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More money needed, or better assessment

Re: Mixed reaction from parents on school rankings, Feb. 21.

To the Editor,

Re: Mixed reaction from parents on school rankings, Feb. 21.

Government claims that educational decisions can be made with public FSA results in hand seem to be falling on deaf ears.

Private schools, with their advertised smaller class sizes and modern resources, consistently score higher on these tests, yet government response is to increase class size and reduce resources, including educational assistant support for our most vulnerable students.

It is either time for the government to put its money where the data concludes it should go or find a test that more adequately reflects that public schools are doing a better job in the face of all the pressure they are applying through cutbacks and net-zero mandates.

Lorne Freedman

Nanaimo