Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra says math scores among the province's Grade 3, 6 and 9 students are showing "inadequate" signs of improvement.

But in Ottawa, the latest test results for the city's four school boards show pupils in Canada's capital are performing at a level above the provincial averages.

Calandra announced Wednesday that he's tapping a two-person advisory body to review Ontario's Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) standardized testing approach, which also measures reading and writing skills.

Calandra singled out math scores, pointing out that one half of Grade 6 students in Ontario are not meeting the province's math standard.

But in Ottawa, the four main school boards largely fared better than the provincial standard. One board, Conseil de

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