The BC Performance Standards have been developed by educators for voluntary use in schools. They describe standards and expectations for the following key areas of learning:

• Reading (English, French Immersion and Francophone)
• Writing (English, French Immersion and Francophone)
• Numeracy (English, French Immersion and Francophone)
• Social Responsibility (English, French Immersion and Francophone)
• Information and Communications Technology Integration
• Healthy Living
  
  

Using the BC Performance Standards

Teachers are encouraged to use these guidelines to help:

• Monitor, evaluate and report on individual student performance.
• Identify students who may benefit from intervention.
• Develop group profiles of students for making teaching decisions.
• Start dialogue with parents, students and other teachers about student performance.
• Collaboratively set goals for individual students, classes or schools.
• Inform professional development activities.
• Develop evidence for school growth plans.
• Provide models for designing performance tasks.
• See the four levels of student performance used to assess each student.

Find out how the standards support learning.

Review the four levels of student performance.