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~Grade 10 Bishop Reding high sehool students score high in literacy testing Bishop Reding Secondary School students score 2 per cent above Catholic school board average and whopping 17 per cent above provincial resuits Bishop Reding Secondary School pa.ssed with flying colours. Recently-released schoof-by-schoof resufîs of tihe 'trial administration' tesîing ot Grade f0 stu- dents reveafed tisat the Mifton high schoof had a successfuf completion rate of 78 pcr cent. This is slightf y higher than the Halton Catholic District Schoof Board's 76 passing per centage - which was wef I above the provincial mark of 61.1 per cent. The testing was conducted by Ontario's Education Quality and Accountabifity Office (EQAO), and will become mandat ory for graduat- ing staeting next year. 'Tie (Haiton) board is ver pfeased with the above-average achievements of our grade f0 stu- dents in Ibis 'triaf administration' of the Provincial Liîeracy Test." said tise board's Director of Education Fred Sweeney. "These resufîs cfearfy validate the board's com- milment lu the devefopment of the criticaf readtng and writsng skiffs that our graduates possess. "Our students and staff are 10 be highf y com- mended for their continuing commitiment and entisusiasm in embracing the new provincial cur- riculum and expectations. At the Halton Cathofic District Scisoof Board, our staff devefop self- directed, responsible fifelong leamners who demon- strate God-given potentiaf." Added the board's Superintendent of Education Diane Rabenda, "The fine resufîs by our students and staff on Ibis assessment result from a variety of factors. "We believe thal the development of critical lit- eracy skiffs. starting in lthe eari y years and nurtured lhroughoul the student's academic career, thmough the colfaborative efforts of school, home and church, combîned wilh a consistent board empha- sis on basic leaming skiffs, the provision of appro- priste learnîng resources and continued staff devel- opmenl are collectivef y accounitable for these out- standing achievemenls." While cefebrating this success. Ms Rabenda uras quick 10 note that the EQAO assessment resulîs wif I be used 10 provide assistance 10 those students who didn't successfull y complete the test thîs flu. "Teachers urili work with these students and their parents to use feedback from thse test and from the students' daily classroom work in order to develop strategies for improving reading and wnit- ing skiffs," she said. The resuits Iisted aboie are based on Method 1 îesîing. Method 2 resuits show Bishop Reding scored an 80 per cent successfui completion rate. 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