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Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Primary and Junior Divisions
What are the administration dates for this school year?
The administration of the assessment will take place in the spring according to the published administration dates for the current school year.
What is the format of the Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics, Primary and Junior Divisions?
Each assessment has a language component consisting of four different sessions, and a mathematics component consisting of four different stages. Students complete a session or stage in one continuous sitting. These sessions or stages can be undertaken back to back with breaks in between or on different dates and times.
The language component consists of four sessions: two reading sessions and two writing sessions. Each session is designed to be completed within approximately 35 minutes.
The mathematics component contains a total of four stages. Each stage is designed to be completed within approximately 30 minutes.
More information on the test design can be found in the Frameworks.
When will student results be available?
Student results will be available by the end of September in the following school year. An Individual Student Report will be generated for each student, and provincial, school board and school results will be available on EQAO’s public website.
How is the assessment scored?
Selected-response questions on the mathematics and the language components of the assessment are scored automatically (computer-scored), while open-response questions on the language component of the assessments are scored by qualified educators who are trained to follow the principles outlined on clear and consistent rubrics. Training for potential scorers of digital assessments follows strict procedures.
For more information on the Primary division (Grade 3) assessment’s scoring and rubrics, please refer to the Framework for the Primary division assessment.
For more information on the Junior division (Grade 6) assessment’s scoring and rubrics, please refer to the Framework for the Junior division assessment.
How are the open-response questions scored?
Open-response questions on the language component of the assessments are scored by qualified educators who are trained to follow the principles outlined on clear and consistent rubrics.
How is a student outcome determined?
A student’s outcome for each component—reading, writing and mathematics—is assigned using a statistical procedure that takes into account the student’s responses to all the operational questions on the assessment and the difficulty of each of these questions. This procedure, known as Item Response Theory (IRT), assumes a continuum of ability in knowledge and skills (as reflected by the achievement level 1 to 4), and locates the student’s outcome along that continuum.
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