Key points from results provincially

More than 130,000 Grade 3 and Grade 6 students participated provincially, with just over 96,000 Grade 9s participating in academic course and over 34,000 in applied. Mathematics in elementary school students continues to stay low. With around 50 per cent of Grade 6 students at or above the provincial standard and Grade 3s dropping a per cent to hover at 62 per cent. There has been an improvement in literacy over the past five years in elementary students Decline in mathematics success over the past five years in elementary students An increasing percentage of students who met the mathematics standard in Grade 3 did not do so in Grade 6 In academic mathematics courses 52,459 students (66 per cent) had met the provincial standard in both Grade 3 and Grade 6. Of these, 94 per cent (49,193) met it again in Grade 9 In applied mathematics courses 2,987 students (12 per cent) had met the provincial standard in both Grade 3 and Grade 6. Of these, 84 per cent (2,496) met it again in Grade 9