Good News Found in EQAO Results

The Rainy River District School Board admits there is room for growth, but is pleased with the results of the most recent provincial tests written its grade three, six and nine students.

The percentage of students who achieved at or above the provincial level is below the provincial average in all areas, but Superintendent of Education Heather Campbell says the numbers do show improvements from previous years.

"I think on of our greatest learning from this past year's EQAO testing year is that while we're narrowing the gap between high and low achieving students we still need to continue to raise the bar," says Campbell.

Significant increases over time were seen in the result for Grade 3 and Grade 6 students achieving at Level 2 or a passing level.

70 per cent of grade 9 students in academic math and 66 per cent of Grade 3 students in Math achieved at or above the provincial standard.