Three-quarters of Sask. third-graders reading at or above their grade level

A couple of years ago, a provincial auditor’s report singled out the Northeast School Division because its Grade 3 students were falling below the provincial average in reading at or above their grade level.
In the 2016 report, the auditor found 66 per cent of Grade 3 students in the school division, which covers Melfort, Nipawin, Tisdale and Hudson Bay areas, were reading at or above their grade level. In the 2018 report, the auditor found the division’s Grade 3 students’ read