Secondary EQAO Assessment Results


Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics

The Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics conducted by EQAO measures student achievement of the grade 9 expectations in The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Mathematics, 2005 (Revised).   The assessment is intended to provide a snapshot of student achievement on the assessment unit and to supplement the comprehensive information that is collected by teachers from various classroom assessments.  The assessment provides multiple opportunities for students, enrolled in academic and applied math programs, to demonstrate what they know and what they can do in relation to the mathematical strands (number sense and algebra, linear relations, measurement and geometry, and analytical geometry) and categories (knowledge and understanding, thinking, communication, and application).

Student work was evaluated according to the expectations in The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Mathematics, 2005 (Revised) using a four-level assessment scale that reflects the four achievement levels in Grades 9 and 10: Mathematics, 2005 (Revised).  These four levels are as follows:

• Level 4 identifies achievement within the provincial curriculum that exceeds the provincial standard.

• Level 3 (the provincial standard) identifies a high level of achievement of the provincial expectations.

• Level 2 identifies achievement that is approaching the standard.

• Level 1 identifies achievement that falls below the provincial standard.

Assessment Results

Student performance in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, and across the province, remained stable from the previous year on the grade 9 assessment of mathematics. Of the students in Dufferin-Peel who took the Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics, 75% in the academic program achieved or surpassed the provincial standard compared to 71% of students across the province. In the applied program, 38% of the students in Dufferin-Peel met or exceeded the provincial standard compared to 35% of students in the applied program province-wide.

2005-2006 Board Report

2005-2006 School Results Report

Please note that Archbishop Romero Catholic S.S. offers an Alternative Secondary Program and as such, students do not complete the EQAO assessment.