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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 12, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winn Pix Fiji March 2001 b3 Good news on literacy its bad All Over humbling National Survey May Dull sting in Ontario by James Mccarten Toronto parents in Ontario still reeling from the poor results of a province wide Grade 10 literacy test can take some Solace things dont seem a whole lot different across Only about 69 per cent of 16yearold students who participated in a Cross country Reading assessment in 1998 per formed at the expected level for their typical High school students proved to be far better writ with 86 per cent performing at or above the level expected by Canadas Council of ministers of which administered the those released in a 1999 statistics Canada didst land with anything like the Impact of a test run of Ontario new so called literacy which 29 per cent of students the 1998 results that you have resemble quite a bit what came out in said Gilles coordinator of the councils school achieve ment indicators but the test administered last october by Ontario education Quality and accountability office was a trial run and didst count against the grades of the Fournier As he it cant be considered an accurate barometer of current High school literacy rates in the when the kids were writing the they were this int the real he that certainly has an Impact on motivation when there writing youve got to take a look at it in that officials with the Etao were also warning Friday about the dangers of comparing their test with other Previ Ous efforts to gauge literacy Levels in the Grade 10 test was designed to specifically measure the skill set Stu dents Are expected to use in tackling Ontario new backs basics primary and secondary school said Pauline who helped design the comparing any two tests is always something that requires careful Analy Sis and often turns out to be very diff Laing this is a curriculum based Canadian press Navy ends subs visitors program Pearl Hawaii the inquiry 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