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Originally posted by Taualumna
...My theory is this: Schools called "Collegiate Institutes" are historically more academically focused, with most students intending to enter university. Schools called "secondary schools" are mostly general high schools, and are actually "newer" (I can only think of two high schools in the old city of Toronto that are "secondary schools"...Northern and Rosedale Heights.) Students used to be streamed to different divisions, with collegiates preparing students for university matriculation and other schools for the work force. While non-collegiates are required to offer university prep courses today, collegiates offer few work force prep programs.
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Do you think there might be some bias when these results are calculated...I know it might sound a little out there, but do you think some of the results could be skewed in favour of some of the Collegiate Institutes?
I know the universities track the highschools and certain grades might be overlooked depending on where you go to highschool.
Now, I'm not saying that these students aren't smart and haven't worked hard and legitimatly know their material. But I'm just wondering. Maybe not so much with the provincial testing, but in other things
Just a though.