You don't need to know anything about geometry for that. And even teachers who know math won't use statistical methods too if their test for 22 students ended up badly this year.
It’s just interesting that we are using statistical methods to argue that teachers don’t need to understand basic math. Ontario doesn’t have dedicated math teachers until high school, many of these teachers will need to teach math in grades 3-8.
> Ontario doesn’t have dedicated math teachers until high school
Then that should be fixed, at least wrt. junior high. There's no reason to expect an English or French teacher to be proficient in Math, or vise versa.
But I also think that there should be specialized teachers for math long before high school. Teaching math (or whatever) is not just about knowing it, it is also about know how to teach it at this or that age. And I don't think general purpose teacher can be good in knowing how to teach all subjects.
I am perfectly fine with teachers who cant pass this test teaching subjects that are not math or physics (or chemistry I guess).
I am absolutely not fine with math teacher who passed this test and that is extend of it. Specifically, math teacher should know a lot more.
