2015 saw the first year of the "Math Momentum" Program implemented into the Chinook School Division.

The sample test saw grades 3, 6, and 9 students given math testing, along with intervention programs for added instruction.

Ed Varjassy, a curriculum coordinator and math teacher in the Division, explains the implimentation of a tool called "Guided Math".

"What Guided Math does is focuses instructions to the needs of the students - their strengths and weaknesses. Generally, the teachers will do assessments and figure out which students have similar needs and then work with that smaller group of students to target those needs," he said.

Varjassy also explains the results have been beneficial to all learning levels.

"Some of our stronger students are also improving, and that's because they are now being pushed to move forward. So that happens with all of the groups, and that's really the idea behind 'Guided Math'," he said.

Varjassy says that he and the board are happy with the outcome so far.

"I'm very pleased with the results this last year. Going into this I had no clue what was going to happen because we had a very high level of support for math. Our professional development was focused on that. Last year we didn't have any of that focus and we still improved by 2%," he said.

Varjassy says he feels the program name was aptly worded.

"We picked a good name with 'Math Momentum' because I think we started something moving and it seems to be continuing to move," he said.

The current number of students meeting or exceeding expectations is up to 77.3% headed into the 2016-2017 school year.