Grade 12 provincial 40S language arts and mathematics test results are going to be published by the province.
The Manitoba government is bringing back the practice of publishing results from each school division in the province.
Pam Iwanchysko, the chairperson of the parent advisory council at the DRCSS, gives her thoughts about the province releasing these results.
“I think it’s critical. It’s really important, as a parent to understand where we’re at in regards to our education system and how our kids are faring with regards to the rest of the province. So I think it’s great that they are releasing those results.”
She had a chance to look over the results from the Mountain View School Division.
“I think it’s really important to stress where, for example, our local division is, in relation to results in terms of the averages. Within the Mountain View School Division, for example, they’ve really focused on the math and English skills. And although the ELA is still below the provincial average, the math skills are definitely going up.”
Education and Training Minister Kelvin Goertzen says that sharing the results will encourage school divisions to use the information benchmarks to monitor performance and to engage community members on solutions to local issues.
The province previously posted results at the division level but moved to release provincial-level results in 1999.
