Data show racial, language disparities in mandatory Ontario teacher math test
… However, the new data from the fall of 2024 to the fall of 2025 appears to show some wide gaps even after multiple attempts. After three attempts, for example, 92 per cent of white candidates succeeded while 64 per cent of Black teacher candidates were successful.
The numbers also suggest that the vast majority of that one-third of Black teacher candidates who were still unsuccessful after three attempts gave up, and did not try again.
“What really troubles me is the question of how many great teachers did we lose as a result of the barrier that this math test put in place?” Cowley said.
Lord knows the system needs as many math illiterate teachers as possible.
