KPDSB reviewing EQAO test results

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board says it’s pleased with the most recent province-wide test result.

The provincial government has released information from the Education Quality and Accountability Office.

Director of Education Christy Radbourne says overall, students in grades 3, 6 and 9 did quite well.

“We have seen as much as an 11 percent increase in our grade 9 mathematics,” points out Radbourne.

“We’ve seen up to 17 percent over the past two years in our grade 3 and another significant, 9 percent in our grade 6 scores.”

Radbourne says despite the fact the EQAO results were released late, they will continue with the math improvement strategy.

“We are definitely heading in the right direction. We have a long way to go still, and we know that. But we do know that the work we’re doing and the practice that teachers are using in the classroom and the resources they are using are really making a difference. So, we’ll be staying the course and expecting to see those numbers continue to rise.”

The other test EQAO administers is for grade 10 literacy, which students have to pass in order to graduate.