Ontario. Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat

• Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat

• Leadership and Implementation Branch

• Student Achievement Supports Branch

The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat was established in 2004 but it did not appear in government telephone directories until 2006. Until 2011, it did not report to any branch or division of the Ministry, but stood on its own.

In 2011 (some sources say 2009), The Secretariat became part of the Student Achievement Division, and remained under its original name until 2015, when it was renamed the Leadership and Implementation Branch. Its functions remained unchanged, but some of the Student Achievement Officers were reassigned to other branches, especially those involved with French-language education.

In 2018, it changed name to the Student Achievement Supports Branch, but remained in the Student Achievement Division. Although it retained its core function, by 2021 most of the Student Achievement Officers had been moved to various regional officers under the Field Services Branch.

The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat assisted school boards in fulfilling their responsibilities to improve the achievement of children from junior kindergarten (JK) to grade 6, as measured by EQAO test results, and to close gaps in achievement for lower-performing student groups and schools.

The Secretariat worked to boost student achievement by collaborating with school boards and schools to set targets, support boards in implementing secretariat initiatives, and foster a sense of goodwill and enthusiasm within the education sector

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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Schedule EDU 1200

Government telephone directories

Ontario Auditors Report 2009, section 3.07

Lana Parker, "Deconstructing Growing Success: A Critical discourse analysis of Ontario's Assessment Policy" Critical Education, 10:14 (September 1, 2019)

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