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DIRECT TO YOU * WORRY FREE GUARANTEED INSTALLATIONS Writing test in Durham yields positive results The writing skills of Durham's Grade 12 stu- dents are improving, ac- cording to results of a ma- jor review released by a consortium of four public boards of education. In 1992, the Ministry of Education and Training administered a Grade 12 writing review in school boards across Ontario. In 1993, the Durham, North York, Lakehead and Hal- ton Boards of Education developed a testing con- sortium to conduct stu- dent assessment initia- tives, including a repeat of the Grade 12 writing re- view in 1995 so that changes in the students' writing skills could be monitored and compared to earlier results. Just under 6,000 stu- dents in the four boards enroled in basic general or advanced level Grade 12 English course last spring participated in the review. In the Durham Board of Education, 94 per cent of 1378 advanced level stu- dents and 92 per cent or 1018 general level stu- dents took part. Since only 125 students were enroled in basic programs, their results were not recorded for the four board report. Each student wrote an es- say which was marked by teachers using a Ministry of Education and Training six point scale. The six point scale tells educators if students are writing at the expected level as de- termined by an indepen- dent panel of university and college teachers, par- ents, business and labor representatives, teachers and trustees. Highlights of the results include: In the advanced level program 76 per cent of Grade 12 students in 1995 performed at or above lev} el 4, compared with 62 per centin 1992. In the general level pro- gram, just over 83 per cent of Grade 12 students in 1995 performed at or above level 3 compared with 74 percent in 1992. Again 1n1995, females in both the advanced and general level programs scored higher than males. The Durham Board will Scugog bridge report Dec. 6 - Afternoon 4 Table Howell Avg. 42 First - Delaine and Ger- ry Dyer 53. 1 Second - Georgia and Ed Clark 47-1/2. Third - Doris Phinney and Judy Atkinson 44-1/2. Fourth - Grace Love and Bea Chapman 42. rock Evening 4 Table Howell Avg.42 First - Judy and Don At- kinson 51-1/2. Second - Doris Phinney and Georgia Brock 49. Third - Ed Clark Gord Morn 47-1/2. Fourth - Anne Scott and Joan West 45-1/2. and set up an interpretation panel consisting of about 15 staff and community members to examine the overall results and advise on recommendations to be included in the final re- port to trustees at the Standing Committee meeting of Dec. 11. Schools will release their individual results after this date. After mid Febru- ary, schools will release action plans which they will develop to address their individual school re- sults. The board also will release an action plan dealing with its overall re- sults. 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