Media Advisory - EQAO to release school and board results of province-wide
testing and full provincial report

TORONTO , Sept. 16 /CNW/ - At 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2009 , the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) will release student achievement results by school and school board for the 2008-2009 Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Primary Division (Grades 1-3) and Junior Division (Grades 4-6), and the Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics. Schools and boards will be able to speak about their individual results at this time.

EQAO will also release its full report entitled Ontario Student Achievement: EQAO's Provincial Report on the Results of the 2008-2009 Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Primary Division (Grades 1-3) and Junior Division (Grades 4-6), and the Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics: English-Language Schools. The report includes subgroup and contextual data, a summary of findings, strategies for success and profiles of schools that are using provincial assessment results to support their own improvement planning. These schools are notable for their demonstration of leadership, proactive initiatives, data-driven strategies and whole-school approaches to help every child succeed.

The Provincial Report and school, school board and provincial results will be posted on EQAO's Web site, www.eqao.com.

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For further information: Katia Collette, Communications Officer, [phone], [email protected]