WELLINGTON CTY. – Grade 9 and 10 students in both Wellington County school boards exceeded provincial averages on standardized testing in the 2018-19 school year.
Grade 9
In Grade 9 students take an Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) standardized math test.
A higher percentage of students from the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) and Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) met the standards than the provincial averages of 84 per cent for academic stream and 44% for applied stream.
In the UGDSB 91% of Grade 9 students in the academic stream met the provincial standard while 69% of the students in the applied stream met the provincial standard.
While the same percentage of academic stream students met provincial standards the last two years (91%), the number of students in the applied stream that met the provincial standard in 2018-19 was up six percentage points from 2017-18 (63%).
In the WCDSB, 88% of academic math students and 54% of students in the applied stream met the provincial standard.
While the percentage of students in academic math held consistent between 2017-18 and 2018-19, this year saw a slight drop in successful applied math students from 55% in 2017-18.
In the UGDSB boys out performed girls in both the applied stream (71% to 66%) and the academic stream (92% to 89%).
In the WCDSB in the applied stream boys out performed girls 68% to 33%; however in academic math stream the number of boys and girls who were successful were at par at 88%.
“As the Ministry of Education continues to focus efforts on improving outcomes in mathematics learning and achievement, we too have made this a priority in our professional development planning for the 2019-20 school year,” said WCDSB director of education Tamara Nugent in press release.
Grade 10
In Grade 10 students take the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). Again, both Wellington County School Boards has success rates higher than the provincial average (80%).
Eighty-three per cent of first time eligible students at UGDSB and 82% at WCDSB met provincial expectations.
At the UGDSB the percentage of successful students in 2018-19 was higher than the 79% success rate in 2017-18.
Whereas at the WCDSB the same percentage of students were successful this year and last year (82%).
In both boards girls outperformed boys:
– UGDSB: 90% of girls, 76% of boys; and
– WCDSB: 89% of girls and 74% of boys.
“The collection and reporting of this data is the necessary first step in the process of critical analysis,” UGDSB officials stated in a press release. “The data is used by school administrators and teachers to develop school improvement plans and specific action plans.”
UGDSB school results
– Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute, math: academic 39%, applied 67%; literacy: 91%;
– Centre Wellington District High School, math: academic 97%, applied 76%; literacy: 85%;
– College Heights Secondary School, math: academic no data, applied 72%; literacy: 31%;
– Erin District High School, math: academic 93%, applied 71%; literacy: 85%;
– Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute, math: academic 87%, applied 72%; literacy: 88%;
– John F. Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute, math: academic 92%, applied 88%; literacy: 86%;
– Norwell District Secondary School, math: academic 85%, applied 64%; literacy: 72%; and
– Wellington Heights Secondary School, math: academic 72%, applied 55%; literacy: 73%.
WCDSB school results
– Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School, math: academic 87%, applied 59%; literacy: 90%;
– Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School, math: academic 95%, applied 63%; literacy: 79%; and
– St. James Catholic High School, math: academic 83%, applied 46%; literacy: 77%.
