dropped because it was
felt it didn’t meet the. in-
dividual tieeds of. the. pupils
or their teachers. Then in

requirement,

: _The ‘District policy on
testing is to grant individual
schools autonomy in test
selection, the grades in

“which to administer the test

and the use of the test
results. The only .-
says Shk-
warok, is that there be a

“school c

- flexibility in helping:
evaluate student vaokieve.

ment, he explains.

Whether or not to use the
CTBS or any” other
achievement.test is therefore
left up to the individual

purposes

school, though most West
1975 the District FC - formal testing’ program in. Van teachers use the CTBS:~
introduced standardized each’ school. The District The results are of use to 2
testing according to: each feels that a policy of this type

school's needs. provides

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he’ skills. which he should
‘have acquired. However, the

CTBS. results are ‘not. used
directly: for
“because. pupil
achievement here is assessed: -

“by the teacher on a more

comprehensive basis than a
Score on‘a single test, .

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“The CTBS takes five hours -
teacher who can see whether .to write and is.usually spread

the student needs to improve out over a week. The answer-.

sheets are sent to Toronto to
-be computer-scored. The
scores are returned within
two weeks along with an
analysis of each student's.
performance compared to
the national norm. The
CTBS is used mainly.in the
_ elementary school though it
-can'be given to a Grade

report. . ‘card.

“more people,”

i.—_-_becanse,

The results of the CTBS

generally. show West Van |
students on the -average ©
alniost half a year dhead of

other Canadian students.
‘Shkwargk explains: such
results -on the basis of: ex-
cellent. school- facilities,
teaching, and the nature of
the
community. .

“School isn’t getting any |

easier. It’s more available to
explains
Shkwarok, responding to
criticism by. university
_ professors of our high : school
-graduates,

You may remember the -

IQ test of the 1960's. It has
now gone out the window

West: Vancouver

“too much_em=—

"phasis was placed on- in-

Significant differences. in
1Q’s,” ’ Shkwarok said.

- At the secondary level
‘students may get a scholastic
aptitude -test to assist in
program planning. In the
Career Education” program

‘in high school, - vocational -

interest inventories are made
available to students.

The results .of © stan-
dardized_ tests are available |
to parents upon request to
the. principal or. teacher.
About 90 per cent.of the
children in each grade write
a Standardized achievement

a

test, toward the end of the
“school year.

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