Overview

Understanding the provincial assessment results

This report shows district-level data on provincial assessments, including subjects, grade levels, and 2025 achievement targets. Three years of results help track your district’s progress.

Provincial targets
90% of students should meet or exceed expectations in language, math, and science at all school levels.

How to read the table

  • ELPA: Exempt/absent students are excluded from the calculation since it’s a graduation requirement.
  • Other assessments: All students are included except those absent. Exempt students count as “Below Appropriate.”
  • Comparison table: Also shows results excluding exempt/absent students.
  • Symbols:
    • NR = Not Reportable (too few students)
    • Blank = No students/program at that level
    • Dash = Assessment not given
  • French immersion: Grade 10 results are split by entry point (Grade 3 vs. Grade 6).
  • New assessments: Introduced in 2021–22; first full use in 2022–23.
Exemption rates overview

Some students are exempt if the assessment format doesn’t suit their needs, even with accommodations. Exemptions fall into three categories: academic (e.g., PLP-I), social/emotional, and unforeseen.

The table shows the percentage of students formally exempted.
More info: Protocols for Accommodations and Exemptions (PDF 787 KB).

Perception surveys overview

The annual student survey helps schools, PSSCs, districts, and the Department make informed decisions to improve education. Results support discussions on school practices and student learning.

In 2022, the Department partnered with the NB Health Council and Department of Health to combine two surveys into one. The integrated survey covers school effectiveness and wellness topics like nutrition, physical activity, mental health, bullying, and resilience.

  • Education results are on this site.
  • Wellness results are on the NB Health Council website.

Survey content varies slightly by grade level to match reading ability and topic relevance.

In November 2024, 10,675 elementary (Grades 4–5) and 32,596 middle/high school students (Grades 6–12) in the Anglophone sector participated.

Assessment reports

Exemption rates

Perception survey reports