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Numeracy Numbers On The Way Up

As has been the case in past years, literacy results are NewWestminster’s strong point.

Among Grade 4 students who wrote the FSAs, 79 per cent were on track or extending in NewWest, ahead of the 75 per cent result for B C as a whole For Grade 7s, 78 per cent of NewWest students were on track or extending, compared to 74 per cent provincewide Numeracy results, though somewhat lower, were also higher than the provincial outcomes

Among Grade 4s, 73 per cent of NewWest students were on track or extending, compared to 66 per cent provincewide Among Grade 7s, the New West number was 74 per cent, compared to 66 per cent in B.C.

“For literacy, we are typically stronger than we are in numeracy over the past several years,” McRae-Stanger said “And we are really trying to focus on making sure that we get those numeracy scores up further ”

She pointed to the biggest improvement in New Westminster’s results this time around: the Grade 7 numeracy results, which were slightly below the provincial numbers in 2020/21 but exceeded them by a significant margin in 2022/23

McRae-Stanger noted the district now has a numeracy facilitator who has

Outstanding: The New Westminster school district continues to show solid FSA results PHOTO HAKASE / ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS been targeting work with middle school students, particularly those in Grade 6, and the results of those efforts are now being seen.

In total, SD40 had 81 per cent of Grade 4 students write the FSAs

The participation rate was slightly lower in Grade 7, where 69 per cent of students took part

McRae-Stanger pointed out there has been “pushback” from the B C Teachers’ Federation about the FSAs because of the Fraser Institute rankings, and some parents have decided not to have their children write the FSAs as a result

The district also breaks down its FSA results specifically for Indigenous students and diverse learners though, with a much smaller cohort size, McRae-Stanger pointed out results can vary widely based on the results of just a few students

Among Indigenous students, 73 per cent of Grade 4 students and 69 per cent of Grade 7 students were on track or extending ahead of the B C totals of 59 per cent and 54 per cent, respectively