On Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025, students in Grade 10 will participate in the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). The Actual Test will be on Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025. The OSSLT is administered province-wide by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). It is used to determine whether a student has the literacy skills required to meet the standard expected by The Ontario Curriculum for understanding and creating various text forms across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9. Successful completion of this test or the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC) is a requirement for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).
The EQAO results provide a snapshot of trends in student learning, which are useful to consider when discussing ways to support a student’s success. The results can be considered alongside other information, such as report cards and classroom assessments, to help understand how a student is meeting the Ontario Curriculum expectations in reading and writing.
The online test provides all students with access to a variety of accessibility tools, including a text-to-speech function that reads aloud the text on the screen. These tools are available directly on the student toolbar in the e-assessment platform. Students may wish to become familiar with these tools by taking the practice test found on EQAO’s website: www.eqao.com
The OSSLT is organized into Session A and Session B, with a short introductory session at the beginning and a questionnaire session at the end.
Script for Session A:
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- It should take approximately 65 minutes
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- It will contain 25 reading and writing questions.
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- Once submitted, you will no longer have access to the test.
Script for Session B:
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- It should take approximately 75 minutes.
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- If you finish early, review your work and check that you have not missed any questions.
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- Once submitted, you will no longer have access to the test.
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- A questionnaire will be opened for you to complete at the end of session B. It asks you about your attitudes and perceptions with respect to literacy.
Abraar School OSSLT – Be ready!
Who? All Grade 10 students, and previously eligible students who haven’t completed the literacy test.
What? It’s a provincial literacy (reading and writing) test that you need to take and pass to graduate.
Where? The classroom to which you are assigned
When? Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025,_ Be on time!! There’s no extra time for late-comers.
