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Huron -Perth Catholic schools score high on literacy tests
Stew Slater
The literacy successes of the Huron -
Perth District School Board are being
trumpeted by Ontario's education
administrators.
On June 13, the Education Quality
and Accountability Office (EQAO), which
administers provincially -standardized
.r -
tests in Grades 3, 6, 9 and 10, sent out a
news release highlighting the Grade 10
literacy results from St. Michael Catholic
Secondary School in Stratford.
Meanwhile, through its involvement
in an exclusive group of administrators
chaired by the Education Ministry's
Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, the
board will host a group of visitors from a
Northern Ontario school board that's
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hoping to boost its literacy results.
The St. Michael release came in the
wake of last week's announcement of
results from the annual Ontario
Secondary School Literacy Tbst (OSSLT).
This yew, first-time writers in the Huron -
Perth board achieved the highest level of
success among all Ontario school boards.
Ninety-one per cent of the board's stu-
dents passed, compared to a provincial
average of 84 per cent.
The EQAO release explains St Michael
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