Government of New Brunswick

Reports on Achievement 2024-2025

Reports on Achievement 2022-2023

  

2024-2025 Minister's Message

Each year, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development releases reports on achievement results to inform families and the public about student performance related to provincial education plan outcomes.

Provincial assessments provide important information about the education system in New Brunswick. For educators, they provide feedback about alignment with provincial curricular standards and the appropriateness of their expectations for students. For the public, it ensures transparency related to how the system is performing.

In 2024-25, our assessment program was delivered online.

Looking at the 2024-25 assessments results, we are particularly pleased to see the continued growth in English reading. We experienced a 5% improvement on our Grade 4 reading, to 61%, which is a promising sign after decline in recent years. This is the direct result of a continued focus on the science of reading along with the addition of Academic Support Teachers to the sector. We continue to strive for ongoing progress. Additionally, seventy-eight percent of Grade 6 students were successful on these assessments, also an improvement from last year's results. There were also gains in scientific literacy, where seventy-eight percent of Grade 4 students, seventy-seven percent of Grade 6 students and seventy-eight percent of Grade 8 students were successful in these assessments. These are accomplishments worth celebrating and motivate us to keep working.

The results showed a two percent decline in Mathematics assessments in Grade 5. This is of concern as we know how important numeracy is. We are continuing our work to ensure we can help our students develop these skills, and our efforts are illustrated by an almost two percent increase in success in the Grade 7 math assessments.

On the organizational side, updates to the Anglophone Provincial Assessment Program have been strategically phased-in over the past six years. The program is now stabilized and on a solid foundation for meeting future needs. These changes ensure that assessment results are available to teachers about their students, instead of just at the school, district or provincial level. This new methodology means cohort tracking and deeper analyses of factors associated with academic achievement is possible.

Education remains a top priority for our government. The sustained efforts of all education partners continue to be essential for student success and evidence of the resilience of our school leaders, teachers, and students is apparent in the provincial assessment results again this year. New Brunswick students, educators, families, and those responsible for system supports have much to be proud of, and we will continue to work to help our students develop the skills they need to be successful, both in the classroom and in the future.

Sincerely,

Hon. Claire Johnson PhD
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development


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