Table C.4.19
Percentage distribution, results of Grade 8 students on the Pan-Canadian Program Assessment (PCAP) reading assessment, by level of performance, Canada and provinces, 2016

Table C.4.19
Percentage distribution, results of Grade 8 students on the Pan-Canadian Program Assessment (PCAP) reading assessment, by level of performance, Canada and provinces, 2016C.4.19 Percentage Note 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage distribution Anglophone school system, Francophone school system, Total, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, At or above expected level of performance (Level 2 and above) and Above expected level of performance (Level 3), calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Anglophone school system Francophone school system Total
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 At or above expected level of performance (Level 2 and above) Above expected level of performance (Level 3) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 At or above expected level of performance (Level 2 and above) Above expected level of performance (Level 3) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 At or above expected level of performance (Level 2 and above) Above expected level of performance (Level 3)
percentage
Canada 12 73 15 88 15 12 78 10 88 10 12 74 14 88 14
Newfoundland and Labrador 18 71 11 82 11 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 18 71 11 82 11
Prince Edward Island 8 79 13 92 13 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 9 79 13 91 13
Nova Scotia 14 73 13 86 13 37 58 5 63 5 15 73 12 85 12
New Brunswick 16 73 11 84 11 23 73 4 77 4 18 73 9 82 9
Quebec 14 69 17 86 17 11 79 10 89 10 11 78 11 89 11
Ontario 11 73 16 89 16 19 70 10 81 10 11 72 16 89 16
Manitoba 17 74 9 83 9 30 68 3 70 3 17 74 9 83 9
Saskatchewan 16 74 9 84 9 15 78 7 85 7 16 74 9 84 9
Alberta 12 72 16 88 16 21 71 8 79 8 12 72 16 88 16
British Columbia 11 74 15 89 15 18 76 6 82 6 12 74 15 88 15
... not applicable
Note 1

The results for students in the French school system were reported as Francophone school system, and the results for students in the English school system were reported as Anglophone school system. The overall results (Total) for a jurisdiction represent those for students in both systems. Results for French immersion students who wrote in French were calculated as part of the English results since these students are considered part of the English-language cohort. Caution is advised when comparing achievement results based on assessment instruments that were prepared in two different languages. Despite extensive efforts to produce an equivalent test in both languages, each language has unique features that may make direct comparisons difficult.

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Notes: The Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) is a cyclical program of assessments that measures the achievement of Grade 8 students in Canada. It is conducted by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC). PCAP provides a detailed look at each of three core learning areas, or domains, in the years when it is a major focus of the assessment (reading in 2007, mathematics in 2010, science in 2013 and reading in 2016), along with a minor focus on the other two domains. PCAP, which was first conducted in 2007, has replaced CMEC's School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP). This table shows the distribution of PCAP scores across three levels of performance. Each level is defined as a specific range of scores, with level 2 being the acceptable level of performance for Grade 8 students.
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut did not participate in PCAP 2016.
Percentage distributions, which were calculated on rounded data, may not necessarily add up to 100%.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), Pan-Canadian Assessment Program, PCAP-2016: Report on the Assessment of Science, Reading, and Mathematics (Tables B.1 and B.2).
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