Accountability - Monitoring Student Achievement in Health Education
8.1.22 Accountability - Monitoring Student Achievement in Health Education
Education ministries and school districts were asked how they reported student achievement in health education. Respondents were asked to indicate which of several following reporting procedures were used.
The responses clearly indicate that these data are not forming a large part of the formal reports on system performance being developed or published by education authorities.
Less than 20% of education respondents reported that they reported student health achievement scores or indicators in annual reports, or that they assess the effectiveness of the health education program in respect to learning outcomes.
As well, very few education respondents were tracking the number of students who were opting to take health, physical education or family studies courses in senior high school grades.
Figure 106
Monitoring Student Achievement in Health Education |
MOE-18 |
SD-20 |
| Student
achievement scores are included in annual reports or indicators |
0.0 |
20.1 |
| Data on student selection
of health, physical education and family studies programs reported in annual reports or
indicators |
9.0 |
11.8 |
| Number of students opting for senior health, physical education or family studies courses is monitored | na |
22.1 |
| Evaluation done of the
health education curriculum within last three years |
18.2 |
10.8 |
| Reference
is made to student health behaviours in annual reports or indicators |
18.2 |
7.6 |
School principals
(SP-17) were asked several questions about student achievement in health education. They reported that: