Students
Students are the centre of everything to do with education. In this section, you will find information about students, tips to support their learning, and results from surveys and research conducted with students.
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2011
PISA 2009 Results: Learning to learn. Student engagement, strategies, and practices
OECD, 2011. The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a major international study conducted across the OECD and with several partner countries every three years.
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2011
Doing what matters most: How parents can help their children succeed at school
People for Education, 2011. Our researchers reviewed thirty years of research from Canada, the United States and England to see how parents can help their children succeed in school.
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2011
The Ontario Student Survey summary report
Ontario Student Trustees’ Association, 2010. The topical, student-designed survey of 2,656 students from across Ontario provides insight into student attitudes and experiences.
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2011
Students’ voices in Ontario schools, 2011
People for Education, 2011. This chapter from the Annual Report on Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools 2011, was written from a student perspective by the Ontario Student Trustees Association.
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2009
What did you do in school today? Transforming classrooms through social, academic and intellectual engagement
J. Douglas Willms, Sharon Friesen, Penny Milton, 2009.
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2009
Toronto parent census: System overview
Toronto District School Board, 2009. A survey of 95,000 parents in 2008 showed high levels of satisfaction with Toronto schools, but confirms troubling achievement gaps based on race, family income, family.
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2009
Canadian 9-year-olds at school
Statistics Canada, 2009 This study looks at the education of 9-year-old Canadian schoolchildren, exploring academic achievement, family background and children’s educational environment: The transition between the primary grades 1 to.
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2007
2007 Survey of Canadian attitudes toward learning
Canadian Council on Learning, 2007. This report includes findings from a survey of more than 5,000 Canadians.
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2007
Public Education in Canada: Facts, Trends and Attitudes
Canadian Education Association, 2007 A survey of Canadian attitudes towards education shows strong support for education, including a willingness to pay more taxes, and generally high support for the system. .
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2007
Toronto District School Board 2006 Student Census: System overview
Toronto District School Board, 2006. This report contains the results of a survey of 105,440 students in the Toronto District School Board.
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2009
2006 student census: Correlations of school experience with student demographics and achievement
Toronto District School Board, 2009 Student census data show significant differences in the school experiences of young people. Groups with less positive experiences at school — feeling unsafe, worse relationships.
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2006
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) — Ontario report
EQAO, 2006 This study analyzes Ontario’s results on an international reading assessment for grade 4 students, showing Ontario students among the best in the world, and improving. .