TORONTO — Tens of thousands of Ontario high school students were unable to take their first online literacy test Thursday because of widespread technical issues. The Education Quality and Accountability Office pulled the plug on the “voluntary” online test for which most of the province’s 900 secondary schools had signed up to participate. Education Minister Mitzie Hunter expressed her disappointment in the cancellation of the online test, and said she expected the EQAO would try to quickly get to the bottom of the technical problems. Related“I know the students wanted to write it today and were prepared to write it today,” said Hunter. If students passed the online test, it would count, but if they failed or didn’t complete it, they would be considered “first-time eligible” for the test next spring.

Source: National Post October 20, 2016 20:03 UTC