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Grade 6 reading and ' ”lg. ‘ : assistant director of edu- math met the provincial â€" ‘ a : tatioii at the (‘atholit average. while Grade 9 ’ A board. said he wasn’t academic math results w m 4 . c...“ 1 interested iii (‘Ultlpbllllun showed oiin a one point , a . ‘ K ._ ’ m: l . between the boards. or increase over 2010. ’ fr. 7: I even between dilfereni Grade 9 applied math ,‘ , . .;_ _ .- : schools. results went down a point ' ’3 a ‘ q‘ ' i "We don’t even try to lroni 40 per cent to 39 per T l f “ toiiipare." Rodrigues cent .. ‘ . 3‘ l‘ i‘ l' it said “Both the boards Eighty-four per cent of ‘ - I , l“ ' have great teachers in students met level three " g their schools. for math testing and , ._. A ”lo-l W ll". "n" Wh” grade 3 reading and m” Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear, Perimeter Institute Director Neil Turok, and Ophelia and Mike Lazaridis, do the work.- ing results moved up who founded the think tank for theoretical physic. cut the ribbon on the new Stephen Hawking Centre Saturday afternoon. The ”‘9 WM" h”‘"d ““5 {mm per ‘9’“ to l,“ and new centre will be one of the biggest in the world housing more than 250 scientists and trainees over time. minim more below provincial slanr ()8 per cent respectively. dards in three Ulll‘tll four Rannev said ublic . a. a. WP Doors open on new Stephen Hawking Centre Education and Qtiality~ emphasis put on math . g ‘ . ‘ ' 4 Accountability om“. at'liievenit't‘it to get By Boat/imam Mike lazandis, the coâ€"(IEO of Research Flaherty who said tanadas private sector l testing, The only one it stores up. 7 ”WW”? 51"” in Motion whose initial $100 million has to do a better Job of funding research 1 met was Grade 6 math. 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