According to the school board, it scrapped exams to better support the mental health and well-being of students.
student performance
February 8, 2023
7:00AM
Tests are the best way to assess students on actual knowledge and skills acquired in a course.
January 18, 2023
10:41AM
The Toronto school board wants to lift the “veil of objectivity” from mathematics.
November 24, 2022
7:52AM
Ninety-two per cent of immigrant parents of K-12 children support standardized testing in schools.
November 14, 2022
8:01AM
Students are sometimes labelled “privileged” or “oppressed” based solely on their skin colour.
November 9, 2022
10:17AM
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick are among the lowest-scoring provinces on both assessments.
October 26, 2022
9:00AM
When governments closed schools and disrupted learning, many families rediscovered the important contributions schools make to modern society.
October 18, 2022
9:01AM
In London, the district’s director of education wants to reduce the number of student suspensions—despite violent incidents.
October 17, 2022
8:50AM
There’s a close link between background knowledge and reading comprehension.
October 12, 2022
9:18AM
The school board is telling Toronto teachers to “incorporate issues of social justice in mathematics learning.”