Ontario Minister of Education Paul Calandra says he has purposefully held back the EQAO results, which are usually released in September or early October, in order to take a 'very deep dive' into the numbers.

Ontario’s Education Minister says he is withholding the results of provincewide standardized tests to better understand the data and make changes to the system, as critics push the province to reveal the numbers publicly.

Paul Calandra said he has purposefully held back the Education Quality and Accountability Office results, which are usually released in September or early October, in order to take a “very deep dive” into the numbers.

The revelation has prompted outcry from educators, experts and opposition politicians, who say the government is shirking its responsibilities to

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