Media Advisory - Provincial Highlights of the 2016 Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics to Be Released

TORONTO, Aug. 30, 2016 /CNW/ - At 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) will release the provincial highlights of student achievement on the 2015–2016 Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Primary Division (Grades 1–3) and Junior Division (Grades 4–6), and the Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics. The highlights will be available on EQAO's Web site, www.eqao.com.

On September 21, EQAO will release individual reports for each elementary school and its board, as well as a full provincial report on the elementary school assessments. School and board reports will be released for the Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics as well as for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. A full provincial report on the secondary school assessments will also be released on this date.

Elementary schools and their boards will have their results under embargo until 10:00 a.m. on September 21. Schools and boards will be able to speak publicly about their results at that time.

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SOURCE Education Quality and Accountability Office

Angèle Dufresne, Communications Officer, 416-314-4327, [email protected]