Ontario Comprehension Assessment (OCA)

Discipline: Literacy

Copyright: 2008

Grade(s): 7 - 10

Delivery Method: Print

Province: National

Imprint: Pearson Canada

Language(s): English

Ontario Comprehension Assessment (OCA)

This resource links assessment to explicit reading strategy and skills instruction. Fully aligned with Ontario's key literacy documents, this resource:

  • Provides feedback on student use of comprehension strategies identified in Think Literacy: Cross Curricular Approaches 7-12
  • Aligns with the Achievement Chart categories in the new K to 8 Language Arts Curriculum in Ontario
  • Aligns with the OSSLT by assessing literal thinking, inferential thinking and making connections
  • Links assessment with "next steps" instruction, including specific links to Literacy in Action 7 & 8
  • Helps teachers link assessment to explicit reading strategy and skills instruction

Literacy Success Assessment

Insights into Students' Comprehension and Communication

The Literacy Success Assessment is a differentiated tool that provides an opportunity for students to read texts based on their interests and at their reading levels. This assessment combines at-grade-level reading passages for students in Grades 7 to 10 and reading at grade levels that span from Grade 1 to Grade 10. With 24 reading passages at 20 different levels of readability, all students, regardless of ability, can demonstrate the reading and writing skills that they have.