The latest initiative of his Progressive Conservative government in Ontario will require new (not existing) teachers to score 70% on a basic mathematics test (fractions, division, percentages, etc.) that will also assess teaching methods.
This is one of several initiatives the government is implementing — including a new math curriculum emphasizing the mastery of basic educational skills and memorization, as opposed to so-called “discovery math” — to address the alarming decline of student proficiency in math.
Why? Because only 49% of students in Grade 6 met the provincial standard in math (a mark of 70%) last year, compared to 61% in 2010.
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