Ontario government cancels standardized testing
Posted Mar 18, 2020 10:00:00 PM.
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The Ontario government has cancelled all remaining standardized tests for the school year.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce said on Tuesday the decision to cancel the Education Quality Assessment Office’s testing was done to protect the health and safety of students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“My deputy minister and I have directly communicated with directors of education across the province this morning and received welcomed feedback from the sector on the decision,” Lecce said in a statement Tuesday night. “I want to be clear, this cancellation will not impede student graduation.”
The outbreak has already shuttered schools across the province.
Classes have been cancelled at all public schools across the province until April 3.
Under the provincial state of emergency declared Tuesday, private schools are now also closed.
The Waterloo Region District School Board released a statement on Wednesday.
“The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), which is administered to all students across the province, is cancelled and has been waived for graduating students who do not yet have the literacy requirement. Students who are not graduating this school year will have the opportunity to write the OSSLT in the upcoming 2020-21 school year.”
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***With files from The Canadian Press and 570 NEWS***
