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Latest standardized tests results of students in Ontario were released on Wednesday, which showed that the students are still struggling with math. It was highlighted that math scores for grade six students from the province’s Education Quality and Accountability Office have proved that students face difficulty while applying their knowledge especially when it comes to problem solving.
During a speech at a public library in downtown Toronto today, Education Minister Liz Sandals pointed out that although students are actually doing well at solving math questions, they actually struggle at applying their knowledge to real-life problems. Sandals stated that “where the kids are struggling is the problem-solving and critical thinking part of the curriculum,” adding that “so, it’s when they’re asked to use those math facts to solve more real-life problems, that’s when we find we have too many kids who are struggling.”
The results showed that the proportion of grade three students failing the provincial standard has decreased from 71 per cent in 2010 to 67 per cent, while the grade six students meeting the standard have also lessened by seven points to 54 per cent. Meanwhile although the scores are improving slightly in both academic and applied courses of the secondary level students since the last five years, majority of the students in an applied course still do not meet the provincial math standard. Additionally, the result showed that 90 per cent of students who failed to meet the standard in grade nine also failed to do so when they were in grade six.
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