My question this afternoon is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It relates to the standardized testing that a couple of the boards in the Northwest Territories have just been through. Mr. Delorey did in fact ask questions on this the other day.

As mentioned, Yellowknife No. 1 did take part in the testing and marks were not quite what we had hoped they would be, but this is the first time we have done these types of tests, Mr. Speaker.

One of the key problems we had was in the area of mathematics. I understand the new curriculum involves word problems and specifically problem solving, which I think may have a literacy component to it that is causing us some problems.

I am wondering if the Minister can tell us what his department is doing to work with the boards to address literacy in this area. Thank you.