Students around the province are making important gains in a number of key areas.
That is the latest information coming from the Province in area's identified by the When Kids Come First education plan from the 2008-2009 school year.
It shows Grade 8 francophone students improved in reading compared with the previous year and that they had achieved steady progress in English since 2005-06.
Anglophone students made improvements in their second-language skills as well as in reading and writing.
First Nations students in Grade 2 significantly improved in reading and are now at the same level as students in the anglophone sector.