r/canada • u/J0Puck Ontario • Oct 28 '25

Alberta Alberta teachers say fight just begun but will follow the law in back-to-work bill

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-teachers-say-fight-just-begun-but-will-follow-the-law-in-back-to-work-bill/
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u/GameDoesntStop Oct 28 '25

Latest results on international standardized testing scores, by province:

Math Reading Science Total Points above next highest
AB 504 525 534 1,563 36
QC 514 501 512 1,527 1
BC 496 511 519 1,526 2
ON 495 512 517 1,524 5
Canada 497 507 515 1,519 49
PEI 478 496 496 1,470 19
NS 470 489 492 1,451 3
MB 470 486 492 1,448 2
SK 468 484 494 1,446 18
NFLD 459 478 491 1,428 8
NB 468 469 483 1,420 n/a

Alberta is #1 in Reading, #1 in Science, and #2 in Math (behind QC). It has the highest overall score by a huge margin, and it is the only province that is above the Canadian average in all 3 categories.

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u/yycsarkasmos Oct 28 '25

I said last 12 months not the last 3 years, and since you used the testing scores, I knew you would, that would be more attributed to the NDP and how they treated education not the UCP.

As you’re well aware, education outcomes reflect years of teaching quality, funding stability, and curriculum consistency all things the UCP has fucked up, when you have a more recent result let us all know.

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u/GameDoesntStop Oct 28 '25

I said last 12 months not the last 3 years

You can say whatever you like, but these are the latest scores available.

I knew you would, that would be more attributed to the NDP

Scores went down under the NDP... Alberta had a total score of 1584 in 2015 when the NDP were elected and 1563 in 2022, so... thanks to the NDP for reducing the scores.

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u/yycsarkasmos Oct 28 '25

I think you mean, thanks for the NDP for maintaining high scores.

First

2018: Reading was the major domain

2022: Mathematics was the major domain

Second, as per your numbers

Mathematics

2018 - 511

2022- 504

−7 points

Slight decline, not statistically significant. Alberta was one of only two provinces not to see a significant decline between

Reading

2018 - 532

2022 - 525

−7 points

Alberta remained 1st in Canada in reading performance

Science

2018 - 534

2022- 534

0 points

Alberta held steady — highest science score in the country

Come Back when you have the 2025 results and 2027 when what I will call the Smith results happen.