Provincial testing results are nearly at par with what they were in 2015-16.

Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) says 81 per cent of first-time eligible students successfully wrote the Grade 10 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test.

The rate was the exact same in 2016, down slightly from the 82 per cent success rate in 2015.

CLICK HERE for more on the provincial report on OSSLT.

The Grade 9 math testing also showed similar results. 83 per cent of academic students came in at or above the provincial standard in 2017, the same percentage as 2016.

For applied level students in the province, 44 per cent came in at or above the average. That’s down from 45 per cent in 2016.

Now the fun part, as we analyze the two participating local school boards.

DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ONTARIO NORTHEAST (DSB-One)
10 secondary schools make up this board, including Timmins High and Roland Michener in South Porcupine.

The OSSLT saw 90 per cent of eligible students participate fully, and a success rate of 67 per cent.

That 67 per cent mirrors the 2016 data for the test.

Data from the Grade 9 math tests were near carbon copies from 2016.

61 per cent of academic level students were at or above the provincial average, the same as 2016. And 36 per cent of applied students were at the average, up from 35 per cent.

NORTHEAST CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
Only one secondary school is with this board, that being O’Gorman High School.

They say for the OSSLT, 65 per cent of first-time eligible students were successful. That’s up 13 per cent from 2015-16. As well, 99 per cent of eligible students participated.

In terms of Grade 9 mathematics however, a big drop among academic level students. 64 per cent came in at or above the provincial average in 2017, down from 80 per cent just a year prior.

36 per cent of applied level students came in at or above the average, that’s up from 24 per cent.

CLICK HERE to see the full report, broken down by school board.

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