PVNC Catholic Sees Significant Gains From EQAO Math and Literacy Scores
/The Education Quality and Assessment Office (EQAO) released its results for school boards in Ontario for the 2024-2025 school year and the Peterborough Victoria and Clarington Catholic District School Board (PVNCCDSB) has shown significant progress.
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The results showcase the vastly improved results in literacy and mathematics across multiple grade levels at PVNCCDSB.
According to Stephen O’Sullivan, director of education, the results reflect the Board’s ongoing commitment to using the science of learning, rooted in explicit, high-impact instructional strategies, to support students in both literacy and mathematics and empower classroom teachers to grow in their content knowledge and pedagogical practices to address learning gaps head-on.
“We are extremely proud of the growth our students and educators have achieved in literacy and mathematics this year,” he said. “These results reflect the hard work, dedication, and innovative teaching strategies that our staff have implemented to close learning gaps and boost student confidence in literacy and mathematics. We will continue to provide opportunities for educators to build their content knowledge, and to grow in their confidence and efficacy with respect to both instructional and assessment practices to support continued student academic growth.”
Results:
Grade 3 Math: Students exhibited tremendous gains of 6.2 per cent, with 62.9 per cent of students now meeting or exceeding the provincial standard - outpacing the provincial year-over-year increase of 2.3 per cent.
Grade 6 Math: Results reflect a slight increase of 0.4 per cent, raising the success rate to 44.7 per cent, and reflecting a total gain of 6.4 per cent since 2021-2022.
Grade 9 Math: PVNC Catholic students’ success rate in relation to the provincial standard improved to 53.7 per cent, reflecting a total gain of 3.8 per cent since 2021-2022.
Grade 3 Reading and Writing: Reading proficiency grew to 71.2 per cent, an increase of 2.2 per cent from last year. Similar gains were realized in writing, with a result of 61.1 per cent, which marks a 2.3 per cent year-over-year increase.
Grade 6 Reading and Writing: PVNC Catholic students continue to excel in reading, while also demonstrating marked gains of 3.4 per cent, with 85.3 per cent achieving or exceeding the provincial standard, in line with the provincial average of 86%. Writing results also exhibited tremendous gains, with 84.5 per cent meeting the standard, marking an increase of 6.6 per cent.
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT): 78 per cent of first-time eligible students passed the test, close to last year’s result of 80.4 per cent.
