Put down that calculator, teens — a new mental math component is part of the Grade 9 provincial achievement test (PAT) this year. Following Eggen’s move last year to add 15 calculator-free questions ...

Welcome to the 9th-grade final exam!We aren’t sure if you have what it takes to outsmart the average U.S. 9th grader, but ...

The province is field-testing a new, less stressful standardized Grade 9 math test this school year, amid criticism from the teachers’ union that this should not be done in the middle of a pandemic.

More than 40 per cent of Grade 9 public school students failed their math provincial achievement tests last year — bringing the state of math in Alberta to what parents are calling a “crisis.” ...

As public school trustees on Tuesday debated standardized test results showing more than 40 per cent of Grade 9 students failed their math exams last year, officials also confirmed that acceptable ...