Canada makes the grade
Posted Jan 6, 2010 06:24:37 PM.
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The nation’s educators have been given an “A” by the Conference Board of Canada.
It’s an improvement over last year’s “B” result.
Canada remains second to Finland in overall education and skills outcomes, but closed the gap
with the leader by improving substantially on two key indicators:
The proportion of those of working-age that graduated from high-school increased to 86.6 per cent.
Canada’s proportion of graduates from science, math, computer science also improved.
How Canada Performs Director, Brenda Lafleur tells 570 News they look at test scores and college and university completion.
But, the study also found that 42 per cent of Canadian adults have a low level of literacy.
