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Annual Education Results Report (AERR) 2020 – 2021
Note: School authorities that chose to align their education plans, posted November 30, 2020, to the previous Accountability Framework, can opt to develop their 2020-21 AERRs according to those requirements or the requirements below. Regardless of the option chosen, all AERRs must be posted by November 30, 2021.
Overview
As part of a continuous improvement cycle, school authorities are expected to assess and interpret the results arising from implementing their education plan and report on their progress toward achieving the priorities and outcomes in their plan in their AERR. In addition, school authorities must also report on their performance and the actions taken to meet their responsibilities in key assurance domains.
In preparing their AERRs, school authorities compile and assess their results pertaining to the Alberta Education Assurance Measures (AEAMs) and local performance measures used in their education plans, as well as, the results from the required AEAMs for each domain. The use of both provincial and local measures provides a more balanced and complete assessment of progress on priorities and outcomes.
School authorities analyze their data, considering their local context, and develop insights, draw conclusions and determine implications arising from the results. These results are used to report on school authority performance and to determine where improvements are needed. In addition to AEAM results, school authorities must identify and report results from local measures that yield useful data related to key outcomes or elements of the domain, and/or provide a succinct description of the processes, programs/services and strategies that demonstrate how and to what extent, they are meeting their responsibilities in each domain (See “Required Local Component”) below. This also helps demonstrate that school authorities are considering and responding to their local context.
Taken together, the combination of standard and context-specific information, help provide a balanced and holistic account of school authority performance.
Through the AERR, school authorities share their results, situating them in their local context, and help stakeholders understand them. The AERR should provide stakeholders with accurate, accessible and easy to understand information about the progress and performance of the school authority in relation to priorities and key domains. School authorities are expected to actively engage with stakeholders to share results and report on progress toward achieving local priorities and meeting their responsibilities.
The AERR is prepared and approved by the school authority board. The report informs stakeholders about the progress the school authority is making in relation to achieving its priorities and meeting core responsibilities and is a key document for providing public assurance.
School authorities must post their approved AERR for 2020/2021 on their website in a publicly accessible format by November 30, 2021 consistent with submission of their Audited Financial Statements. School authorities must notify the appropriate Field Services Branch Director by email of the posting.
Requirements
Note: Due to optional participation in provincial assessments during 2020-21, the reporting requirements for the Student Growth & Achievement domain have been modified to provide flexibility.
School authorities have considerable flexibility to determine the form and content of their AERR however, the following requirements apply:
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