Assessment and Evaluation

Provincial Assessment Program

The primary role of the Provincial Assessment Program is to enhance teaching and improve student learning by  

  • informing instructional planning and helping to determine the need for changes or student specific interventions.
  • providing feedback to students, teachers and parents about student learning.
  • delivering system-wide information that assists in identifying trends and making decisions about resources and support.
Collection of Assessment Results
Collection of Grades 3 and 4 Assessment Results:
  • Grade 3 Assessment in Reading, Lecture, and Numeracy
  • Grade 4 Assessment in French Immersion Lecture
 Monday, October 20 to Friday, November 28, 2025
Collection of Middle Years Assessment Results:
  • Grade 7 – Mathematics
  • Grade 8 – Reading Comprehension and Expository Writing
 Monday, January 19 to Friday, February 27, 2026

The following assessments and tests will be administered in the 2025/26 school year.

Assessment, Evaluation and Test Schedule – 2025/26
Test/Assessment Administration Dates

Semester 1

Semester 2

Grade 12 English Language Arts Standards Test (Transactional, Literary, and Comprehensive Focus)
Optional for Français and French Immersion programs

Tuesday, January 6 to
Friday, January 9, 2026

Monday, May 25 to
Thursday, May 28, 2026

Grade 12 Français langue première 40S: Provincial Test
Students’ Preparatory Activities beginning the Wednesday before the test

Wednesday January 7, 2026
(during Français class)
and
Monday, January 12 to
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Wednesday May 27, 2026
(during Français class)
and
Monday, June 1 to
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Grade 12 Français arts langagiers — immersion 40S: Provincial Test
Students’ Preparatory Activities beginning the Wednesday before the test

Wednesday January 7, 2026
(during Français class)
and
Monday, January 12 to
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Wednesday May 27, 2026
(during Français class)
and
Monday, June 1 to
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Grade 12 Applied
Mathematics Achievement Test

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Grade 12 Essential
Mathematics Achievement Test

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Grade 12 Pre-Calculus
Mathematics Achievement Test

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

National and International Assessments:

 

Spring 2026

Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS)

 

Approximately 120 schools with Grade 4 classrooms in Manitoba will participate in this assessment.  Selected schools will be notified in late 2025.

Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP)

 

Approximately 10 schools with Grade 8 classrooms in Manitoba will participate in the field test.  Selected schools will be notified in late 2025.

Provincial assessment programming falls into the following categories:

Kindergarten: Early Development Instrument (EDI)

  • Classroom-based (assessment for and as learning) formative assessment of students in five domains of early child development as follows: physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication skills and general knowledge.
  • The reporting of results provides a baseline measure of children's development at school entry.

Grade 3 Assessment in Reading, Lecture and Numeracy and Grade 4 Assessment in French Immersion Lecture

  • Classroom-based, (assessment for and as learning) formative assessment of students in reading and numeracy.
  • The reporting of results is to inform parents of their child’s strengths and needs, and to guide instructional planning in the classroom. At the school, divisional and provincial levels, the gathering of data is used to examine trends and to make informed decisions to improve student learning.

Middle Years Assessment of Key Competencies in Mathematics, Reading Comprehension and Expository Writing

  • Classroom-based (assessment for and as learning), formative assessment of grade 7 students in student engagement, number skills and number sense, as well as of grade 8 students in expository writing and reading comprehension.
  • The report is based on the most recent, stable evidence of student achievement gathered and is used to inform parents, guide instructional planning and provide data to inform decision making at the school, divisional and provincial levels thus improving student learning.

Grade 12 Provincial Tests in Language Arts (40S) and Mathematics (40S)

  • Curriculum-based assessments developed by teachers in collaboration with the department
  • Administered at the end of each semester
  • Marked locally by teachers according to marking guidelines and training offered by the department
  • Tests count for 20 per cent of students’ final grades for Language Arts, Applied Mathematics, Pre-Calculus Mathematics, or Essential Mathematics

Participation in national and international assessments

The latest Canadian report from the PISA program is available on the Council of Ministers of Education website.

View samples of PISA Reading Items (Adobe Icon 64 KB) and their corresponding marking keys (Adobe Icon 29 KB).

The latest Canadian report from the PCAP program is available on the Council of Ministers of Education website.