Table C.4.13
Mean scores of Grade 8 students, Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) reading and science assessments, Canada, provinces and Yukon, 2010

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Table C.4.13
Mean scores of Grade 8 students, Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) reading and science assessments, Canada, provinces and Yukon, 2010
Table summary
 This table displays the results of Mean scores of Grade 8 students Language, Reading and Science, calculated using mean score and confidence interval units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  LanguageNote 1 Reading Science
mean score confidence interval mean score confidence interval
Canada English and French 500 497.8 to 502.2 500 498.0 to 502.0
Canada English 507 504.9 to 509.1 504 501.5 to 506.5
Canada French 480 476.4 to 483.6 487 483.7 to 490.3
Newfoundland and Labrador English and French 486Note * 480.8 to 491.2 487Note * 481.2 to 492.8
Newfoundland and Labrador English 486Note * 481.0 to 491.0 487Note * 481.0 to 493.0
Newfoundland and Labrador French Note ..: not available for a specific reference period ... Note ..: not available for a specific reference period ...
Prince Edward Island English and French 481Note * 472.0 to 490.0 493 482.8 to 503.2
Prince Edward Island English 482Note * 471.7 to 492.3 493 482.1 to 503.9
Prince Edward Island French Note ..: not available for a specific reference period ... Note ..: not available for a specific reference period ...
Nova Scotia English and French 489Note * 485.0 to 493.0 489Note * 485.0 to 493.0
Nova Scotia English 489Note * 485.5 to 492.5 489Note * 484.9 to 493.1
Nova Scotia French 475 472.1 to 477.9 501Note * 497.6 to 504.4
New Brunswick English and French 479Note * 475.1 to 482.9 487Note * 483.1 to 490.9
New Brunswick English 486Note * 480.7 to 491.3 489Note * 484.3 to 493.7
New Brunswick French 464Note * 459.5 to 468.5 482 477.0 to 487.0
Quebec English and French 481Note * 477.4 to 484.6 486Note * 482.2 to 489.8
Quebec English 492Note * 486.1 to 497.9 490Note * 483.8 to 496.2
Quebec French 480 476.4 to 483.6 486 482.5 to 489.5
Ontario English and French 515Note * 511.1 to 518.9 510Note * 505.9 to 514.1
Ontario English 517Note * 512.0 to 522.0 510 505.6 to 514.4
Ontario French 481 477.3 to 484.7 497Note * 493.4 to 500.6
Manitoba English and French 478Note * 474.2 to 481.8 486Note * 482.1 to 489.9
Manitoba English 478Note * 474.0 to 482.0 486Note * 481.5 to 490.5
Manitoba French 468Note * 464.0 to 472.0 482 478.2 to 485.8
Saskatchewan English and French 491Note * 487.1 to 494.9 488Note * 483.8 to 492.2
Saskatchewan English 492Note * 488.1 to 495.9 488Note * 484.2 to 491.8
Saskatchewan French 468Note * 460.0 to 476.0 486 478.5 to 493.5
Alberta English and French 506 502.0 to 510.0 515Note * 511.3 to 518.7
Alberta English 506 502.0 to 510.0 515Note * 511.7 to 518.3
Alberta French 490Note * 484.8 to 495.2 506Note * 500.3 to 511.7
British Columbia English and French 499 495.3 to 502.7 497 493.6 to 500.4
British ColumbiaNote 2 English 499Note * 495.1 to 502.9 497 493.3 to 500.7
British Columbia French 473 467.9 to 478.1 496 490.3 to 501.7
Yukon English and French 465Note * 457.9 to 472.1 478Note * 470.2 to 485.8
Yukon English 464Note * 456.7 to 471.3 478Note * 469.0 to 487.0
Yukon French Note ..: not available for a specific reference period ... Note ..: not available for a specific reference period ...
.. not available for a specific reference period
… not applicable
* The difference between the mean score for the province or Yukon and that for Canada is statistically significant (p< 0.05).
1.The results for students in the French school system were reported as French language, and the results for students in the English school system were reported as English language. The overall results 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.
2. The confidence interval for British Columbia for the 2010 science assessment in English is not statistically different from the corresponding confidence interval for the Canada average. The apparent lower confidence interval in British Columbia is due to rounding.
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, and science in 2013), 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).
The confidence interval represents the range within which the score for the population is likely to fall, with 95% probability. It is calculated as a range of plus or minus about two standard errors around the estimated average score. The difference between estimated average scores are statistically significant if the confidence intervals do not overlap.
Due to small sample size, results for students enrolled in French schools in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, and Yukon were not included in this table. They were, however, included in the calculations for the overall mean score in each jurisdiction.
The Northwest Territories and Nunavut did not participate in PCAP 2010.
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-2010: Report on the Assessment of Mathematics, Science, and Reading.
Updated May 1, 2012.
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