Mahsi, Mr.
Chairman.
This is one area that we did talk about as a department. Certainly, we need to look at various options, because we do still have a three-year planning process. We need to work with the organizations at the community level, the education authorities. Some do have a tendency to continue with the AATs. They do have that flexibility to do so.
At one point in time the Alberta achievement test was free for the Northwest Territories, but they started charging us $500,000 a year. Based on that, we figured eliminating that area would save us money over time, but at the same time there is interest from education authorities to continue with the process. There are functional grade levels and also assessment tools that each education authority has, and they continue checking their students in that area.