Who is required to write the OSSLT?
» View answer Students who began Grade 9 during the 2000–2001 school year and those who began it thereafter are required to write the OSSLT, according to Ontario Secondary Schools, Grades 9 to 12: Program and Diploma Requirements (1999). These students (and any others who are placed in one of these cohorts) are required to complete the test or the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC) successfully in order to earn their Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). Students normally participate in the test when they are in Grade 10. Students who do not participate in the OSSLT in the year following the year in which they entered Grade 9 require either a deferral or an exemption.
