The exams used to be worth half of students' end mark, but the Alberta government reduced the weight of diplomas from 50 per cent to 30 per cent in 2015.
During the 2020-21 school year, the province made all diploma exams optional as students dealt with the challenges presented from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Then, for the 2021-22 school year, the government cancelled January diploma exams and said all remaining diploma exams for the year would weigh just 10 per cent.
On Monday, Alberta's UCP government announced exams would be worth 20 per cent for the 2022-23 school year, returning to 30 per cent in the 2023-24 school year. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the decision comes after she spoke with more than 40 public, separate and francophone school boards and other stakeholders."This will assist in relieving additional pressures while boards prioritize success of all students," ABSA president Marilyn Dennis said.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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MeliGilligan It's should stay at 20%. Many CCSD_edu , Students in Grade 10 are also lacking the knowledge that they should have by now because they to lost so much learning in Jr. High
MeliGilligan Should have been 20% all along. I remember my grade dropping so much when it was 50%.
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