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All of this involves testing the student's ability to properly read, write, and de construct information in paragraphs; a key skill that some graduates in Ontario still to this day lack due to low standards in some schools, [[recreational drug]] use, [[text messaging]] AKA: Netspeak, and the pseudo-poetry found in [[rap music]] which can cloud a person's ordinary vocabulary and replace it with indecipherable [[Rastafarian]] gibberish (''I gots t' go t' ma crib t' fire me up some doobies'').

All of this involves testing the student's ability to properly read, write, and de construct information in paragraphs; a key skill that some graduates in Ontario still to this day lack due to low standards in some schools, [[recreational drug]] use, [[text messaging]] AKA: Netspeak, and the pseudo-poetry found in [[rap music]] which can cloud a person's ordinary vocabulary and replace it with indecipherable [[Rastafarian]] gibberish (''I gots t' go t' ma crib t' fire me up some doobies'').

==Effectiveness==

==Effectiveness==

The effectiveness of the OSSLT is debatable. The OSSLT does nothing to combat sensitive students being forced to work in disruptive, chaotic, and sometimes physically irritating work environments such as excessive classroom noise, undisciplined peers, un-airconditioned or odorous classrooms, etc. Proponents (supporters) argue that this partially personalized approach to centralized (government mandated) testing will lead to struggling students getting the one-on-one feedback that they need in order to be successful in secondary and post-secondary education.

The effectiveness of the OSSLT is debatable. The OSSLT does nothing to combat sensitive students being forced to work in disruptive, chaotic, and sometimes physically irritating work environments such as excessive classroom noise, undisciplined peers, un-airconditioned or odorous classrooms, etc. Proponents (supporters) argue that this partially personalized approach to centralized (government-mandated) testing will lead to struggling students getting the one-on-one feedback that they need in order to be successful in secondary and post-secondary education.

==Incidents==

==Incidents==

The OSSLT has not been without it's share of incidents. The most notable of incidents occurred in October of 2001 when parts of the OSSLT were obtained and the answers posted on the internet two days before the start of the scheduled test dates.  

The OSSLT has not been without its share of incidents. The most notable of incidents occurred in October of 2001 when parts of the OSSLT were obtained and the answers posted on the Internet two days before the start of the scheduled test dates.  

Unconfirmed rumors have circulated about students using text messaging and portable media players ([[iPod]]s/MP3 players) to obtain test answers, although little trustworthy evidence of this exists and this is used mostly as a justification to unfairly ban music through headphones.

Unconfirmed rumors have circulated about students using text messaging and portable media players ([[iPod]]s/MP3 players) to obtain test answers, although little trustworthy evidence of this exists and this is used mostly as a justification to unfairly ban music through headphones.