Literacy Test Preparation

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) – 2023-2024 school year

FALL – November 1, 2023, to November 30, 2023, with individual student results reported by the end of January 2024.
SPRING – March 20, 2024, to April 24, 2024, with individual student results reported by the end of May 2024.

FALL – grade 11 and some grade 12 students: in small groups, over a number of weeks in November
FALL – grade 10 students: will not write during the Fall
SPRING – grade 10, grade 11 and grade 12 students – most students will write on: TENTATIVE date: April 16, 2024
note: some students will write in small groups in the weeks prior to the above tentative date
All students expected to write the OSSLT in the Spring will receive a letter in their homeroom class on (date to be determined)
These letters will include the student’s OSSLT writing date and location (room #)
Students with questions are encouraged to come to Room 221 at lunch, before school, after school, during a spare period, or between classes.
SPRING – only students who are writing the OSSLT on TENTATIVE date: April 16, 2024 – are to attend school that day.

Students in Grades 10 and 11, and non-graduating Grade 12 students, working toward their Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) will write the OSSLT.
Students who have an IEP may write the test with the accommodations (e.g. extra time, assistive technology, breaks, prompts) listed in their IEP.
Students not working towards their Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) are exempt from writing the test.
Framework Document (from the EQAO) for the OSSLT – click here

Practice (online OSSLT) Test – from the EQAO – click here
or scan the QR code below:

Format of the Test – click here
***note: the format has changed from the 2022-2023 academic year – there are still 2 sessions, but each session now has 4 sections (not 3)***
Tips for completing the OSSLT – click here
Reading & Writing strategies, Multiple Select & Multiple Choice strategies, Things to Bring on test day, Things to Know for test day – click here
Tips: Reading Newspaper Articles, Information Paragraphs, and Real Life Narratives – click here
Tips: Reading Dialogues, Answering Multiple Selection questions, Writing the Opinion Essay – click here
Info & built-in Tools for completing OSSLT – click here
How to find my OEN (Ontario Education Number) – needed to complete the OSSLT – click here

semester 1 – start date – Wed., Oct. 25
schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
D2L for OSSLT prep – if you are scheduled to write the OSSLT in the Fall of 2023, you have been added to a D2L OSSLT prep class
(please look for it in your D2L home page)
Room 221 (Student Success Room, computer lab, main floor, east end of building)
Tips, hints and strategies for the OSSLT.
Teachers – Mrs. K. Drummond, Mr. T. Paolo

9:00 – Morning Exercises & Announcements
9:15 – begin Instruction and login
9:20 – begin Session A
10:20 – Session A is completed*
10:20 – Break
10:40 – Instructions and login, begin Session B
11:40 – Session B is completed*
11:40 – Questionnaire Survey
12:15 & 12:30 – Yellow School Buses Depart
*All students will have access to extra time if needed (20 – 30 minutes)
**IEP students have access to double time if required