Students take the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) in Grade 10. All students must successfully complete the provincial secondary school literacy test in order to earn a secondary school diploma. The literacy test is based on the Ontario curriculum expectations for language and communication – particularly reading and writing – up to and including Grade 9. 

The test serves to determine whether students have acquired the reading and writing skills considered essential for literacy, and to provide confirmation that those students who have successfully completed the test have attained the provincial expectations for literacy. 

It also identifies those students who have not demonstrated the required skills and highlights areas in which these students need remediation. Hudson provides remedial assistance for students who do not complete the test successfully to help them improve their skills and better prepare them to retake the literacy test.  Students not successful on their first attempt may rewrite the test. There is no limit to the number of attempts that a student may make. 

Once students have successfully completed the literacy test, they may not retake the test. Only the indication of the successful completion of the test will be entered on the student’s Ontario Student Transcript.

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