The province is field-testing a new, less stressful standardized Grade 9 math test this school year, amid criticism from the teachers’ union that this should not be done in the middle of a pandemic.

Peel school board officials are pleased with the number of students meeting provincial standards in reading, writing and math, but there is real concern about the huge the number of teenagers still ...

Teacher job action has left some students unprepared for the upcoming EQAO Grade 9 test so local school boards will have the option to delay it, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday. The ...

The Thames Valley District school board says a standardized math test for Grade 9 students has been delayed at least a week. But students may not write the test administered by the Educational Quality ...

Standardized Grade 9 math tests show a disturbing gap between academic and applied level students, educators say. According to school-by-school test scores released last week, 52 per cent of Grade 9 ...

Simcoe County's school board says it doesn't feel there'd be adequate supervision or support in place for students to take the test due to the job action by OSSTF members ...

The Ontario government is leaving it up to school boards to decide if a standardized math assessment for Grade 9 students, scheduled to begin next week, will go ahead in light of ongoing job action by ...

The latest round of Grade 9 provincial math tests is giving Hamilton’s public school board rare cause for celebration on the subject.