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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) measures whether students 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 requirements to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. All students across the province write this test on the same date, usually in late March each year.

What is the definition of literacy for the OSSLT? 

    Since literacy is the basis for learning, the concept of “success for all” in education means that all students must attain at least a minimum level of literacy. For the purpose of the OSSLT, literacy comprises the reading and writing skills required to understand reading selections and to communicate through a variety of written forms as expected in The Ontario Curriculum across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9. 

    In the reading component of the test, students use reading strategies to interact with a variety of narrative, informational and graphic selections to construct an understanding of the meaning of the texts. Students are asked to demonstrate their understanding of explicit (directly stated) and implicit (indirectly stated) meanings as well as to connect their understanding of the text to their personal experience and knowledge. The reading selections that students are asked to read are representative of those expected across subject areas in The Ontario Curriculum up to the end of Grade 9.

     In the writing component, students are prompted to write two short responses, a series of paragraphs expressing an opinion and a news report. Through their responses, students demonstrate their ability to communicate ideas and information clearly and coherently. Since writing on large-scale assessments does not allow for a complete revision and refinement process, written work on the OSSLT is scored as first-draft (unpolished) writing. The written forms in which students are asked to write are representative of those expected across subject areas in The Ontario Curriculum up to the end of Grade 9.



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