Provincewide test results released Wednesday morning show slight gains in reading, writing and math among elementary and secondary students, but Ontario’s education minister says the improvements aren’t enough.

At a press conference Wednesday morning, Education Minister Paul Calandra described the results as “Yes, progress, but not enough.”

“I was really taken aback by these results,” he told reporters at Queen’s Park, as the arm’s-length Education Quality and Accountability Office released scores from the so-called EQAO tests.

Results in English-language schools show overall improvement compared with last year. In Grade 3, the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the provincial standard — equivalent to an A or B — climbed to 64 per cent in math (up three percentage points), 74 p

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