Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) – 2024-2025 school year
For the 2024-2025 academic year, the EQAO will host the online OSSLT during the following two windows:
- FALL – November 5, 2024, to December 3, 2024, with individual student results reported by the end of January 2025.
- SPRING – March 18, 2025, to April 15, 2025, with individual student results reported by the end of June 2025.
Questions? – please visit us in room 221 – the Student Success Room
The OSSLT @ St. Mary’s HS for the 2024-2025 school year
- FALL – grade 11 and 12 students: will write in small groups, in a desktop computer lab, periods 1, 2 & 3
- FALL – most grade 10 students: will write with their homeroom classmates, in a desktop computer lab, periods 1, 2 & 3
- FALL – some grade 10 students: will write in small groups, in a desktop computer lab, periods 1, 2 & 3
- All students expected to write the OSSLT in the Fall will receive a letter in their homeroom class on (late in October)
These letters will include the student’s OSSLT writing date and location (room #) and accommodations for students with an IEP. - SPRING – grade 10, grade 11, and grade 12 students who have not yet attempted the OSSLT or who have not yet been successful
- All students expected to write the OSSLT in the Spring will receive a letter in their homeroom class on (early in March)
These letters will include the student’s OSSLT writing date and location (room #) and accommodations for students with an IEP. - Students with questions are encouraged to come to Room 221 at lunch, before school, after school, during a spare period, or between classes.
Who Writes the OSSLT / Who is Deferred?
- 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
Preparing / Practicing for the OSSLT – Important Links
- 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
After School Help – 2024-2025 academic year
- start date: Wed., October 16
- 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 2024, you will be 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, Mrs. C. Harrington
Schedule
***note: exact times following 9:00 am may change
- 9:00 – 9:05 – morning announcements, attendance, etc.
- 9:05 – 9:15 – OSSLT Instructions and Login
- 9:15 – 10:30 – Session A (extra time is allowed)
- 10:30 – 10:45 – break
- 10:45 – 12:00 – Session B (extra time is allowed)
- 12:00 – 12:15 – Questionnaire Survey
- 12:15 – go to period 4 and/or period 5 class(es)
- note: all students will have access to extra time if needed