Ontario standardized literacy test scores down, math results steady or improving [Video]

Fewer Ontario students in grades 3 and 6 are meeting the provincial standard in reading and writing compared to last year, while math scores are steady or slightly improving — though still low — according to new standardized testing results.

The Education Quality and Accountability Office results from the 2023-24 school year show that Grade 6 and 9 math results remain stubbornly low, with only about half of students meeting the standard, while 61 per cent of Grade 3 students met the standard, which has increased by one percentage point each of the past two years.

For Grade 3 students, 71 per cent met the provincial standard in reading, down two percentage points from the previous year, and 64 per cent met the standard in writing, down from 65 per cent the previous year.

For students in Grade 6, 82 per cent met the provincial standard in reading, down two …