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The Near North District School Board is one of a handful of school boards participating in this year’s optional field test of the new online Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT).
The field test, which runs between March and June, allows students in Grades 10 and 11, and non-graduating Grade 12 students, to attempt the test and, if successful, have it counted on their transcript.
If the student is not successful, it does not count against them since this year is a trial of the new system.
Earlier this school year, the Ministry of Education waived the literacy graduation requirement for all students graduating during the 2020-2021 school year.
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Posted: Mar 12, 2021 5:43 PM ET | Last Updated: March 12
Students have the option of taking an electronic version of the Grade 10 standardized test this year, just to test the platform. (Sofia Rodriguez/CBC)
Teachers unions are calling on the province to get rid of Ontario s Grade 10 literacy test, which is set to be administered online as a pilot project this year.
The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) tests are written in Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 9 and Grade 10.
The Grade 10 version tests literacy and is a usually a requirement for graduation, but that has been waived this year, as it was last year.