Fraser Institute: Media Advisory; Awards for Excellence in Education Honour Ontario Schools for Academic Achievement
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/21/11 -- Educators from outstanding Ontario elementary schools will be recognized at the annual Awards for Excellence in Education on Thursday, November 24 at the Westin Prince. More than 300 educators representing 53 schools across the province will attend the reception and awards dinner.
The annual awards honour school teams (teachers, principals, support staff, and volunteers) in three categories of academic achievement. The Garfield Weston Award for Improvement in Academics recognizes elementary school teams that have experienced the fastest, most consistent improvement in their students' academic performance over the past five years. The Garfield Weston Award for Excellence in Language Arts recognizes elementary school teams whose students have excelled in reading and writing over the last five school years as reflected in their results on the Grade 3 and Grade 6 provincewide tests. The Imperial Oil Foundation Award for Excellence in Mathematics honours elementary school teams whose students have excelled in mathematics over the last five school years as reflected in their results on the Grade 3 and Grade 6 provincewide tests.
The Awards for Excellence are based on an analysis of student results data from the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) assessment. Out of 2,733 elementary schools whose test results were analyzed only the top 30 performers in each category were invited to participate in the awards.
Winning schools in each category will be presented with a $3,000 award. The two runners-up in each category will receive a $1,000 award. The remaining school teams will be recognized as Schools of Distinction.
A complete list of participating schools appears on the next page.
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Interested media are invited to the awards presentation and are asked to confirm attendance with Kendal Egli, Fraser Institute communications coordinator, at (604) 688-0221 ext. 517 or . School principals in attendance will be available for interviews and photographs.
Participating schools (listed by award category and community)
Note: Schools marked with an asterisk (i) are finalists (i.e., one of the top three schools in at least one of the categories).
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The Fraser Institute is an independent Canadian public policy research and educational organization with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal and ties to a global network of 85 think-tanks. Its mission is to measure, study, and communicate the impact of competitive markets and government intervention on the welfare of individuals. To protect the Institute's independence, it does not accept grants from governments or contracts for research. Visit .
Contacts:
Fraser Institute
Peter Cowley
Director of School Performance Studies
Cell: (604) 789-0475
Fraser Institute
Dean Pelkey
Director of Communications
(604) 714-4582
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