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School Grades: Identifying Alberta's Best Schools, an Update

Johnson, David - C. D. Howe Institute - 2010

This study compares student outcomes at Alberta elementary schools where students come from similar socio-economic backgrounds, thus revealing “good” schools where principals, teachers and staff are making a positive difference in student performance. The study screens out the influence of...

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British Columbia’s Best Schools: Where Teachers Make the Difference

Johnson, David - C. D. Howe Institute - 2010

This study compares student outcomes at British Columbia elementary schools where students come from similar socio-economic backgrounds, thus revealing "good" schools where principals, teachers and staff are making a positive difference to student performance. This alternative means of...

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Ontario's Best Public Schools: An Update to Signposts of Success (2005)

Johnson, David - C. D. Howe Institute - 2007

How do parents, teachers, taxpayers and school administrators know if their children attend a good school? Parents, in particular, deserve more information than they can glean from parent-teacher nights or award-filled graduation ceremonies. More meaningful information would allow them to fairly...

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School Dropouts: Who Are They and What Can Be Done?

Richards, John - C. D. Howe Institute - 2011

While Canada has made progress in the past two decades in terms of lowering high-school dropout rates, those rates …

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Are Middle Schools Good for Student Academic Achievement? Evidence from Ontario

Johnson, David R. - C. D. Howe Institute - 2012

In neighbourhoods with falling student populations, policymakers should place a priority on closing middle schools and, elsewhere, avoid opening new ones. In this report, the author shows that middle school attendance increases the chance that students will fail provincially administered...

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Warning Signs for Canadian Educators: The Bad News in Canada’s PISA Results

Richards, John - C. D. Howe Institute

Institute. In “Warning Signs for Canadian Educators: The Bad News in Canada’s PISA Results,” author John Richards addresses some … mathematics – as assessed by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), according a new report from the C.D. Howe … concerning trends in provincial PISA results, in particular declining PISA math scores over the past decade in most provinces …

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What Policies Work? Addressing the Concerns Raised by Canada’s PISA Results

Richards, John - C. D. Howe Institute

? Addressing the Concerns Raised by Canada’s PISA Results,” author John Richards addresses six widely discussed education policies … that may reverse Canada’s falling PISA scores. Relying on the exhaustive background research undertaken by PISA, he … International Student Assessment (PISA) report, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute publication. In “What Policies Work …

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The Public Purse versus Private Wallets: Comparing Provincial Approaches to Investing in Economic Growth

Cross, Philip - C. D. Howe Institute

Investing in Economic Growth,” author Philip Cross, former Chief Economic Analyst at Statistics Canada and C.D. Howe Institute …

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Don’t Forget the Kids: How Immigrant Policy Can Help Immigrants’ Children

Busby, Colin; Corak, Miles - C. D. Howe Institute

rates for those arriving in Canada as teenagers, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Don’t Forget the Kids …

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The Payoff: Returns to University, College and Trades Education in Canada, 1980 to 2005

Boothby, Daniel; Drewes, Torben - C. D. Howe Institute - 2010

Among OECD countries, Canada has the highest percentage of postsecondary graduates in the population 25-64 years old … whether Canada has produced too many postsecondary graduates in general, or too many graduates from colleges or trade schools …

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