September 23rd, 2015

WRDSB Students Continue to Meet Provincial Standard

More Grade 10 Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) students are demonstrating their confidence and readiness to achieve one of their graduation requirements by participating in the 2015 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) that took place in March of this year.

“The efforts of our staff in the area of literacy continue to show that our students are making gains in this area,” says Angela Mercier, superintendent, student achievement & well-being. “More students are participating in the test, and we are seeing a high rate of success with 82% of first time eligible students successfully completing the OSSLT.”

Highlights of Results

  • We continue to see students succeed, with 82% of students successfully completing the assessment
  • Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) base their overall provincial and school board data using the number of first time students who wrote the test in March of this year (see Graph B)
  • A total of 4112 first time eligible students participated in the test
  • Deferral rates for the WRDSB continue to drop, with 3% of students being deferred, compared to the Provincial rate of 5%

2015 Results

Graph A – percentage of first time eligible students who successfully completed the OSSLT over time

Percentage of first time eligible students who successfully completed the OSSLT, over time.

Percentage of first time eligible students who successfully completed the OSSLT, over time.

Graph B – Percentage of first time eligible students who successfully completed the OSSLT, Board and Province

Percentage of first time eligible students who successfully completed the OSSLT, Board and Province.

Percentage of first time eligible students who successfully completed the OSSLT, Board and Province.

Defining the Terms

Deferral The eligible student’s teacher/principal recommended that the test be taken at another
time in order to better prepare the student
Absent The eligible students is not present at the time of the test. Note: EQAO considers this to be
the student’s first attempt and the student must either re-take the test or take the course
Not Successful The eligible student did not achieve the required passing level
Successful The eligible student achieved the required passing level