What is EQAO and what do the Agency do?
• The EQAO (Education Quality and Accountability Office) is an agency who helps in creating, implementing and administering these standardized assessments. The Agency ensures greater accountability and better quality in Ontario’s publicly funded school system. EQAO assesses all students in Grade 3 and Grade 6 in reading, writing and mathematics. EQAO also administers two secondary assessments. The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is administered in October each year. The Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics is administered in January to students enrolled in first-semester mathematics courses and in May/June to students enrolled in second-semester and full-year courses. Please visit EQAO website for more details.
