B.C.

The Province's 2009 Foundation Skills Assessment examinations showed two-thirds of all B.C. students in Grades 4 and 7 are meeting or exceeding achievement levels in reading, writing and numeracy.

Results showed between 66 and 69 percent of Grade 4 students met or exceeded expectations, as did 63 and 67 percent of Grade 7 students.

Approximately 16 percent of both grades have performance levels that are unknown because the students did not participate.

Of those writing, scores were slightly higher in reading and numeracy than in 2008.

The results also show 87 percent of B.C. schools are at or above the international standard for Grade 4 reading, an increase of 4% over last year.