The Ontario Secondary School Literacy
Test (OSSLT)
The purpose of the OSSLT is to ensure that
students have acquired the essential reading and writing skills
that apply to all subject areas in the provincial curriculum
up to the end of Grade 9. All students in public and private
schools who are working toward an Ontario Secondary School
Diploma are required to write
the OSSLT in Grade 10. Students who have been eligible
to write the OSSLT at least twice and have been unsuccessful
at least once are eligible to fulfill the requirement through
the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC). (Principals
have the discretion to allow students to enroll in the course
before they have a second opportunity to take the test, if
the principal determines that it is in the best educational
interests of the student (Ministry of Education Policy/Program
Memorandum 127)). Successful
completion of the OSSLT or OSSLC is a graduation requirement.
