What is the OSSLT: In Grade 10, students take the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, which measures whether or not they are meeting the minimum standard for literacy across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9.

Successful completion of the literacy test is one of the 32 requirements students must meet to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

  • Test Date : Thursday, March 31st, 2016
  • Time: 8:10 (regular school day time)

Accessing Study Materials for EQAO

Students have several resources available to them to prepare for the OSSLT.

  1. Access Study Materials on the EQAO site.
  2. All eligible students have files shared with them in their Google Classroom
  3. OSSLT MSIP Preparation Sessions

1. EQAO Site

Student Instructions

To access the materials for extra practice sessions from home:

  1. www.eqao.com
  2. Click on ‘English’
  3. Click on the ‘Student Box’  in the middle of the page
  4. Click on the ‘Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test’ under ‘Quicklinks’ in the centre of the page
  5. Click on ‘Examples of the Assessment and Scoring’ in the middle of the page
  6. Click on the ‘Student Assessment Booklets and Scoring Guides’ to access actual questions from the assessments, and scoring guides containing examples of student answers taken from past years’ assessments.

Parent Instructions

  1. www.eqao.com
  2. Click on the ‘Parent Box’
  3. Click on the ‘Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test’ under ‘Quicklinks’ in the centre of the page
  4. Click on ‘Examples of the Assessment and Scoring’ in the middle of the page
  5. Click on the ‘Student Assessment Booklets and Scoring Guides’ to access actual questions from the assessments, and scoring guides containing examples of student answers taken from past years’ assessments.

2. Google Classroom

Google Classroom contains all the practice videos and resources to prepare you for the OSSLT.

  1. Log into your school Google Account  (google.wrdsb.ca)
  2. Go to ‘classroom.google.com’
  3. Click on the ‘+’ beside your login name in the top right corner
  4. Enter the class code: qa1eps

3. OSSLT MSIP Sessions

All Grade 10 students and students who will be writing the OSSLT will first head to their MSIP class for attendance and then go to the Cafeteria for the remainder of their MSIP Class.

OSSLT MSIP Preparation Dates:

  1. Tuesday March 1, 2016
  2. Tuesday March 8, 2016
  3. Tuesday March 22, 2016
  4. Tuesday March 29, 2016