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Public school parents are questioning what they see as vague and inaccurate report cards after an assessment report to the Calgary Board of Education failed to reconcile poor test results in math over the past year.

According to 34 pages of data outlining report card results to trustees Tuesday, between 90 and 99 per cent of students in grades K-9 met learning expectations in subject areas including drama, dance, science and math.

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But critics argued the results are meaningless because report cards for K-9 score all subjects on a scale of one to four, with only students who receive a one defined as not meeting expectations.

The report comes only three months after the CBE released standardized-test results showing more than 40 per cent of Grade 9 students failed their math exams last year, while officials also confirmed that acceptable standards were much lower than 50 per cent.

According to the data released in late October, only 59.4 per cent of CBE students achieved acceptable standards in the Grade 9 math provincial-achievement test for the 2017-18 school year. In the same week, information came to light that acceptable standards for Grade 9 math provincewide was a minimum score of 42 per cent. And for Grade 6 math provincewide, acceptable standards were achieved with a score as low as 41 per cent.