Longitudinal results of province-wide assessments in English-language schools : Résultats longitudinaux des tests provinciaux dans les écoles de langue française : tendances en matière de rendement des élèves et conséquences pour la planification de l'amélioration du rendement en mathématiques et en littératie

The four student pathways represent students who met the provincial standard in both Grade 3 and 6 (maintained the standard); did not meet the standard in Grade 3 but did in Grade 6 (rose to the standard); met the standard in Grade 3 but did not in Grade 6 (dropped from the standard); and did not meet the standard in both Grade 3 and Grade 6 (never met the standard). [...] Tracking Student Progress across Grades in Mathematics The analyses of mathematics results focused on the cohort of students who participated in the EQAO assessments in Grade 3 in 2005–2006, in Grade 6 in 2008–2009 and in Grade 9 in 2011–2012. [...] Of the 44% of students (13 374) who did not meet the standard on both the Grade 3 and Grade 6 assessments, 30% were successful in meeting the standard on the Grade 9 applied mathematics assessment and 70% did not meet the standard. [...] Student Attitudes The disparity between the attitudes of students who met the mathematics standard in Grades 3 and 6 compared to those who did not became more pronounced in Grade 9. Students who met the standard in the Grade 9 applied course with a previous history of meeting the standard improved in their attitudes about being good in mathematics, even though the percentage of students was lo [...] Students who did not meet the standard in the Grade 9 applied course mathematics expressed increasingly negative attitudes about mathematics from Grades 3 to 6 to 9. 3 Summary of Results: Academic Mathematics Progression in Outcomes across Grades The majority of students (92%) who met the mathematics standard in Grades 3 and 6 also met the standard in the Grade 9 academic course.