• EQAO selects potential scorers to score the open-response questions completed by students. Potential scorers must
  • create a profile and keep it up to date, and
  • accept a scoring-specific invitation (if you receive one) by the specified deadline to express your interest in participating in that activity.

Note that EQAO is unable to accept inquiries related to scoring activities by e-mail or by telephone. EQAO does not directly offer an employment position; individuals are hired by a third-party employment vendor of record (Quantum) and then assigned back to EQAO.

Training and scoring are self-directed through the e-assessment scoring system, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week (except on statutory holidays), during the scoring window. Scorers who meet the technical requirements and qualifications can score on their own time and from any location. All the training and scoring resources are available in the e-assessment scoring system.

Once scorers have completed their training and have passed the qualifying test (available in the e-assessment scoring system), they will be able to select batches, which they will have 12 hours to complete. A batch takes approximately one hour to score.

Scorers are not to select any batches unless they are able to score them in the 12-hour period. If a scorer completes the selected batches before the 12-hour period expires, the scorer can select one or more additional batches, for which a new 12 hours is allotted for completion. On the last day of scoring, EQAO may decrease the 12 hours allotted to complete batches to two hours or less, and the number of batches that can be claimed at a time to one (to enable the distribution and availability of batches for everyone). EQAO can also revoke claimed batches at any time to facilitate the completion of scoring.

Online scoring is self-directed. Although scorers do not need to score daily, they must score a minimum of 14 batches per week, if available, during the entire scoring window and meet the minimum validity threshold.

If a scorer falls below the minimum validity threshold, the scorer will have the opportunity to retrain and pass another qualifying test. If successful, the scorer will be able to continue scoring. If unsuccessful, the scorer may be withdrawn from their current scoring assignment. Scorers can score as many batches as are available but should not score for more than 48 hours in a work week (from Sunday to Saturday).

Scoring generally takes place two to three weeks before the end of the administration windows of the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test and the Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Primary and Junior Divisions. Scoring invitations are generally sent to qualified candidates six weeks before the start of the administration window.