Standards for
Students’ Writing 2012
• Narrative / Essay Writing
English
Language Arts
Grade 9
Contacts
Assessment Sector Achievement Testing Branch
Phone
OR toll-free
FAX
Mailing Address
780-427-0010
310-0000, then dial or ask for 780-427-0010
780-422-4474
Alberta Education
Box 43
44 Capital Boulevard
10044 108 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 5E6
Email Addresses
Achievement Testing Branch Director
Ken Marcellus
Ken.Marcellus@gov.ab.ca
Grade 9 Humanities
Assessment Standards Team Leader
Grade 9 Humanities Examiner
Harvey Stables
Harvey.Stables@gov.ab.ca
Laurie Paddock
Laurie.Paddock@gov.ab.ca
Other Information
Follow these steps for easy access to the Alberta Education website:
Step 1: Type education.alberta.ca
Step 2: Click on “Administrators”
Step 3: Under “Additional Programs and Services,” click on Provincial Testing
Step 4: Under “School and School Authority Results,” click on Achievement Tests
On the “Achievement Tests” web page, there is a specific link to Subject Bulletins. These bulletins provide students and teachers with information about the achievement tests scheduled for the current school year. Please share the contents of the Grade 9 English Language Arts Subject Bulletin with your students.
Also on this web page is a specific link to Examples of the Standards for Students’ Writing. These samples are intended to be used to enhance students’ writing and to assist teachers in assessing student writing relative to the standards embedded in the scoring criteria in the scoring guides.
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