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1 PAGE A2THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, NOVEMBER 8,2000 School board sets sights on improving students' test scores SCHOOL from pane AI The Grade 6 results arc "certainly "certainly indicating to us that we have some work to do," said Janice Mackenzie, educational services advisor. The tests, administered by the Province's Education Quality and Accountability Office, were held last May over five days, for two- and-a-half hours each day. Test questions were based on the new provincewide curriculum implemented implemented three years ago. Results from the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board are expected today (Wednesday), and school-byschool school-byschool results for both boards are to be made public Dec. 1. Students scored on a four-point system, with level four indicating the pupil is exceeding the provincial provincial standard. At level three, students students are meeting expectations. Level two students are approaching provincial standards, while scores at level one are considered to be well below expectations. One test doesn't tell the whole story on student achievement, noted Janice Mackenzie, educational educational services advisor. "Teachers continuously assess • their students' academic performance performance and modify their teaching practices accordingly, to help support support each student's learning," she Call Efjr Statesman at 623-3303 said. Jan Pomeroy, the board's principal of program, program, said now, it's a matter matter of looking at how scores can be improved. "We got what we got, and now we have to focus ahead," said Ms. Pomeroy. Board chairman Catherine Tozer agreed, saying, "The most important important part of test scores is how you act upon them af terwards." To that end, both individual individual schools and board staff will be coming up with action plans for improvement. improvement. Those plans are to be handed in to EQAO in March. "I think this is something something the board has to take seriously," said Erin Brown, a former parent council chairman who has been acclaimed to the po sition of Port Hope trustee, to begin her term after the Nov. 13 election. "We need to look at the results and find ways to work toward improvement ... We have to understand there have been a lot of changes in education for everyone, including including the kids." The board will have to set high goals for provincewide test results, says Ms. Lunt. "I believe we should set our goal above the provincial average," she noted. "We have to be very vigilant that we don't accept a standard as a ceiling." READY NEXT DAY *6 24 EXPOSURE 135mm Film Processing Konica BROKEN WINDSHIELD? GET SMART!!! WE PAY YOUR DEDUCTIBLE PLUS ... LINE PHOTO 1300 KING ST. E. 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