[mnkv]

I'm all for basic competency in math. But looking at the specific court ruling (https://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/...), I don't think this standardized test is necessarily the best way to get there.

The EQAO (in charge of creating the test) found through a literature review that "the fundamental goal of teacher licensure tests – to improve student learning – is often not met." Adding math courses to the B.Ed would be a much better way of improving teachers' math proficiency. It seems strange to have an extra standardized test when you have a specific program designed to graduate teachers.

[barry-cotter]

> The EQAO (in charge of creating the test) found through a literature review that "the fundamental goal of teacher licensure tests – to improve student learning – is often not met."

This is inaccurate. It’s never met. There are no known examples of teacher education improving their effectiveness. Education degrees have no effect on how god teachers are at their job.

> It's easier to pick a good teacher than to train one: Familiar and new results on the correlates of teacher effectiveness

> Neither holding a college major in education nor acquiring a master's degree is correlated with elementary and middle school teaching effectiveness, regardless of the university at which the degree was earned. Teachers generally do become more effective with a few years of teaching experience, but we also find evidence that teachers may become less effective with experience, particularly later in their careers.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02727...

[thwayunion]

Agreed. I think it's possible that this specific requirement was unhelpful and also that mathematics requirements are necessary. In fact, the author's complaints about status quo of mathematics education nearly entail exactly that conclusion.