More Upper Grand District School Board secondary school students met or exceeded provincial expectations on the Grade 9 Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) math assessment last year than the previous year.
Results for the Wellington Catholic District School Board, on the other hand, were down, with fewer students meeting or exceeding provincial expectations.
EQAO did not release provincial data for the 2014-15 school year because some boards did not participate in the latest assessment.
Public schools
Reports released on Oct. 28 indicate that 90 per cent of UGDSB students in the academic stream met or exceeded the provincial standard in the 2014-15 school year, compared to 88% the previous year.
In the applied stream 67% of students met or exceeded the provincial expectation compared to 59% the previous year.
“Our Grade 9 math test results this year are a testament to our hard working staff, and their implementation of our board’s long-term improvement strategies,” said board chair Mark Bailey in a press release.
“We look forward to future results as we adapt and improve our strategies even further.”
A total of 1,536 students in the academic stream and 758 students in the applied stream completed the assessment.
In the academic stream UGDSB males (92% met or exceeded the provincial standard) outperformed the females (89%); however, in the applied stream females outperformed the males 68% to 66%.
Results for UGDSB schools are as follows:
– Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute, academic 93%, applied 78%;
– Centre Wellington District High School, academic 88%, applied 66%;
– College Heights Secondary School, academic no data, applied 75%;
– Erin District High School, academic 95%, applied 67%;
– Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute, academic 92%, applied 58%;
– John F. Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute, academic 91%, applied 88%;
– Norwell District Secondary School, academic 87%, applied 65%; and
– Wellington Heights Secondary School, academic 80%, applied 66%.
Catholic schools
The report released last week shows the percentage of students in Grade 9 in the Wellington Catholic School Board (WCDSB) that met or exceeded provincial standards has dropped for students in both the applied and academic streams.
In the 2014-15 school year 86% of Grade 9 students in the academic stream met or exceeded the provincial standard compared to 91% the previous year; while 55% of students in the applied stream met or exceeded the provincial standards last year compared to 56% the previous year.
“We are very pleased with our overall results which have historically exceeded the provincial results,” said WCDSB director of education Tamara Nugent in a press release.
“Our in-depth analysis of our results by board, school and student helps us to personalize our professional development and instruction, enabling the greatest success possible for each one of our students.”
A total of 427 students in the academic stream and 100 students in the applied stream participated in the assessment.
In the academic stream, WCDSB males (88% met or exceeded the provincial standard) outperformed females (84%); while in the applied stream females outperformed the males 60 to 52%.
Results for WCDSB schools are:
– Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School, academic 92%, applied 39%;
– Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School, academic 85%, applied 61%;
– St. James Catholic High School, academic 80%, applied 63%; and
– St. John Bosco Secondary School, no data available.
