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f ittstsg bsssssrsssfe tg sas sgfc ts s4vmmjk ej i l z 3 rjt x education public sodrd releases grdde3 test results -7- avyt v v s z v j 5 vi ballahtrae takes top honours among markhartiam sp i j r v vf bymikeadler i writing- at tvel 3 or bettev for- example- affwriter i v jumped to 84 from 34 on paper- third graders at ballahtrae fppllill at parkview public school in unionville public outperformed all others in bbbbbmmsb l where higherleyel scores averaged highest eastern york region on provincial tests last lbbbbbbbbbbmbbkbbbblmb3bbbbbttbbmb among the markham schools principal year sbibbspfls the partnership thesirigle grade 3 class at tlie stouffviile ihmirliiilffi thptvorim thf panpntctparhprcanh ctnwtc school came closest in the public boards east district on average to seeing every child meet the provinces expectations for reading writing and math but principal kathykobelski though shes proud of the 36 children who took the r jtestsaidtheresults are only one measure of how the school is doing its hot the beralland ehdallbf how a studehtwould progress she said you cant compare one group of kids with another group of kids v at milliken mills public school where the averaged percentage of good or better results was the lowest in the east the princi- pal was unapologetic the staff here are dedicated people and thestudents are sec ond to none lynn ravesi said local principals like ravesi stressed the testing was differentand done in very differ ent conditions than testing the year before but- even considering the differences many schools were more successful last year at getting students to score at level 3 the 4an impressive 86 per cent of the parkview t- students reached the top two levels in math compared to a respectable61 the year before j another school that had concentrated on writing- coppard glen in milliken mills sjboasted 85pefcenf of its studehts at higher srlevelsrupfrqm 52 the previous yeaiy x v gpppard glehsschdol corfiniuriity istyery -v- staff photosjoerd wiheveen ballahtrae public school principal kathy kobelski right with the grade 4 class arid teachers rosannecliff arid joarrhazlewodd whichdid very well on the grade 3 lastyear j i 7 m- new provincial standard or higher s 92 the highest in yorkregion one of the most notable notsurprisingly the group alsofecdrdec an 80 per cent although milliken mills tublicschool came m well below the regionaland provin cial averagesj ravesi said she was proud of student achievement in writing lower per centages of however reached levels 3or 4 in the reading and math cater gories she said the school introduced the boards reading recoveryprogram in grade wasballantfae where kobelski said the vhigherlevel achievement in math lip 50 per hast yearand is planning parent workshops teacher took particular care toprepare stu centfrbm the year before derifsfbr the tests writing portion whitchurch highlands public school the percentage scoring at levds 3 and 4 also in stouffviile made gains almost as only at 36 for tlieprevious test shot up to a impressive its percentage of third graders on reading and tutoring of younger children by -older- students next year well use the information from the test- wisely to improve learning for our students she said schoolbyschool comparison the numbers- 7ftese scores indicate how each public elemen tary school performed on the grade 3 testing last year for reading writing and math studentswere graded bn a scale of one to four with most falling