Lakehead board elementary students show improvements in math and literacy
THUNDER BAY – The Lakehead District School Board has seen a marked improvement in literacy and math for elementary students.
Math assessments in Grade 3 and 6 improved over the previous year with 70.5 per cent of Grade 3 students meeting or exceeding provincial standards. This is up from 58.4 per cent in 2022-23. Grade 6 students also improved at 51.1 per cent, up from 43.9 per cent the previous school year. For Grade 3 writing, 75.8 per cent of students at Lakehead Public Schools met or exceeded the provincial standard, up from 68 per cent. Grade 6 students stayed roughly the same, decreasing slightly to 83 per cent from 83.5 per cent the previous year.Director of education, Sherri-Lynne Pharand, said they have ongoing work to do but the board believes these results demonstrate they are headed in the right direction.
“It helps all students to really grasp that important concept of reading in early years,” she said. “We also have significant intervention programs in place.”
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