"Widespread technical issues" cancelled the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) Thursday, the first time the test was being offered online in a "field readiness" evaluation of the new system. ATTN: Due to technical issues being experienced across the province with EQAO testing, UGDSB will not be conducting the OSSLT today — @ugdsbThe OSSLT was cancelled today due to issues at EQAO. Thursday's test was supposed to be a tryout of the "field readiness" of the online system, he said. The EQAO and the vendor contracted to run the online system are working to determine exactly what happened, he said. Thursday's online test was a voluntary trial, and the regularly scheduled OSSLT tests will go ahead in March as planned.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2016 14:15 UTC