Ontario’s elementary students are getting better at reading, but they continue to struggle at math.
The latest test results from the Education Quality Accountability Office show the number of grade 3 and grade 6 students meeting the standards for reading has improved since 2014.
Of students who wrote tests back in the spring, 75% of grade 3 students met the standard, a 4% increase.
There was a 3% improvement among grade 6 students with 82% meeting the standards in the 2018 testing.
In math, 61% of grade 3’s met the standard this year, a 6% decrease from 2014.
The number of grade 6 students meeting math standards fell 5% to 49%
At the secondary level, 84% of Grade 9 students met the standard in the academic course and 45% in the applied course.
The results for specific schools and school boards will be released later in September.
