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Overview

The Government of the Northwest Territories is asking for feedback on the proposed changes to the Student Records Regulations.

The proposed changes to the regulations are intended to increase communication between the Minister and education bodies by establishing mechanisms for the exchange of information between education bodies and the Department of Education, Culture and Employment.

The proposed mechanisms would:

• Permit the Minister to access student records for the purposes of evaluating school programs and monitoring student progress.
• Permit school staff to disclose information in a student record to an education body or to ECE.

The Department of Education, Culture and Employment is also in the process of implementing a new Northwest Territories adapted curriculum based on the British Columbia curriculum and large-scale student assessments. The transition from Alberta to British Columbia curriculum necessitated updates to the regulations to remove specific references to Alberta, generalize the terminology and update the information contained in the student record.

These proposed updates are in part due to feedback from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, which identified areas of improvement for the GNWT to collect and use data to monitor the education system, identify and address gaps, and ensure the system is working toward improving student outcomes. The proposed updates to the Student Records Regulations allow the GNWT to access this information provided by education bodies for internal monitoring purposes, while ensuring personal privacy is protected. Improved access to data will help the GNWT evaluate and monitor student progress and inform decisions to improve student outcomes.

For more details on the proposed changes to the Student Records Regulations, please read the plain language summary.