Near North District School Board Grade 9 Math and OSSLT Results

On September 24, The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) released the results of the Grade 9 Applied and Academic Mathematics Assessments and the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) that were written by all Ontario students during the 2013-2014 school year.

The Near North District School Board results for Grade 9 Applied and Academic Mathematics Assessments, in comparison to last year’s results, are as follows:

The results for Grade 9 Applied Math improved 2% from last year moving from 36% to 38% of students achieving at or above the Provincial Standard.  These results have steadily increased by 5% over the last 5 years and this trend is comparable to the Province-wide improvement of 7% in the same time frame.

Although Grade 9 Academic Math results declined last year, overall results remain consistent from year to year.  The Board will continue to closely examine the data and work towards the design and implementation of appropriate strategies to work towards improvement.

The Near North District School Board Grade 10 OSSLT results, in comparison to last year’s results, are as follows:

“Both Board and Provincial OSSLT results have remained relatively consistent over the last 3 years, but the Board results are lower than the provincial average. We will continue to examine the data to respond with the appropriate improvement strategies to support all students,” said Superintendent of Program and Schools Craig Myles.

The OSSLT is a provincial standards-based test of the reading and writing skills students are expected to have acquired across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9.  Successful completion of the literacy requirement is a necessary credential for graduation. 

EQAO results are important, but they are only one piece of the data that schools analyze and respond to in order to improve student achievement; schools consider all information such as assignments, teacher observations, pass/fail rates, and credit accumulation, attendance, among other data, in order to complete the picture and provide direction for instructional practices and supports