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What Has Experience Got to Do with It? An Exploration of L1 and L2 Test Takers' Perceptions of Test Performance and Alignment to Classroom Literacy Activities
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Doe, Christine; Cheng, Liying; Fox, Janna; Klinger, Don; Zheng, Ying – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
The importance of first language (L1) and second language (L2) test takers' experience with large-scale literacy testing has been well documented in educational research. Our study focused on the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), a cross-curricular literacy test that is one of the graduation requirements for Ontario high school…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Graduation Requirements, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Student Accounts of the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test: A Case for Validation
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Cheng, Liying; Fox, Janna; Zheng, Ying – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) is a cross-curricular literacy test issued to all secondary school students in the province of Ontario. The test consists of a reading and a writing component, both of which must be successfully completed for secondary school graduation in Ontario. This study elicited 16 first language and second…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Inferences
Did We Take the Same Test? Differing Accounts of the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test by First and Second Language Test-Takers
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Fox, Janna; Cheng, Liying – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2007
Within the context of increasing numbers of second language (L2) learners in Canadian schools and expanding standards-driven testing frameworks, a passing score on the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) is a recently imposed secondary school graduation requirement in Ontario. There is evidence, however, that tests designed on the basis…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Inferences