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Early universal numeracy screening is one step towards ensuring Ontario students reach their full potential in math. (Curated Lifestyle/Unsplash)

Increasing math scores: Why Ontario needs early numeracy screening

Michael Slipenkyj, Carleton University; Heather P. Douglas, Carleton University; Jo-Anne LeFevre, Carleton University, and Rebecca Merkley, Carleton University

Educators in a research partnership have found that early math screening is a helpful teaching tool that helps educators target instruction to support children’s math learning.
A team of caring adults, including certified teachers and coaches, support The Youth Association for Academics, Athletics and Character Education (YAAACE) community initiatives in Toronto’s Jane-Finch neighbourhood. (Ardavan Eizadirad)

Ontario can close students’ access and opportunity gaps with community‑led projects

Ardavan Eizadirad, Wilfrid Laurier University

Revamping standardized testing needs to be accompanied with tangible actions to mitigate students’ opportunity gaps at the community level, particularly for racialized students.
Large-scale literacy testing has not kept pace with how literacy is practiced in classooms, assessed by teachers and mandated by curriculum. tim gouw/unsplash

Testing literacy today requires more than a pencil and paper

Louis Volante, Brock University; Carol Campbell, University of Toronto; Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario; Jennifer Rowsell, Brock University, and Lorenzo Cherubini, Brock University

Are current forms of standardized literacy tests really measuring children’s capacity to read and interact with our rapidly-changing world?

Related Topics

  1. Alternative Schooling
  2. COVID-19
  3. Early learning
  4. Learning loss
  5. Literacy
  6. marginalized students
  7. Numeracy
  8. Ontario education
  9. Standardized testing
  10. Standardized tests

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