How to Prepare for the OSSLT: What Ontario Students Need to Know
Talk to any Grade 10 student in Ontario the week before their literacy test, and you’ll usually get one of two responses. Either they’ve barely thought about it — “it’s just a reading test, how hard can it be?” — or they’re quietly stressed because nobody’s really explained what’s on it. Both reactions make a lot of sense. The OSSLT doesn’t get the same attention as math or science exams, but it carries real weight. You need it to graduate. So What Is the OSSLT, Exactly? The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is run by EQAO — the Education Quality
