The Education Quality and Accountability Office has released provincial data from its 2021-2022 assessments, which marks a return to the agency’s large-scale review of test scores after a pause for the prior two years.
The latest results from testing in the spring show just 52% of grade 9’s are meeting the Ontario standards, compared to 75% in 2018-2019, the last time the tests were conducted.
It’s 47% in grade 6, a drop of three per cent.
It’s better at grade 3 with 59% meeting standards, a slip of one per cent.
Grades 3’s also did slightly worse in reading and writing while the grade 6’s show slight improvements in those same areas.
Here is the complete breakdown:
Primary Division (Grade 3)
According to the data from the 2021–2022 EQAO assessments, Grade 3 student achievement results, which are given in relation to the provincial standard, have declined in literacy but have remained stable in mathematics, relative to those from 2018–2019.
Assessment results for all participating students:
- 73% of Grade 3 students met the provincial standard in reading (77% met the standard in 2018–2019).
- 65% of Grade 3 students met the provincial standard in writing (72% met the standard in 2018–2019).
- 59% of Grade 3 students met the provincial standard in mathematics (60% met the standard in 2018–2019).
Learners’ context:
- 74% of Grade 3 students indicated that they like to read, and 58% that they like to write.
- 72% of Grade 3 students indicated that they think they are a good reader, and 56% that they think they are a good writer.
- 69% of Grade 3 students indicated that they like math, and 61% that they think they are good at math.
Junior Division (Grade 6)
According to the data from the 2021–2022 EQAO assessments, Grade 6 student achievement results, which are given in relation to the provincial standard, have remained stable in reading and writing but have declined in mathematics, relative to those from 2018–2019.
Assessment results for all participating students:
- 85% of Grade 6 students met the provincial standard in reading (83% met the standard in 2018–2019).
- 84% of Grade 6 students met the provincial standard in writing (the same percentage of students met the standard in 2018–2019).
- 47% of Grade 6 students met the provincial standard in mathematics (50% met the standard in 2018–2019).
Learners’ context:
- 62% of Grade 6 students indicated that they like to read, and 54% that they like to write.
- 68% of Grade 6 students indicated that they think they are a good reader, and 48% that they think they are a good writer.
- 51% of Grade 6 students indicated that they like math, and 48% that they think they are good at math.
GRADE 9 ASSESSMENT OF MATHEMATICS
The Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics is a computer adaptive assessment that measures the mathematics skills students are expected to have learned by the end of the Grade 9 mathematics course according to The Ontario Curriculum. This year, a new universal and de-streamed secondary mathematics curriculum, against which the assessment is anchored, was introduced.
According to the data from the 2021–2022 EQAO assessments, Grade 9 student achievement results, which are given in relation to the provincial standard, have declined in mathematics since 2018–2019.
The number of participating students in the 2021–2022 Grade 9 cohort is smaller than in previous years due to unforeseen circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented some students from participating.
Assessment results for all participating students:
- 52% of Grade 9 students met the provincial standard in mathematics (75% met the standard in 2018–2019, when academic and applied results for that year are combined).
Learners’ context:
- 53% of Grade 9 students indicated that they like math, and 55% that they think they are good at math.
- 68% of Grade 9 students indicated that they think they understand most of the math they are taught.
