OSSLT
The purpose of the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) is to ensure that students have acquired the essential reading and writing skills that apply to all subject areas in the provincial curriculum up to the end of Grade 9. All students in public and private schools who are working toward an Ontario Secondary School Diploma are required to write the OSSLT in Grade 10. Successful completion of the OSSLT or OSSLC is a graduation requirement.
This year, the OSSLT will be written at secondary schools across the province on Thursday March 29, 2012.
Exposing students to a practice test is a good approach to assuage student anxiety about the test, and to offer formative practice prior to the implementation of the test. Electronic versions of the test are available at:
Exemplar material for the OSSLT, which is useful for classroom discussion and student learning, is available at:
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OSSLT