| School Identifier |
The key variable can be used to link school information to the student's file. |
SCHOOLID |
| Province |
Province where the school is located. |
PROVDV |
| Language System |
Language of the school system within the province and a stratum variable when applicable. |
LANGSCH, PROVLANG |
| School Location |
Administrator's report on the community population size where the school is located. School location |
SC01Q01 |
| Urban/rural status of the area where the school is located as defined by Statistics Canada. |
EAURBRUR, URBRURMZ |
| School Demographics |
The number of girls/boys enrolled in the school, the total enrollment, and the percentage of girls. |
SC02Q01:02, SCHLSIZE, PCGIRLS |
| School Type (ownership) |
Ownership of the school (public or private) and the funding sources of the school |
SC03Q01, SC04Q01:04, SCHLTYPE |
| School Type (religion) |
Whether the school is with or without religious affiliation |
SC23Q01 |
| Grade Levels |
Grade levels offering in the school |
SC05Q01:14 |
| Instructional Time |
Instructional time for 15-year-old students in the school and derived hours of schooling per year. |
SC06Q01:03, TOTHRS |
| Admission Policy |
Factors considered when students are admitted to the school. |
SC07Q01:07 |
| Program Destination |
Percentage of 15-year-olds in study programs with different destinations towards further education or labor-market |
SC08Q01:06 |
| Program Determinant |
Importance of factors in determining the study program of grade 10 students in the school. |
SC09Q01:05 |
| Transfer Factors |
Factors may result in the transfer of a grade 10 student in the school to another school. |
SC10Q01:06 |
| Quality of School Physical Infrastructure |
School principals' reports on the extent to which learning by 15-year-olds in their school was hindered by: poor condition of buildings; poor heating and cooling and/or lighting systems; and, lack of instructional space. An index is derived from the above information. |
SC11Q01:03, SCMATBUI |
| Quality of Schools' Material Educational Resources |
School principals' reports on the extent to which learning by 15-year-olds in their school was hindered by: lack of instructional material; not enough computers for instruction; lack of instructional materials in the library; lack of multi-media resources for instruction; inadequate science laboratory equipment; and, inadequate facilities for the fine arts. An index of the quality of schools' educational resources is derived after. |
SCQ04:09, SCMATEDU |
| Special Resources |
Availability of special courses for gifted students or low achievers, special tutoring and room for doing homework with staff help |
SC12Q01:05 |
| Computer Facilities |
Number of computers in school; the availability of computers to 15-year-old students, teachers, and administrative staff; connection of computers to internet or intranet; and derived indices for each aspect. |
SC13Q01:06, RATCOMP, PERCOMP1:5 |
| Staffing and Quality of Human Educational Resources |
Full-time and part-time teacher composition, student-teacher ratio, teachers' education level and qualification for each type of course, and professional development of teachers. |
SC14Q01:18, STRATIO, PROPQUAL, PROPCERT, PROPREAD, PROPMATH, PROPSCIE, SC15Q01 |
| Evaluation of Students |
Type of evaluation used to assess students, frequency of communication on students' performance to parents, principal and administrators and the usage of evaluations of students. |
SC16Q01:05, SC17Q01:03, SC18Q01:06 |
| Teacher-Related Factors Affecting School Climate |
Principals' reports on the extent to which the learning by 15-year-olds was hindered by: low expectation of teachers; poor student-teacher relations; teachers not meeting individual students' needs; teacher absenteeism; staff resisting change; teacher being too strict with students; and students not being encouraged to achieve their full potential. An index is derived for principals' perceptions of teacher-related factors affecting school climate. |
TEACBEHA, SC19Q01, SC19Q03, SC19Q07, SC19Q08, SC19Q11, SC19Q14, SC19Q16 |
| Student-related factors affecting school climate |
Principals' reports on the extent to which learning by 15-year-olds in their school was hindered by: student absenteeism; disruption of classes by students; students skipping classes; students lacking respect for teachers; the use of alcohol or illegal drugs; and students intimidating or bullying other students. An index is derived for principals' perceptions of student-related factors affecting school climate |
STUDBEHA, SC19Q02, SC19Q06, SC19Q09, SC19Q10, SC19Q13, SC19Q15 |
| Teachers' Morale and Commitment |
The extent to which school principals agreed with the following statements: the morale of the teachers in this school is high; teachers work with enthusiasm; teachers take pride in this school; and, teachers value academic achievement. An index was derived for principals' perceptions of teachers' morale and commitment |
TCMORALE, SC20Q01:04 |
| Teacher Shortage |
The principals' views on how much learning by 15-year-old students was hindered by: shortage or inadequacy of teachers in general and in each type of courses in language, math, and science. An index is derived from these information. |
tcshort, SC21Q01:04 |
| School Autonomy and Teacher Autonomy |
School principals' reports on the person who had the main responsibility for issues of administration, staffing, compensation, financing, admission, teaching material and course portfolio. A PISA index of school autonomy is derived from the number of categories that principals classified as not being a school responsibility. Also, a index of teacher autonomy was derived from the number of categories that principals classified as being mainly the responsibility of teachers. |
SC22Q01:12, SCHAUTON, TCHPARTI |
| Semestered Program |
Whether the school offers a semestered program to grade 10 students. |
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| Working Experience Program |
Proportion of enrollment of students in a working related course/program and the selection policy for that program. |
SC25AQ01, SC25BQ01:09 |
| Special Program |
Whether the school offers and focuses on special programs, such as language immersion program, second language program, arts/sports targeted program, trade/vocational program, program targeting low achievers or gifted students, and alternative program. |
SC26Q01a:b, SC26Q02a:b, SC26Q03a:b, SC26Q04a:b, SC26Q05a:b, SC26Q06a:b, SC26Q07a:b, SC26Q08a:b, SC26Q09a:b, SC26Q10a:b, SC26Q11a:b |
| Partnership with Business |
Whether school has an ongoing partnership with business and benefits the business provided through the partnership, ranging from learning materials, working opportunities, to funding |
SC28AQ01, SC28BQ01:08 |
| Graduates' Destination |
principal reported percentage of last year's gradates went on to university; college, CEGEP or other post-secondary; or other destination |
SC29Q01:05 |
| Efforts to help at risk students and school drop-outs |
Efforts to help at risk students stay in school or encourage dropouts to return to school through various methods: contacting parents, closing monitoring, incentives for better performance, tutoring by teacher and by peer, alternative or flexible program, work education, counselling for personal/academic/career issues, recommendations and referral, childcare, etc. |
S30AQ01:02, S30BQ01a:b, S30BQ02a:b, S30BQ03a:b, S30BQ04a:b, S30BQ05a:b, S30BQ06a:b, S30BQ07a:b, S30BQ08a:b, S30BQ09a:b, S30BQ10a:b, S30BQ11a:b, S30BQ12a:b, S30BQ13a:b, S30BQ14a:b |
| School Weight |
The school base weight, which has been adjusted for school non-response. Please see codebook for details. |
wnrschbw |
YITS Cohort A - High School Characteristics
