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Nearly half of Ontario’s Grade 6 students are failing the provincial standards on math, according to newly released testing data, triggering a new system-wide review of the school curriculum and education resources.

Education Minister Paul Calandra says he will release standardized testing results next week, after holding them back from publication to study them. Isaac Callan reports.

Education Minister Mitzie Hunter stopped by The Morning Show to address concerns with this year’s EQAO results.

Ontario’s education minister says the province is providing the education system with more than $26 billion. As Morganne Campbell reports, the province is also reinstating EQAO testing for Grade 3 and 6 students.

Ontario teachers are back on the sidewalks in rotating strikes with no talks since the middle of December. Now, word that EQAO testing is in real jeopardy of being cancelled. Stephen Lecce addresses the press on Wednesday at Queens Park.

Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced on Wednesday that the EQAO math test results released on elementary students, more specifically Grade 6 students, are significantly disappointing.

Grade 10 students in Ontario have April 10th circled on their calendars, or perhaps, their teachers and parents do. April 10th is the date of the mandatory “Grade 10 Literacy Test”, which is a “diploma requirement”: that means, you must pass THIS test in order to pass high school. Kawartha Pine Ridge Disctric School Board...

Education Minister Mitzie Hunter announced on Wednesday that teachers in Grades 1 to 8 will spend 60 minutes per day on math. The announcement came the same day EQAO testing results showed Ontario students at all levels are getting worse in mathematics.

Wed, Sep 21: Province-wide, the numbers show only half of Grade 6 students meet the standard, and those numbers have trended downward over the years. Ontario’s Education Minister used the occasion to showcase the province’s new $60 million math strategy implemented at the start of the school year. Mark Carcasole reports.

Wed, Sep 20: Earlier this month, the province announced a curriculum overhaul and math will be first. EQAO test scores have remained flat or fallen among third and sixth graders. As Shallima Maharaj reports, the province is vowing to beef up supports in year two of their renewed strategy to boost math results.

Mon, Oct 24: The provincial agency that tests Ontario students for mathematics and literacy says a coordinated cyberattack was responsible for shutting down online testing last week. As Sean O’Shea reports, they’re not confident that the same thing wouldn’t happen again.