Ontario’s Appeal Court will hear a case in which the Ford government is seeking to mandate a math test for new teachers.
A lower court struck down the math proficiency test because it found it had a disproportionate effect on racialized teachers when it was first implemented last year.
But the government argued the Divisional Court made legal errors, including using too low of a threshold to determine discrimination.
The government introduced the test as part of an effort to improve students’ scores on standardized math tests.