BC Schools - Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA)

BC Schools - Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) The results of the Grades 4 and 7 BC Foundation Skills Assessments in Numeracy, Reading and Writing from 2007/2008 to 2020/2021, and in Numeracy and Literacy for 2021/2022 onward. The results are considered a new dataset for 2021/2022 since the assessment combines reading and writing skills to form the Literacy component, and because a new vendor administered the assessment resulting in a different user experience. 2025-04-30 Government of British Columbia Educ.SystemPerformance@gov.bc.ca Society and CultureFSAassessmentsfoundation skillnumeracyreadingwriting Foundation Skills Assessment 2017/18-2020/21 Residents onlyCSV https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/bcb547f0-8ba7-451f-9e11-10524f4d57a0/download/foundational_skills_assessment_2017-18_to_2020-21_residents_only.csv Foundation Skills Assessment 2021/22 to 2024/25 Residents onlyXLSX https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/d7ab0924-6af8-45a0-94a6-6d391ddd88fa/download/foundational_skills_assessment_2021-22_to_2024-25_residents_only.xlsx FSA 2017/18-2020/21 field definitionsPDF https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/ccc5ae0c-922a-4c11-ad44-908d6ec8a873/download/fsa-2017_18-2020_21-field-definitions-2021-06.pdf Foundation Skills Assessment 2017/18-2020/21 Residents onlyXLSX https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/2f19fcfd-9852-4d20-82af-f0d5cd6f911e/download/foundational_skills_assessment_2017-18_to_2020-21_residents_only.xlsx Working with the FSA extract 2007/08 - 2016/17PDF https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/dbdd5aec-ca80-4308-9723-2316bc9e2f14/download/working-with-the-fsa-2007_08-2016_17-extract-2022-01.pdf Working with the FSA 2017/18-2020/21 extractPDF https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/2a189f70-b339-456c-b717-11b6a9a4e4d7/download/working-with-the-fsa-2017_18-2020_21-extract-2021-06.pdf Foundation Skills Assessment 2021/22 to 2024/25 Residents onlyCSV https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/d9377320-2c9e-4a3a-ba4a-af84ae3e344c/download/foundational_skills_assessment_2021-22_to_2024-25_residents_only.csv FSA field definitions 2021/22 onwardPDF https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/061cf0bc-0f39-494a-bbaf-9ceac7b28460/download/fsa-2021_22-onward-field-definitions-2025-04.pdf Extended description of FSAPDF https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/9156f09f-9ca6-4a3b-b682-6e93d7275c66/download/extended-description-of-fsa-2023-08.pdf Working with the FSA 2021/22 onward extractPDF https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/ed1be47e-10a9-44a5-98eb-92587667f9ff/download/working-with-the-2021_22-onward-extract-2025-04.pdf FSA field definitions 2007/08 - 2016/17PDF https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/5f6d7594-5645-4cda-980b-87195d1c1c16/download/fsa-2007_08-2016_17-field-definitions-2022-01.pdf Foundation Skills Assessment 2007/08 to 2016/17 Residents onlyCSV https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/222af302-ecf7-47f1-8c14-52f8476201e4/download/foundational_skills_assessment_2007-08_to_2016-17_residents_only.csv FSA Frequently Asked QuestionsPDF https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/29b5e505-bede-4100-8def-a29a92f77734/download/fsa-faq-2023-08.pdf Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca)HTML https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-schools-foundation-skills-assessment-fsa- Foundation Skills Assessment 2007/08 to 2016/17 Residents onlyXLSX https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/5554165d-e365-422f-bf85-4f6e4c9167dc/resource/a573edb3-5c67-40a4-a6a9-4e1272f431f2/download/foundational_skills_assessment_2007-08_to_2016-17_residents_only.xlsx

The results of the Grades 4 and 7 BC Foundation Skills Assessments in Numeracy, Reading and Writing from 2007/2008 to 2020/2021, and in Numeracy and Literacy for 2021/2022 onward. The results are considered a new dataset for 2021/2022 since the assessment combines reading and writing skills to form the Literacy component, and because a new vendor administered the assessment resulting in a different user experience.

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