Are all students expected to participate in the Grade 9 Math Assessment?
The Education Quality and Accountability Office Act states that all students in publicly funded schools in the tested grades are required to participate. The principal can recommend that a student be exempted from the assessment only if, even with all possible accommodations, the student would be unable to participate productively. Before exempting any students, the principal must have the parents’ written consent. Students enrolled in locally developed grade 9 programs are not required to participate.
