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teachingjobsportal.com/. Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. Agenda Introduction & Attendance Review of Orange Sheet (Understanding your OSSLT results) Sample Test Booklets & Helpful Web Sites. Attendance.
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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test Agenda • Introduction & Attendance • Review of Orange Sheet (Understanding your OSSLT results) • Sample Test Booklets & Helpful Web Sites
Attendance • You will be called by home form to pick up your orange sheet (OSSLT results) • You must pick up your OSSLT results sheet (orange sheet) from Mrs. Young or Mrs. Mitsopoulos • Quietly read your test result comments
Understanding your OSSLT • Read the comments in the box on the right hand side of your paper, under “Reading” and “Writing” • Underline key words for each of the bullets • For example; need to improve ability to understandinformation that is clearly stated
How Can Reading and Writing Comments Help You? • Each comment is personalized to your test results from last year • Understand the areas you did well in and areas you need to improve upon • If comments say, “you are able to…” that means you were successful in that area • Post this sheet somewhere visible at home so you can continue to review before the test
SAMPLE COMMENTS Reading • Need to improve your ability to understand information that is clearly stated. • Need to improve your ability to connect ideas from different parts of a text and make conclusions.
Reading Comments continued • Need to improve your ability to connect ideas from a text to your own ideas to interpret and make judgments about what the text is saying.
Writing Comments • Need to improve your ability to develop a main idea with enough supporting details to be easily understood by the reader.
Writing Comments continued • Need to improve your ability to organize and order ideas in a clear and understandable way. • Need to improve your ability to use correct spelling, punctuation and grammar to make your writing clear.
Understanding Your OSSLT Results “Your RESULTS” • In the left hand column is your final mark: Your Score • A score of 300is a pass for the literacy test out of 400 Never leave a question unanswered!
Helpful Web Sites Cawthra Park High School Sample Test • http://www.cawthrapark.com/eqao/sample.htmA great site that provides questions and answers. Read Write Rock • http://www.readwriterock.com/Fun interactive cartoon web site with music and helpful tips for answering multiple choice questions & written responses.
Ontario Quality & Accountability Office • http://www.eqao.com/Students/Secondary/10/BookletsandGuides.aspx?Lang=E&gr=10&yr=10 This is the official ministry website that provides literacy tests from the past three years.