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students also performed above average with 77 per cent of its students acing the exam elizabeth crowe chairperson of the catholic board said the focus is now on those students who didnt pass the system is committed to further improving test scores on an annual basis and supporting students who have failed the test the first time throughshe said students can defer writing the test for a year if their ability to speak and write english isnt up to par but all stu dents including those with special needs must pass it to receive a diploma last week news of the test results reignited the debate about the value of mandatory tests with some arguing the test might encourage those 32000 stu dents who failed to drop out in despair education minister elizabeth witmer has said shell consider developing an alternative curriculum and diploma for students who arent heading for higher learning a move supported by york regions public school board the score results of the first provincewide grade 10 ontario secondary school literacy test in york region note all scores are reported using the eqaos method 2 results meaning only students who wrote the tests are included in the results students who were eligible to write the test but were deferred or absent on the day the test was given are not included numbers indicate percentage of students at each school who passed both the reading and writing parts of the exam york region district school board aurora high school 91 thornhill secondary school 90 markham district high school 89 newmarket high school 89 dr gw williams secondary school aurora 88 stouffville district secondary school 88 unionville high school 88 langstaff secondary school richmond hill 87 westmount collegiate institute thornhill 87 alexander mackenzie high school richmond hill 85 bayview secondary school richmond hill 84 thornlea secondary school thornhill 84 richmond hill high school 83 dr john m denison secondary school newmarket 81 middlefield collegiate institute markham 80 markville secondary school markham 79 sir william mulock secondary school newmarket 79 vaughan secondary school 79 king city secondary school 78 woodbridge college 74 huron heights secondary school newmarket 73 keswick high school 73 milliken mills high school markham 71 sutton district high school 67 maple high school pierre elliott trudeau high school markham york catholic district school board st augustine catholic high school markham 84 st elizabeth catholic high school thornhill 83 st robert catholic high school thornhill 83 cardinal carter aurora 82 brother andre catholic high school markham 81 sacred heart catholic high school newmarket 80 father bressani catholic high woodbridge 74 father mcgivney catholic high markham 71 holy cross catholic academy woodbridge 70 our lady of the lake catholic high keswick 67 st joan of arc catholic high school maple 67 st theresa of lisieux high richmond hill school opened in september