Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is no assessment tool that allows us to assess the grade levels that the Member is talking about and compare them to the rest of Canada. Primarily we use the Alberta achievement tests as a benchmark for grade levels. Alberta used to offer that for grade 3, but they stopped that in about 2014 so we no longer have that. However, we do use the early development instrument which provides a snapshot of developmental health in five areas. So physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication skills and general knowledge. And then we also have the middle years development instrument for children who are a little older. So that begins in grade 4, grades 4 to 7. And that is sort of a continuation of that.
So from those instruments, we have an idea of how many children are on track with their development, or they're in a vulnerable position. So we do have those types of statistics. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.