All students at ISNA High School seeking to graduate with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) are required to complete the Provincial Secondary School Literacy Diploma Requirement.

• In the fall of their Grade 10 school year, students will write the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT).
   

• Students must pass the test in order to graduate from secondary school and earn a diploma.
   

• The OSSLT is based on the Ontario curriculum expectations for language and communication - particularly reading and writing - up to and including Grade 9.
   

• The test determines whether students have acquired those skills necessary for literacy and whether they have attained the provincial expectations for literacy.
   

• Students unsuccessful on the first attempt may rewrite the test. There is no limit to the number of attempts a student may make.
   

• Once successful, the student cannot take the test again.
   

• Students who have been eligible to write the OSSLT at least twice and who have been unsuccessful at least once may satisfy the Provincial Secondary School Literacy Diploma Requirement by successfully completing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC).