PVNC Catholic Reports Steady Progress From Latest EQAO Literacy and Math Results
/The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) released the latest results for Ontario school boards from the 2025-2026 school year, showing significant boardwide progress in literacy and across Priority Schools in mathematics within PVNC Catholic.
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“We are extremely proud of the growth our students, educators and administrators have achieved in literacy and mathematics this year,” said Stephen O’Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Education Officer.
The following are the results:
Grade 3 Reading and Writing: Reading proficiency grew to 76.7 per cent, an increase of 5.5 per cent from last year. Similar gains were realized in writing, with a result of 66.2 per cent, which marks a 5.1 per cent year-over-year increase
Grade 3 Math: Students exhibited gains of 2.4 per cent, with 65.3 per cent of students now meeting or exceeding the provincial standard, which mirrors provincial results and outpaces the provincial year-over-year increase of 1.5 per cent
Grade 6 Reading and Writing: PVNC Catholic students continue to excel in reading, with 84.2 per cent achieving or exceeding the provincial standard. Writing results exhibited gains, with 86.2 per cent meeting the standard, slightly above the provincial result
Grade 6 Math: Results across PVNC Catholic Priority Schools indicate the number of Gr. 6 students who have met the provincial standard in math has increased by 21 per cent since 2021-2022
Grade 9 Math: PVNC Catholic students’ success rate in relation to the provincial standard was 51.8 per cent
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT): 78.2 per cent of first-time eligible students passed the test, which mirrors last year’s results
