BC Graduation Assessment Preparation Online
Online tutors for BC Graduation Assessment preparation. Numeracy and literacy are assessed separately from any single course, and completing them is required to graduate under the B.C. Graduation Program.
BC students complete the Graduation Numeracy and Literacy Assessments to earn the Dogwood Diploma.
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The Three Graduation Assessments
Sat outside individual courses, and required for graduation rather than contributing to a course grade.
Numeracy 10
Grade 10 · Graduation requirement
- Applied problem solving
- Interpret, apply, solve, analyse, communicate
- Draws on learning from K to Grade 10
Literacy 10
Grade 10 · Graduation requirement
- Comprehension across texts
- Constructing written response
- Communicating ideas clearly
Literacy 12
Grade 12 · Graduation requirement
- Extended text analysis
- Higher-level written response
- Completed in the graduating year
Why These Assessments Surprise Strong Students
They do not test a syllabus, which is exactly why revising a textbook does not help.
Cross-Curricular by Design
Numeracy 10 draws on mathematical thinking developed from Kindergarten onward and presents it in real-world contexts. There is no single course to revise, which unsettles students used to studying a unit.
Process Over Answer
The numeracy assessment is built around interpreting a situation, applying an approach, solving, analysing and communicating the reasoning. Marks follow the thinking, not simply the final figure.
Retakes Are Permitted
Because the assessments sit outside any course, a student can attempt them again without repeating a class. Sitting them again unchanged rarely helps, but a targeted second attempt often does.
Proficiency, Not Percentages
BC reports these assessments on a proficiency scale rather than as a mark out of one hundred, which takes some getting used to.
Reporting scale
Four levels running from Emerging through to Extending
Numeracy 10
Taken in the Grade 10 year, required for graduation
Literacy 10
Taken in the Grade 10 year, required for graduation
Literacy 12
Taken in the graduating year, required for graduation
Assessment requirements, sittings and reporting are set by the B.C. Ministry of Education and Child Care and are revised periodically. Confirm current details with your school.
Preparing Without a Syllabus
The absence of a textbook makes these assessments feel unpreparable. They are not, but the preparation looks different.
Grades 8 to 9
Numeracy 10 draws on years of accumulated reasoning. Gaps in fractions, ratio and proportional thinking surface here, and this is the comfortable time to close them.
Early Grade 10
Work through sample assessments so the format, the length and the expectation to explain reasoning are all familiar before the real sitting.
Grade 10 sitting
Numeracy and literacy assessments completed during the Grade 10 year.
Grade 12
The Literacy 12 assessment, completed in the graduating year alongside course work and post-secondary applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What BC families ask us most often about graduation assessments.
Prepare for the thinking, not the textbook
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