Education and Early Childhood Learning

Assessment and Evaluation

The department believes that the primary role of assessment is to enhance teaching and improve student learning, and supports this through the Provincial Assessment Initiative and the Provincial Assessment Program.

Assessment and Test Schedule - 2023/24

Grade 12 Provincial Tests will be administered in the 2023/24 school year, following the process and structure of the last administration in January 2020. Grade 10 Evaluations will be summative assessments of student learning in the fall and are cumulative to the end of Grade 9. The existing assessments in Early Years (Grades 3/4) and Middle Years (Grades 7/8) will continue.

The following assessments and tests will be administered in the 2023/24 school year:

Assessment and Test Schedule - 2023/24
Assessment / Evaluation	Administration Timelines
Early Years Assessment
Grade 3 Assessment – Reading, Lecture and Numeracy Grade 4 Assessment – French Immersion Lecture	Late October to December 2023
Middle Years Assessment
Grade 7 – Mathematics Grade 8 – Reading, Comprehension and Expository Writing	Late January to early March 2024
Grade 10 Provincial Evaluation
Mathematics, Reading and Responding	Fall 2023 (Dates to be confirmed)
Grade 12 Provincial Tests
English Language Arts 40S Note: Optional for Français and French Immersion Programs	Semester 1: January 9 to 12, 2024 Semester 2: May 27 to 30, 2024
Français langue première, 40S Note: Students’ preparatory activities start on the Wednesday prior to administration beginning.	Semester 1: January 10, 2024 (during Français class); and, January 15 to 16, 2024 Semester 2: May 29, 2024 (during Français class); and June 3 to 4, 2024
Français langue seconde, — immersion 40S Standards Test Note: Students’ Preparatory Activities start on the Wednesday prior to administration beginning.	Semester 1: January 10, 2024 (during Français class), January 15 to 16, 2024 Semester 2: May 29, 2024 (during Français class), June 3 to 4, 2024
Applied Mathematics	Semester 1: January 23, 2024 Semester 2: June 13, 2024
Essential Mathematics	Semester 1: January 24, 2024 Semester 2: June 12, 2024
Pre-Calculus Mathematics	Semester 1: January 25, 2024 Semester 2: June 11, 2024

The Role of Assessment in Learning

Assessment plays a major role in how students learn, their motivation to learn and how teachers teach.

Provincial Assessment Initiative

The focus of the Provincial Assessment Initiative is two-fold:

promoting effective classroom-based assessment and communication practices that maximize learning for all students
fostering the use of assessment data to improve student learning

Provincial Assessment Program

The Provincial Assessment Program supports learning by

providing feedback to students, teachers and parents about student learning
informing instructional planning and helping to determine the need for changes or student specific interventions
providing system-wide information that assists in identifying trends and making decisions about resources and support
providing the public with general information about student achievement to sustain confidence in the education system

Large scale province-wide assessments are conducted

in Grade 3
in the Middle Years at Grade 7 and 8

In addition, samples of Manitoba students participate in National and International Assessments.

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