The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT)

You must successfully complete the provincial secondary school literacy test in order to earn a secondary school diploma. The test will be based on the Ontario curriculum expectations for language and communication – particularly reading and writing – up to and including Grade 9.

    The test will serve to determine whether you have acquired the reading and writing skills considered essential for literacy, and provide confirmation that you have attained the provincial expectations for literacy.

    If you should happen to not be successful the first time, you will be assisted and provided the opportunity to retake the literacy test at a later date.

    If a parent or an adult student requests a deferral to write the test at a later date, the principal will determine whether or not a deferral should be granted and, if so, for what period of time.

The Ontario Secondary School  Literacy Test date for this school year is Thursday. April 8, 2010.