Fraser Institute Media Advisory: Fraser Institute's annual ranking of British Columbia's secondary schools coming Saturday, May 13

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - May 12, 2017) - On Saturday, May 13, the Fraser Institute will release the Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools, 2017, the go-to source for measuring school performance.

It provides parents with information they can't easily get anywhere else by ranking nearly 300 public and independent secondary schools based on seven academic indicators using student results from annual provincewide exams, grade-to-grade transition rates, and graduation rates

This year's Report Card spotlights which secondary schools have improved or fallen behind.

A news release with additional information will be issued via Marketwired on Saturday, May 13 at 5:00 a.m. (Pacific).

The complete results for all 293 secondary schools will also be available at www.compareschoolrankings.org.

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