Grade 10 OSSLT (Literacy Test): EQAO - About the Assessment

Look for various "In Context" databases to practice reading different types of texts.

This guide provides students with details about test content, instructions for completing the test (online or print versions) and tips for doing well.

This guide describes the reading and writing skills assessed and the kinds of questions asked. It also provides sample test materials (online and print versions) and tips for preparing students prior to the test.

This framework provides a detailed description of the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), which is conducted each year in Ontario. It also describes how the OSSLT aligns with the expectations in The Ontario Curriculum.

The OSSLT assesses whether students have acquired the literacy (reading and writing) skills expected by The Ontario Curriculum across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9. This document demonstrates the cross-curricular nature of the OSSLT by linking the literacy skills tested by the OSSLT to samples of overall and specific expectations in the Grades 7, 8 and 9 Ontario Curriculum policy documents.

This guide describes the two EQAO tests Ontario students write in secondary school (available for download in 21 languages).

This document describes how EQAO’s provincial tests, which gather information from every student at key stages of their education, contribute to public accountability and to the continuous improvement on the part of every student in Ontario’s publicly funded education system.