School Board Progress Reports
Grade 10 Literacy Test
The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) annually assesses the literacy skills of Ontario's Grade 10 students through the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. EQAO is an arm's-length agency of the provincial government and provides parents, teachers and the public with accurate and reliable information about student achievement.
The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test assesses reading and writing skills that students are expected to have learned in all subjects by the end of Grade 9. Students have the opportunity to rewrite the test if they fail; however, they must pass the test or enrol in and pass the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course to obtain the graduation literacy requirement.
In 2022-23, the percentage of Grade 10 students who were eligible to write the test for the first time and who fully participated in and passed the literacy test was 85 per cent for English-language students and 91 per cent for French-language students.
This chart is a snapshot of Grade 10 literacy test results by board.
| Algoma DSB | 72% |
| Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB | 86% |
| Avon Maitland DSB | 81% |
| Bluewater DSB | 75% |
| Brant Haldimand Norfolk CDSB | 85% |
| Bruce-Grey CDSB | 82% |
| CDSB of Eastern Ontario | 84% |
| Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | 85% |
| CS catholique MonAvenir | 95% |
| CS public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario | 83% |
| CS public du Nord-Est de l'Ontario | 72% |
| CS Viamonde | 96% |
| CSDC de l'Est ontarien | 94% |
| CSDC des Aurores boréales | 93% |
| CSDC des Grandes Rivières | 81% |
| CSDC du Centre-Est de l'Ontario | 94% |
| CSDC du Nouvel-Ontario | 86% |
| CSDC Franco-Nord | 85% |
| CÉP de l'Est de l'Ontario | 93% |
| DSB Niagara | 86% |
| DSB Ontario North East | 72% |
| Dufferin-Peel CDSB | 86% |
| Durham CDSB | 87% |
| Durham DSB | 85% |
| Grand Erie DSB | 76% |
| Greater Essex County DSB | 79% |
| Halton CDSB | 90% |
| Halton DSB | 92% |
| Hamilton-Wentworth CDSB | 77% |
| Hamilton-Wentworth DSB | 77% |
| Hastings & Prince Edward DSB | 75% |
| Huron Perth CDSB | 87% |
| Huron-Superior CDSB | 80% |
| Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB | 82% |
| Keewatin-Patricia DSB | 71% |
| Kenora CDSB | 80% |
| Lakehead DSB | 82% |
| Lambton Kent DSB | 78% |
| Limestone DSB | 79% |
| London District Catholic School Board | 84% |
| Near North DSB | 79% |
| Niagara CDSB | 86% |
| Nipissing-Parry Sound CDSB | 85% |
| Northeastern CDSB | 91% |
| Northwest CDSB | NA |
| Ottawa CSB | 88% |
| Ottawa-Carleton DSB | 89% |
| Peel DSB | 85% |
| Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington CDSB | 82% |
| Rainbow DSB | 77% |
| Rainy River DSB | 70% |
| Renfrew County CDSB | 84% |
| Renfrew County DSB | 83% |
| Simcoe County DSB | 84% |
| Simcoe Muskoka CDSB | 82% |
| St Clair CDSB | 88% |
| Sudbury CDSB | 80% |
| Superior North CDSB | NA |
| Superior-Greenstone DSB | 59% |
| Thames Valley DSB | 77% |
| Thunder Bay CDSB | 81% |
| Toronto CDSB | 84% |
| Toronto DSB | 85% |
| Trillium Lakelands DSB | 84% |
| Upper Canada DSB | 77% |
| Upper Grand DSB | 88% |
| Waterloo CDSB | 83% |
| Waterloo Region DSB | 85% |
| Wellington CDSB | 85% |
| Windsor-Essex CDSB | 91% |
| York CDSB | 90% |
| York Region DSB | 93% |