Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When something like this is brought to our attention, naturally we are very concerned about the results. It clearly is of concern when the results are there. However, we have to remember the circumstances under which those exams were held and compare them in an appropriate fashion. I did deal with this issue with my officials to see why this may have occurred. Certainly in the case of YK 1, the students that took this particular math test have only been taking that particular math program for three years and it was not an indicator like the Alberta students, who have been on the program perhaps for many more years.
Also, it is an Alberta achievement test and there are a number of considerations that have to be made. Alberta students are ranked amongst the highest in Canada. As a matter of fact, they are very high internationally. Also, it did not take into consideration some of the northern learning that takes place here in the Northwest Territories that are not part of the exam, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.