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. 2014 Jun 4;185(2):291–316. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2014.913586

Table A1. Description of outcomes examined.

Outcome Competencies assessed Level achieved
Grade 3 reading Reflects on and sets reading goals Needs ongoing help
Uses strategies during reading to make sense of texts Approaching expectations
Demonstrates comprehension Meeting expectations
Grade 3 numeracy Predicts an element in a repeating pattern Needs ongoing help
Understands that the equal symbol represents an equality of the terms found on either side of the symbol Approaching expectations
Understands that a given whole number may be represented in a variety of ways (to 100) Meeting expectations
Uses various mental math strategies to determine answers to addition and subtraction questions to 18  
Grade 7 math Orders fractions Emerging skills
Orders decimal numbers Developing skills
Student understands that a given number may be represented in a variety of ways Established skills
Uses number patterns to solve mathematical problems  
Uses a variety of strategies to calculate and explain a mental math problem  
Grade 7 student engagement Demonstrates and interest in his/her learning Emerging skills
Engages in self-assessment Developing skills
Is aware of learning goals of a unit of study and/or personal learning goals Established skills
Participates in lessons Inconsistent skills
Accepts responsibility for assignments  
Grade 8 reading and writing Understands key ideas and messages in a variety of texts Not meeting expectations
Interprets a variety of texts Approaching expectations
Responds critically to a variety of texts Meeting expectations
Generates selects and organises ideas to support the readers’ understanding  
Chooses language (word choices, sentence patterns) to make an impact on the reader  
Uses conventions (spelling, grammar and/or punctuation) and resources to edit and proofread to make meaning clear  
Grade 9 index The index was developed based on possible average marks in all classes and the number of credits earned during the grade 9 school year. A scaled logit score was created based on the rank categories each individual was assigned to (Roos et al., 2013)