Grade 9 math, long seen as the toughest link in Ontario’s new four-year high school program, may be starting to gain a foothold, with the latest province-wide test scores released today showing GTA ...

As predicted, math scores measured through standardized testing were dismal across both London-area school boards, echoing provincial results. But high school literacy assessment results were a ...

Ontario’s new Grade 9 math course is part of the province’s four-year mathematics strategy to ensure students have the skills they need for the future. Grade 9 math was last updated in 2005. There has ...

All students from kindergarten to Grade 9 in British Columbia public schools will now be assessed with a proficiency scale instead of letter grades. A statement from the Education Ministry said that ...

As public school trustees on Tuesday debated standardized test results showing more than 40 per cent of Grade 9 students failed their math exams last year, officials also confirmed that acceptable ...

Put down that calculator, teens — a new mental math component is part of the Grade 9 provincial achievement test (PAT) this year. Following Eggen’s move last year to add 15 calculator-free questions ...

Math Catchers visited Johnston Heights Secondary School in Surrey, BC. Our host was Ms. Ying Ting Lu, a math teacher. Many years ago Ms. Lu was a volunteer in one of the Math Catcher initiatives.

More than 40 per cent of Grade 9 public school students failed their math provincial achievement tests last year — bringing the state of math in Alberta to what parents are calling a “crisis.” ...