Standardized tests developed by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) are administered across the province in the latter half of each school year. Students are tested on Reading, Writing and Mathematics in Grades 3 & 6. Student achievement in mathematics is assessed in Grade 9, and a Literacy test follows in Grade 10. Test administration dates for the current year follow:

Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics
(first-semester students)
January 10 – January 25, 2013

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
April 11, 2013

Primary Division and Junior Division
Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics
May 27 – June 7, 2013

Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics
(second-semester and full-year students)
May 30 – June 14, 2013

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