The Equalizer

Too many Indigenous and decision-makers to understand and work on some of children, children of some racialized groups, children with Canada’s greatest challenges to children and youth well- disabilities and children in care are at the bottom of the being. [...] A light blue background indicates a place in the top third of the rankings, medium blue in the middle third, and dark blue in the bottom third. [...] But considering Canada’s fairly wide gaps in preschool access and in primary school reading Figure 7: More children can read in countries where the reading gap is achievement, our relatively high rate smaller vi Percentage of students achieving the Intermediate International Benchmark in of child poverty , the EDI and other reading at Grade 4 is higher where the gap in reading achievement is lower [...] EQUALITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOL Figure 13: Reading proficiency is greater in countries where the gap in Canada has both a high rate of reading achievement is smaller secondary school children achieving Percentage of students achieving basic reading proficiency at 15 years old is higher proficiency (89%, well above the 78% where the gap in reading achievement is smaller (2015) country average) and a c [...] Seven of the 10 is ranked the most equal country for provinces meet the 2030 Sustainable students in primary school, but is in the Countries with smaller gaps in reading Development Goal (Target 4.1.1c-2) for bottom third in high school.