Trustees with the Waterloo Region District School Board want the Ontario government to pause EQAO testing for another year, citing the stress the exams would place on students and teachers during an already difficult year.
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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.