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;?V *r The Oakville Beaver Awarded ..IE PUBLIC LIB 2 0 NAVY STREET AXVILLE. ONTARIO L6I 2Z 4 ,2 0 0 1 ^ O ^ lA cu 3 ^ YVW OAKVILLE-CENTRE Dr. Jonathon Kazdan Dr. Steven Solomon Oakville Place Mall SMILE! Now Featuring SUNDAY BRUNCH 11 :3 0 am - 2 pm CALL FOR RESERVATIONS (0 0 5 )842-6030 (905) 842-5000 A Metroland Publication Vol. 39 No. 132 24 Pages 75 Cents Plus GST Halton test scores higher than average Students show improvements By Tim Whitnell SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Halton public school board officials praised the slow, but steady, improvements shown by students in the latest provincial test results. However, some still higher in the three subjects question the validity of the relative to the Ontario aver process. age. The Grades 3 and 6 test For Grade 3, only 58% of results were in the spotlight public board pupils achieved at Wednesday's school board Level 3 or 4 status in reading committee meeting. It was but that was better than the the first chance for trustees 50% average for boards and board officials to com across the province. Halton ment publicly on the data had 61% in Level 3 or 4 in since the government writing (Ontario's average, released board scores from 52) and 70% in both levels across the province in read in math (60). ing, writing and mathemat The Ministry of ics. Education considers Level 3 Once all teachers and the provincial standard; parents have been informed Level 4 signifies a student about their child's results, achieving above expecta the individual school data tions. will become public. For Grade 6, the public Education Superintendent board had average scores of Barry Finlay, who made the 59% (55, Ontario-wide) in presentation to the board, Levels 3/4 reading, 57% said that date should be no (53) in writing and 57% (54) later than Dec. 14. in math. In May, 3,052 Grade 3 Even with Level 2 stu students and 3,107 Grade 6 dents added, those approach students wrote the tests with ing the provincial standard, in the public board. the Halton public board was Like its Catholic counter even with or ahead of the part, the Halton public board Ontario average. continued its trend of having The sobering statistic, (See `Boys' page 4) Grade 3/6 students score INSIDE Photo by Riziero Vertolli today' s paper Special Supplements TH EY REM EM BERED: Grade 3 students Mark Canadic and Jill Renton each place a poppy on the memo rial for the Remembrance Day Ceremony at Holy Family School Friday. A field of poppies was created by hav ing each Grade 3 student at the school place a poppy on the memorial. Update......................... _____ 7 H ealth.......................... ____1 1 Travel............................. ____ 1R Sports........................... ____ 17 Classified..................... ____.20 Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435-201 Rabba Fine Foods, Fortino's, Fabutan. RexaHDrugs, Sears, Colgate Fleecy, Sears Furniture and Appliance cnnnomn TIR E C anadian T ire and O akville... A W inning C o m b in atio n ! itiiN iiA '. Canadian Tire's Athlete of the Week IjJ* .J m Andrea McLaughlin Charlotte Capaldo Andrea McLaughlin and Charlotte Capaldo shared four shutouts in five games in Chatham 1 tourney win. a iitA i a i jm t PtOA f> (tA K T O W N «*i 4 0 0 D un ifcact H i I * 2 5 ?< = T lft( Store? Moui-i: Mon In / a.m.-10 p.m. '.ill / .1 in.-1} p.m., iluu. 'J a.m.-O p.m. - t>*M 0 2 0 2 S to r e Hour:.: Mon.-oat. U 41.rn. 10p.m. &?**» K«=r« Way to go !!! { Visit your local Canadian Tire Store Sun. 0 a.m.-ti p.m.