BOSS OSSLT RESULTS 2017/2018 OSSLT DEFINITIONS OSSLT - Ontario - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

BOSS OSSLT RESULTS 2017/2018

OSSLT DEFINITIONS OSSLT - Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test - All students who wish to graduate with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (O.S.S.D.) must complete their literacy requirement either through the OSSLT or the OLC (Ontario Literacy Course) First-Time Eligible (F.T.E.) - Students in Grade 10 writing the OSSLT for the first-time - This is the larger group of students writing the OSSLT (292 wrote in 2017/2018) Previously Eligible (P.E.) - Students OLDER than Grade 10 who have either written or NOT written the OSSLT - This is smaller group of students writing the OSSLT (84 wrote in 2016/2017) Deferred - Students who are not ready to write and moved to the following year Exempted - Students not writing the OSSLT and NOT working towards an OSSD

BOSS OSSLT Results - April 2018 Last year, 92% of FTE students who wrote the OSSLT at BOSS met or exceeded the provincial standard.

BOSS OSSLT Results - Over Time

Context - A Snapshot 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 # of Students 392 379 390 401 371 ELLs 12% 29% 10% 25% 23% Special Ed. with 8% 9% 11% 14% 11% Accommodations Students who speak 16% 14% 21% 15% 14% only or mostly a language OTHER than English Percentage of 95% 93% 94% 90% 92% Successful First-Time Eligible students

OSSLT Preparation

OSSLT 2018/2019 Wednesday, March 27, 2019

How can we find out more about the OSSLT? ● OSSLT FYI Presentations in Gr. 10 ENG and ESL classes ● “Literacy@BOSS ” Bulletin Board (Outside Main Office) ● Literacy@BOSS Google Classroom for students ● www.eqao.com ● OSSLT Assembly (Second Semester) ● Come see Ms. Wan in the Learning Commons

Preparing for the OSSLT ● After School Literacy Program (Semester 1 - Nov. 12 - Dec. 17) ● “Lit Blitz” Activities (Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21) ● Practice Test (Dec. 5) ● EQAO website (www.eqao.com) ● Join Literacy@BOSS Google Classroom ● Semester 2 After School Literacy Program ● Literacy LunchNLearn sessions (2nd Semester)

Please contact Angela Wan (angela.wan@yrdsb.ca) if you have any questions or concerns related to the Literacy program at Bur Oak Secondary School.