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Curriculum and Assessment

Curriculum is what students study in a particular course or class. Assessment is how teachers and our education system measure each student’s success in those studies.

We all want B.C. students to succeed. Curriculum and assessment provide a foundation for quality education that supports students to do just that.

  • BC Performance Standards
    Levels of student learning and performance in some key areas are described.
  • Foundation Skills Assessment
    Learn more about this province-wide assessment of student skills in basic areas of learning.
  • National and International Assessments 
    Find out about B.C.’s participation in assessments across Canada and the world.
    Learn more about this province-wide assessment of student skills in basic areas of learning.
  • Provincial Curriculum
    Review what students are taught within each subject at every grade level.
  • Provincial Exams
    Get information on the part provincial examinations play in assessing the learning of senior secondary school students.
  • Student Progress Reports
    See how report cards and other ways of reporting to parents fit into the larger process of assessing and supporting each student’s learning.