BC 省高中教育的重大变革

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In addition to a revamped curriculum, B.C. students won't have to write as many provincial exams under changes in how students are assessed announced Thursday by the Ministry of Education.

The changes, which are due to take effect next year and this year during summer school, include:

Fewer provincial exams: instead of five exams, there will be two. Students will be assessed on core math and writing skills during their graduation program years.
More classroom assessment: instead of provincial exams, courses like science, social studies and language arts will be assessed in the classroom.
New course requirement for graduation: a course on career education will be required at the start of the 2017-18 school year.
Potential changes to report cards: parents will be consulted on the content and format of report cards during June to October, with potential changes coming afterwards.
Education Minister Mike Bernier says Grade 10 math and Grades 10 to 12 literacy concepts will be the only subjects to be formally tested starting in the next school year.

He says the focus will remain on the basics of reading, writing and math despite criticism from some parents who said students need, for example, more foundational math skills.

B.C. Teachers' Federation president Jim Iker said in a statement he supports the reduction in provincial exams, which he said "have tended to narrow the curriculum ... and have a negative impact on students' motivation".

However, Iker said the changes shouldn't be rushed. He also called for a "meaningful monetary commitment."

Modernizing the curriculum

B.C. is in year two of a three-year transition to a new curriculum, which was implemented by the Ministry of Education to "modernize" the education system.

During the current 2015-2016 academic year, teachers had the option to use the new curriculum in kindergarten to Grade 9.

Teachers endorse training plan for new curriculum
The new curriculum will be mandatory for the 2016-2017 year for K-9; by the 2017-18 academic year, it will be completely integrated into the K-12 program.

As part of the changes, the ministry has committed to including more Indigenous content — with a special focus on the history and legacy of residential schools — as well as new content dealing with the experiences of South and East Asian immigrants to the province.

New B.C. curriculum includes residential schools, Asian immigrant experience
The Ministry says the new curriculum will include flexible learning environments — where students can learn in the field — and put a greater focus on complex skills like critical thinking and communications.

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简单来说是高中的省考减少，只考数学和语文（英／法文）；教育大纲及毕业要求也将要改变。职业教育将更为重要。

Graduation Requirements for 2017/2018

To graduate, students will require 80 credits total, with a minimum of 16 at the grade 12 level, and 28 elective course credits. 52 credits are required from the following:
Two Career Education courses (8 credits) (replaces Planning 10 and Graduation Transitions)
Physical Health and Education 10 (4 credits)
Science 10 (4), and a Science 11 or 12 (4 credits)
Social Studies 10 (4 credits), and a Social Studies 11 or 12 (4 credits)
A Math 10 (4), and a Math 11 or 12 (4 credits)
A Language Arts 10, 11 & 12 (12 credits)
An Arts Education 10, 11, or 12 and/or an Applied Design, Skills & Technologies 10, 11, or 12 (4 credits)
The content and learning outcomes for Grad Transitions and Planning 10 have been distributed into new required Career Education credits and other required curriculum.
Provincial Exams and Assessment

The new Grade 10-12 curriculum is available for use in the 2016/2017 school year but is not yet mandatory. Current Grade 10 and 11 provincial exams do not align with the new curriculum that teachers may be using. However, current Grade 10/11 provincial exams will continue to be available until June 2017 for students who have completed associated course work by June 30, 2016.

Students do not take the new exams if they took the "old" course (or completed the courses before the 2016/17 school year).

The expectation is that students complete EITHER a Math 10 provincial exam OR the new math skills exam, and EITHER a Language Arts 12 provincial exam OR the New Language Arts-Literacy 12 exam, based on when they took the courses.

Students taking summer school courses in Math 10, Language Arts 10, Science 10, Social Studies 11 (or their equivalents) in the summer of 2016 will not have to write provincial exams for those subjects. Students taking any of the Language Arts 12 courses in summer 2016 WILL have to write the associated provincial exams.

Science 10, Social Studies 11, and Language Arts 10 (and their equivalent) provincial exams will not be replaced with another form of provincial assessment. These courses will now be assessed in the classroom, as happens for other courses. The Ministry is working to provide support materials for curriculum and classroom assessment.