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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) in Spring

Dear Parents/Guardians/Caregivers,  

     The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) is offering the administration of the on-line Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) this spring. Successful completion of the OSSLT or Literacy course (OLC4O) is a graduation requirement. 

     The literacy graduation requirement for all students graduating during the 2021–2022 school year has been waived by the Ministry of Education; therefore, students who will be graduating in 2021-22 do not need to take the test.  

Saltfleet Grade 10 students will be participating in the OSSLT during the spring session which will run from [Tuesday, May 3, 2022 to Thursday, May 12, 2022]All participating students attending school face to face will have the chance to try a practice OSSLT on Tuesday April 26, 2022 (students will need to bring their school-issued iPad that day, fully charged in order to write the practice test).  Students with full eLearning timetables will be contacted by their guidance counsellor who will provide information on when and where they can write the OSSLT. 

All participants will complete the on-line assessment on a scheduled date during period one (the morning class, starting at 8:00 am). Please see below for the scheduled dates. 

Students who participate in the test and are successful will have it counted on their transcript. If a student is unsuccessful this will grant the student eligibility to register in the OLC4O course in order to obtain the literacy graduation requirement OR they will have a second opportunity to write the OSSLT next school year. 

Preparing for the on-line OSSLT 

EQAO has offered students the opportunity to become familiar with the online test and its platform through EQAO’s online practice test (CLICK HERE). Participating students are encouraged to prepare and practice before their designated test day. Students will also receive an email to their school email address from the teacher who will be supervising their OSSLT with the information required to log on to write the actual test. 

Please Note:  

  • Students in period one Grade 10 classes can find their scheduled dates for the assessment in the attached Daily OSSLT Schedule below by searching for their period 1 teacher’s name and course code.   
  • Grade 10 students with period 1 eLearning classes or period 1 spare will write the OSSLT in an alternate location according to the schedule below.  
  • Grade 10 students not in Grade 10 period 1 classes, please see Daily OSSLT Schedule below for your scheduled date and location.  
  • Students with period 1 co-op please see the Daily OSSLT Schedule below for your scheduled date. 
  • Any non-Graduating grade 12s who have not yet written the OSSLT please see the Daily OSSLT Schedule below for your scheduled date. 
  • Any students who are absent on the day their class writes session(s) A and/or B of the OSSLT should see the Daily OSSLT Schedule below for the scheduled date on which they can write the session(s) they’ve missed. 
  • All participating students will need to bring their school-issued iPad to school fully charged to complete the on-line assessment. 
  • Any students who require the use of audio features available during the OSSLT should bring headphones or earbuds compatible with the device they intend to use for the test. 

For more information about EQAO and to view the full practice test, please visit EQAO’s website www.eqao.com.   

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Saltfleet Daily OSSLT Schedule by Class/Group  

Tuesday April 26 (starting at 8:00 am) – OSSLT practice session for ALL grade 10 classes (with their Period 1 class in the cafeteria).  Students are to go directly to the cafeteria for an 8:00 start and meet their teacher there.  This will also be the procedure for the actual OSSLT. 

All grade 10s in non-grade 10 classes or working off site in a period 1 eLearning class should use the following link to access and try the practice OSSLT before they are scheduled to write the test.  

https://d1c1qqn86e6v14.cloudfront.net/#/en/student/osslt-assessment 

Wednesday May 4 (Session A) and Thursday May 5 (Session B) 

Teacher  Course Code  Location 
Patton  CHV2O3.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Pennisi  GLC2O3.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Rutherford  CHC2D1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Brdarevic  SNC2D1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Cord  MFM2P1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Jarrett  CHC2L1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
     

 

Friday May 6 (Session A) and Monday May 9 (Session B) 

Teacher  Course Code  Location 
Knezevic  TDJ2O1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Kozlowski  TCJ2O1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Meyer  AMU2O1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Akinwumi  ENG2P1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Virga  FSF2D1.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 
Windsor  PAF2O1M.21  Cafeteria/Lecture Hall 

 

Tuesday May 10 (Session A) and Wednesday May 11 (Session B) 

Teacher  Course Code  Location 
Broom (All Grade 10s)  PPL1O1F.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
Holland (All Grade 10s)  HSP3C1.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
Irish (All Grade 10s)  MTH1W1.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
Lindal (All Grade 10s)  ICS3U1.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
MacDonald (All Grade 10s)  CHT3O1.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
McEachern (All Grade 10s)  SBI3U1.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
Millar (All Grade 10s)  SCH3U1.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
Prica (All Grade 10s)  HPC3O1.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
Shea (All Grade 10s)  ENG1P1.21  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 
All Grade 11 and 12 Students Re-Writing the OSSLT, non-Graduating grade 12s who have not yet written the OSSLT and any Grade 10 students with Period 1 Co-op Various  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 

 

All Grade 10s with eLearning or spares Period 1   ELEARN 

And STUDYA.21 

Cafeteria (with Ms. Price) 

 

 

Thursday May 12 (Session A) and Friday May 13 (Session B) 

Teacher  Course Code  Location 
Various   

  • Students absent for Sessions A and/or B above 
Various  Cafeteria (with Ms. O’Leary) 

 

 

 

 

Updated on Sunday, April 17, 2022.
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