Profile of New Brunswick high school students: Their reading skills
This report provides a profile of reading skills of New Brunswick high school students. It focuses mainly on reading skills of males, females, as well as, Anglophone and Francophone students in New Brunswick.
Follow-up on Education and Labour Market Pathways of Young Canadians Aged 18-20 – Results from YITS Cycle 3
This longitudinal study used data from the first three cycles of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) to examine educational and labour market pathways of youth between ages 18-20 and 22 and 24.
Educational Outcomes at Age 19 Associated with Reading Ability at Age 15
This longitudinal study used the data from the third cycle of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) and from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to provide an initial look at the relationship between reading literacy at age 15 and two important educational outcomes at age 19: high school graduation and postsecondary participation.
Improving Reading Skills: Policy Sensitive Non-School and Family Factors
This research examined the relationship between the reading performance of Canadian youth aged 15 years old and their individuals, family and school characteristics. Data from the 2000 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) were used. The study revealed that family and individuals characteristics had a greater influence on reading achievement than school characteristics.
Measuring Up: Canadian results from the OECD PISA study
On December 6, the results from the 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Jointly, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Statistics Canada, and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada released a report entitled Measuring Up: Canadian results from the OECD PISA study, which presents first findings from the 2003 PISA study.
Aspirations of Canadian Youth for Higher Education
This paper examines educational aspirations of 15-year-old Canadian students, as well as, key influences on these plans. Data from the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was used in this research.
At a Crossroads: First Results for the 18 to 20-Year-old Cohort of the Youth in Transition Survey
Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada
January 2002
The Impact of Computer Use on Reading Achievement of 15-year-olds
Using data from the 2000 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), this report examines in detail the use and access to Information and Communication Technologies and its impact on reading skills of 15-year-old Canadians.
Reading achievement in Canada and the United States: Findings from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment
This report takes a close look at the reading performance of 15-year olds from Canada and the United States. Using data from the 2000 Programme for International Student Assessment, the report compares the reading skills of the two groups of students in light of their socioeconomic and school information, as well as types of policy practice.
Who pursues postsecondary education, who leaves and why: Results from the Youth in Transition Survey (http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/81-595-MIE/81-595-MIE2004026.pdf)
Education and labour market pathways of young Canadians between age 20 and 22: an overview (http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=81-595-M2004018)
In and out of high school: First results from the second cycle of the Youth in Transition Survey, 2002 (http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=81-595-M2004014)
Measuring up: The performance of Canada’s youth in reading, mathematics and science
Youth in Transition Survey: Project Overview
