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economist sunsuntribune education saturday nov 8 2003 13 york students score above provincial average in tests by mitchell brown staff writer york regions public ele mentary students have once again scored above the provincial average in provincewide reading writing and math tests the education quality and accountability office an armslength government agency that oversees the stan dardized tests released the results of its latest round which took place in may at the york region district school board 69 per cent of grade 6 students who wrote the reading test met the stan dard while 67 per cent passed the writing test seventy per cent of grade 6 students in the york region public board met the provin cial standard on the math test 16 percentage points higher than the provincial average provincewide 58 per cent of englishlanguage grade 6 students across ontario met the provincial standard for reading while 57 per cent met the standard for writing a slight increase from tests con ducted a year earlier among grade 3 students the numbers were 62 per cent in reading versus 53 per cent provincewide 67 per cent in writing 59 per cent and 72 per cent in math 60 per cent these results show clearly that students in york regions public schools continue to benefit from an intensive foqus on basic literacy and numeracy instruction said director of education bill hogarth adding the data will support the boards continu ous improvement efforts while york students con tinue to score above the provincial average this years numbers show little change from last years results when grade 6 students achieved 70 per cent in reading 67 per cent in writing and 73 per cent in math results for the catholic board will be released next week the 3111 foundation of canada give the greatest gift the gift of life wareeutto make kldiwy disaese obaototo this message brought to you as a community service 61 the economist sunsuntribune btippoft depression formerly depressed anonymous if you need support information feel alone or depressed experience feelings of hopeless ness have thoughts of suicide come to a weekly group in aurora newmarket or richmond hill callcmha 1 8663450224 canadian mental health association lassociation canadienne pour la saint mentale this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sunsuntribune learn jhrg to earn more unemployed worked in the following sectors retail sales administrative accounting customer service hospitality job learn how you can access training to secure higherpaying jobs 18882540909 for residents of york region and bradford west gwillimbury shifting gears at job skills is funded by the government of canada canada warehouse sale nov 11 16 2003 tuesnov 11 wednov 12 thursnoyl3 frinovl4 sat nov 15 sun nov 16 930am800pm 1000 am800pm 1000 am800pm 1000 am800pm 1000 am500pm 1000am400pm doorbdster specials baulv starts t ue s d ay this sale is moid twice a year only at one location onlv v featuring selected discontinued surplus lines of mikasa dinnerwure stennvare flatware crystal gijhvare servenare stud nova dinnenvare gijhvare iiiminarc kiichemvare one location only 161 mcphcrson st markham ont up to off mannfwifttrej sngbrotmil prices no dealers please all sales final quantities may be limited no refunds or exchange cash visa mastercard interne no cheques in i r baa y elect someone who mpfesents all of our ward johns years of business involvement in markham and his extensive volunteer work has shown that he sincerely cares about making our community a better place to work and live john has demonstrated a keen awareness of the important issues facing all areas of ward five i believe that john is the most capable person to forcefully represent our interests on council john hawco founder proud to be canadian association elect a representative with a long history of successfully working for the community elect co a strong voice for ward fiyie wwwjohnwebstercom to volunteer to donate or for o lawn sign call 9054723 1 22