The article is behind a paywall, so if want to see it, look at the google cache link:

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DoMyvrSqWewJ:https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-tdsb-data-show-rapid-reading-improvement-in-black-elementary-students/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

But I'll also post an excerpt:

Black students in Toronto elementary schools improved in reading at twice the rate of white students and eight times the rate of their East Asian peers during the pandemic, according to an early analysis of report cards. Amid concerns around learning gaps that children have faced over the past two years of disrupted schooling, the Toronto District School Board data have compelled staff to examine the circumstances that allowed more Black students to fare better in reading compared to their pre-pandemic report cards. Karen Murray, who heads the TDSB’s newly created Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement, said that while “it is always a bright spot when achievement moves,” she was cautious. The percentage of Black students meeting provincial standards is still the lowest among groups by race, the TDSB data show. “What is it that was done that allowed us to make a movement in a pandemic, recognizing that the data still doesn’t offset the fact that there is a huge gap still to make up?” Ms. Murray asked. The data, contained in a June report to trustees, showed that 66 per cent of Black students achieved at or above Level 3 in reading – the provincial standard, which is equivalent to a B grade – in their January report cards. This was eight percentage points higher than January, 2019. White students and East Asian students climbed four percentage points and one percentage point, respectively, over that same period. About 86 per cent of white children and 85 per cent of East Asians met provincial standards.

And here is a the chart of grades by race:

https://i.imgur.com/Y7P4uyI.png

As you would expect, Blacks are at the bottom, and Asians score the highest. In fact, anyone who has seen Rushton's or Charles Murray's research will know about the racial bell curves and it lines up perfectly with the above table.

But for Canadian Leftists, they are still convinced that every single human being on this Earth is the exact same, and the only reason black students do worse is because of... RACISM! Even when the Covid pandemic forced black students away from schools and to do their work at home, the magical force of RACISM is still being used to blame their struggling performance.

Ms. Murray said that many Black students learned online this past year, giving their families a unique window into classrooms. “I, educator, know that you’re there. The way I position the learning is going to be different, too,” she said. In its report, the TDSB said while Black students had more room to grow academically compared to other groups, there could be other explanations for the rate of increase. Among them, students attending in-person could have benefitted from smaller class sizes “given their overrepresentation in schools that had much higher amounts … of students choosing to go to virtual schools this past year.” The report also referenced a study that found Black students had to deal with racism by other students and educators while in school. “The digital learning environment that characterized much of schooling during the pandemic and the separation of the social setting of schools may have provided different opportunities for Black students to succeed,” the report stated. The report stated that improvement rates of those who have struggled academically should be studied by educators “in order to reinforce any positive conditions that may have occurred during this time through partnerships, collaboration, relationship building, and understanding of prior knowledge and experience of students coming back to school in person.” Mahaliah Thorpe’s two young sons learned remotely in their family’s apartment this past year (her third child is in high school). Her neighbourhood in the northwest corner of Toronto has experienced high COVID-19 infection rates. Ms. Thorpe said she formed a “partnership” with her middle son’s online teacher. “I had more of a sense of what the curriculum was like,” she said.

These dumbasses are being paid $100,000+ a year to lie to the Canadian public about diversity, and force us to pay more of our taxes towards making all races equal. For obvious reasons, this experiment will end in failure because every race has different IQ levels, yet we're expected to believe that we can turn black students into high achieving Asians overnight. It's nonsense.