Board Happy with EQAO Results

The Rainy River District School Board is pleased with the results of recent provincial literacy testing of its high school students in April.

Eighty-two per cent met or exceeded provincial standards.

Education Director Heather Campbell says that's on par from previous years.

"Although there was a slight decrease of 2 per cent from our last year's results, over time we continue to have strong results in the literacy tests," says Campbell. "We also managed to reduce our deferral rate. It means more students writing the test as opposed to postponing the writing of the test."

Campbell says the strong scores are the result of successful education programs in place.

Individual schools results show Atikokan High School had an 87-per cent success rate. Rainy River High was at 82 per cent and Fort Frances High in at 81 per cent.