A report to be released Tuesday on the future of assessment recommends no immediate changes for province-wide testing of Ontario students, sources say. The report, by educator Carol Campbell, instead recommends further discussions on the highly contentious issue of testing all students in reading, writing and math, sources told the Star, given no consensus could be reached. Students, over several days, write tests in literacy and numeracy in Grades 3 and 6, as well as math in Grade 9. In Grade 10, students must pass a literacy test in order to graduate. Teachers have long argued the tests take up too much time and force them to “teach to the test” instead of focusing on classroom work.

Source: thestar April 23, 2018 21:22 UTC