Administrators Handbook: Student Services Significant Dates
Diploma Exams
http://education.alberta.ca/admin/testing/diplomaexams/diplomabulletin.aspx
January Administration of Diploma Exams
For specific dates and schedules pertaining to each point please go to the link provided above.
November
• Deadline for all course transfers for diploma
examination courses
• Deadline for all January registrations and
payment of fees, if applicable
• Deadline for receipt of all January
accommodation requests for students with special
diploma examination writing needs
• Deadline to submit January Diploma Examination
Accommodation Request Transfer Form
December
• Exam Administration ships Shipment 1
(humanities Part(ie) A and B) diploma examination
materials to school authorities and schools
• Schools should contact their authority office or
Exam Administration if they have not yet received
their Shipment 1 diploma examination materials or
if there are errors or omissions in a shipment
January
• Exam Administration ships Shipment 2
(mathematics and science) diploma examination
materials to school authorities and schools
• Schools administer humanities Part(ie) A diploma
examinations according to the schedule
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, only written/used Part A
examination materials for English Language Arts
30–1 and English Language Arts 30–2;
unused/extra Part A materials may be kept at the
schools after the administration
• Superintendents/Principals must return only
written/used Part(ie) A examination materials for
Social Studies 30–1 and Social Studies 30–2;
unused/extra Part(ie) A materials may be kept at
the schools after the administration
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, only written/used Partie A
examination materials for French Language Arts
30–1; unused/extra Partie A materials may be kept
at the schools after the administration
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all Partie A examination materials,
used and unused, for Français 30–1
• Schools should contact their authority office or
Exam Administration if they have not yet received
their Shipment 2 diploma examination materials or
if there are errors or omissions in a shipment
• Schools administer humanities Part(ie) B,
mathematics, and science diploma examinations
according to the schedule
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all Part B examination materials,
used and unused, for English Language Arts 30–1
and English Language Arts 30–2
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all Part(ie) B examination
materials, used and unused, for Social Studies 30–1
and Social Studies 30–2
• School-awarded marks for students who have
received instruction in diploma examination
courses and who are registered to write the
January diploma examinations must be
postmarked or transmitted to PASI and Student
Records
• Principals should have a method in place for
informing students of their school-awarded marks
that were submitted to PASI and Student Records
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all examination materials, used
and unused, for French Language Arts 30–1 Part B,
Français 30–1 Partie B, and Biology 30
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all examination materials, used
and unused, for Applied Mathematics 30, Pure
Mathematics 30, and Chemistry 30
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all examination materials, used
and unused, for Physics 30 and Science 30
February
• Results Statements for the January
administration are distributed to students;
transcripts are available to students; and Lists of
Students’ Results are distributed to schools and
jurisdictions
March
• Deadline for receiving rescore requests from the
January session
• January school and school authority detailed
reports are available on the extranet
• January rescore results are distributed to
students
*Return shipment dates are dependent upon courier schedules.
**Requests for rescoring received after the deadline will be denied.
Note: In accordance with Section 4 of the Student Evaluation Regulation, Alberta Regulation
177/2003, a late return charge of $20 per late examination will be charged to schools for evaluation
materials returned to Exam Administration after a marking session is complete.
June Administration of Diploma Exams
For specific dates and schedules pertaining to each point please go to the link provided above.
April
• Deadline for all course transfers for diploma
examination courses
• Deadline for all June registrations and payment of
fees, if applicable
• Deadline for receipt of all June accommodations
requests for students with special diploma
examination writing needs
• Deadline to submit June Diploma Examination
Accommodation Request Transfer Form
May
• Exam Administration ships Shipment 1
(humanities Part(ie) A and B) diploma examination
materials to school authorities and schools
• Schools should contact their authority office or
Exam Administration if they have not yet received
their Shipment 1 diploma examination materials or
if there are errors or omissions in a shipment
May – June
• Exam Administration ships Shipment 2
(mathematics and science) diploma examination
materials to school authorities and schools
June
• Schools should contact their authority office or
Exam Administration if they have not yet received
their Shipment 2 diploma examination materials or
if there are errors or omissions in a shipment
• Schools administer humanities Part(ie) A diploma
examinations according to the schedule
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, only written/used Part A
examination materials for English Language Arts
30–1 and English Language Arts 30–2;
unused/extra Part A materials may be kept at the
schools after the administration
• Superintendents/Principals must return only
written/used Part(ie) A examination materials for
Social Studies 30–1 and Social Studies 30–2;
unused/extra Part(ie) A materials may be kept at
the schools after the administration.
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, only written/used Partie A
examination materials for French Language Arts
30–1; unused/extra Partie A materials may be kept
at the schools after the administration
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all Partie A examination materials,
used and unused, for Français 30–1
• School-awarded marks for students who have
received instruction in diploma examination
courses and who are registered to write the June
diploma examinations must be postmarked or
transmitted to PASI and Student Records
• Principals should have a method in place for
informing students about their school-awarded
marks that were submitted to PASI and Student
Records
• Schools administer the humanities Part(ie) B,
mathematics, and science diploma examinations
according to the schedule
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all Part B examination materials,
used and unused, for English Language Arts 30–1
and English Language Arts 30–2
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all Part(ie) B examination
materials, used and unused, for Social Studies 30–1
and Social Studies 30–2
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all examination materials, used and
unused, for Partie B Français 30–1 and French
Language Arts 30–1, Biology 30, Applied
Mathematics 30, and Pure Mathematics 30
• Superintendents/Principals must return, to Exam
Administration, all examination materials, used and
unused, for Chemistry 30, Physics 30, and Science
30
July 20, 2012
• Results Statements for the June administration
are distributed to students; transcripts are
available to students; and Lists of Students’ Results
are distributed to schools and jurisdictions
August 3
• Deadline for receiving rescore requests from the
June session
• June school and school authority detailed reports
are available on the extranet
• June rescore results are distributed to students
*Return shipment dates are dependent upon courier schedules.
**Requests for rescoring received after the deadline will be denied.
Note: In accordance with Section 4 of the Student Evaluation Regulation, Alberta Regulation
177/2003, a late return charge of $20 per late examination will be charged to schools for evaluation
materials returned to Exam Administration after a marking session is complete.