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What does the OSSLT
What does the OSSLT
look like?
look like?
The OSSLT is a computer-based assessment that comprises two sessions (Session A and Session B) containing a total of 33 questions: 31 multiple-choice questions (including technologically enhanced multiple-select questions, e.g., drag and drop, dropdown menu, checklist) and two constructed open-response questions.
Session A
Session A
60 Minutes
Session B
Session B
60 Minutes
The two sessions are presented to students in six groupings of the following types of questions:
● Real-life Narrative (RLN): a passage and seven multiple-choice reading questions.
● Information Paragraph (INP): a passage and six multiple-choice reading questions.
● News Report (NR): a passage, one written response and five multiple-choice reading questions.
● Dialogue (DIA): five multiple-choice reading questions related to a dialogue.
● Written Multiple-Choice (WMC): eight multiple-choice writing questions.
● Series of Paragraphs Expressing an Opinion (OPP): one written response composed of a series of paragraphs.
The OSSLT Sessions begin on an interactive page that guides the student through three tasks per 60 minute session.
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