In math, 15-year-old students in Nova Scotia today are more than two years behind where they were in 2003.
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According to PISA results, Nova Scotia 15-year-olds are 27 points below the Canadian average in math.
From 2003 to 2022, B.C. math scores have plummeted by 42 points.
The province's math test scores have plummeted by 35 points.
Less than half of the province's Grade 10 students are proficient in numeracy.
The province's students dropped 22 points in science, 38 points in math and 21 points in reading.
COVID school closures clearly hurt student learning.
Quebec continues to be the highest-scoring province in math.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick are among the lowest-scoring provinces on both assessments.
When governments closed schools and disrupted learning, many families rediscovered the important contributions schools make to modern society.