The tests are conducted as a way of seeing how students across Ontario are meeting provincial curriculum expectations in reading, writing and math.
Each year, students in Grades 3, 6, 9 and 10 are required to take part in testing, with some Grade 11 students also taking part this year, after having missed the opportunity to do so a year ago.
Locally, the Catholic Board outperformed the public board in most primary grade testing, but the opposite was true for the high school level.The Waterloo Region District School Board was above the provincial average in Grade 6 writing and math as well as Grade 9 math.It was on par with the province for Grade 3 reading and writing, grade 6 reading and the Grade 10 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test .
The Waterloo Catholic District School Board was above the provincial average in Grade 3 reading, writing and math, in Grade 6 writing and math but below the average in Grade 6 reading, Grade 9 math and the OSSLT. Scores were improved across the public board in mathematics for the over a year earlier, as were Grade 3 reading and writing.More on Canada
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