in levels two and three the numbers reflect the percentage of students who finished at levels ihreeand four those percentages were then averaged for ranking purposes level three is the provincial standard for grade 3 students f rankschool i t reading writing math avg i rankschool reading- writing math avg rankschool reading writing math avg 1 roweivaleth 89 2 ej sandth t 86 3 j lr bell n fe 96 4 rqsedale heights th fr 87 5 mount albert eg 91 6 bayview faiiwaysth 81 tjrhomhillm 80 8ballantraest 75 9 deer park k 85 10 parkview u 83 11 doncrest rh 83 12 baythomth 88 88 100 95 92 100 93 91 8992 83 83 84 84 7583 78 90 83 78 90 83 92 80 82 67 94 82 72 86 80 72 85- 80 77 74 80 v pleasantville rh 1 86 81 72 80 14 rogersv 81 57 98 79 15 whitchuich highlands st r 77 84 75 79 16 willowbrookth 83 73 79 78 17 coppard glen m 67 85 82 78 18 stuart scotc n 88v 72 72 77 19 silver pines rh 75 71 84 77 20 edward crowlem 80 74 75 76 21 george street a 81 65 78 75 22 sixteenth avenue rh 66 73 85 75 23 woodbndgew 84 71 69 75 24 bayview hill rh 71 78 73 74 25 roy h crosby m 75 54 92 74 2gcoledalem 72 67 81 73 27 ashton meadows m 70 66 80 r 72 28 holland landing eg r 7 72 77 65 71 15 61 75 70 30 charles howitt rh v v 70 64 77 70 31 unionville u 64 68 78 70 32 regency acres a 67 71 64 67- 33 stomoway crescent th 73 70 58 67 34 meadowbrook n 73 64 64 67 66 67 66 36 william berczy u r 57 77 63 t66 37 central park m 64- 38 bayview glenth 60 39 buttonville m 52 40 maple leaf n 68 41 westminster th t 70 42 wilshireth 72 43 ramerwoodm 64 44 brownndgeth 61 45 joseph gibson ma 56 york region average 60 46 pine grove w 59 v 47 king city kt 64 f 48 crossland n v 56 49 henderson avenueth 64 50 denne n 66 51 johnsview village th 59 52 charlton th 59 53 summrtview st 57 54 park avenue eg 59 55 nobleton kt r 62 56 jersey k- 59 57 randall m 57 58 william armstrong m 56 59 walter scott rh 58 60aldergrove u k 52 61 sharon eg v 65 62 kettlebykt 63 armadale mr 64 schomberg kt 65 wilclaym 66 glad park st 67 crosby heights rh 56 50 65r 53 60 i 61 68 devins drive a 51 69 ross doanrh 50 70 lakeside k 41 71 wellsstreet a 42 67 73 62 51 69 52 75 71 69 61 67 64 58 51 66 55 67 57 50 53 65 58 51 65 32 172 54- 55 55f 37 -47- 59 48- 42 58 65 62 81 73 5i 66 49 63 61 65 56 67 64 66 56 64 54v 62 65 64 53 56 59 v50 68r 34 58 41 53 r63 50 47 59 69 v52 65 65 65 64 63 63 63 63 63 61 62 62 72 queensville eg 58 73 hg bernard rh 50 74 0 m mackillop rh 47 provincial average v 48 75 highgatem r 44 36 62- 48 52 i 62 76 armitage village n 40 53 67 51 3l 48 i 62 i r i i i i i i i 62 61 60 59- f59i 59 59 59 58 v 57 56 56 77 kleinburg kt v 25 78 yorkhillth 51 79 sutton su 47 80 james robinson m 58 81 pnnce charles n 41 82 rl graham k 1 44 83 glen shields c 47 84 franklin street m 40 85 orchard park st t v 43 86 parklandmx 40 87 black river su a v 35 88 morning glory p v r a 45 89 oakridges rh a a 39 90 glen cedar n 36 91 aurora heights a v av 34 92 highview a a 42 93 milliken mills m a jr 28 4reesbr parkm 40 a 57 37 54 48 a 42 a 55 50 39 62 a 31 54 49 53r 55 r47- 4 38 40 rfil 33va 36 55 l 95wjwateonk 54 54 54 54 53 53 52 52 51 5i r wilcox rh 98keswickk 28 a 26 22 0 43 37 47 49 a48 40 42 40 27 0a r42 aa50a a a 42 31 38 40 37 o a 50 50 50 49 49 49 47 47 747 46 45 45 r45 45 a44 44 43 43 41 41 41 41 35 39 37 34 29 0 legend a- aurora c concord hl- hollandlanding kt king township k keswick m markham ma maple n rh- richmond hill s sharonsch schomberg ststbuflville su- suttonth -thomhjiiu- unionville r 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