EQAO Cheat Sheet 2026

The 30 highest-yield EQAO facts, distilled from real exam questions. Print it, save it as a PDF, or study it here — free, no sign-up.

1. Which core principle has EQAO consistently emphasized throughout its history of public reporting? → Transparency and broad public access to education quality data
2. Which stakeholders are required to receive EQAO assessment results under its public mandate? → School boards, schools, and the general public
3. Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence? → The dog barked, and the cat ran away.
4. Which achievement level suggests a student is approaching but not yet meeting the provincial standard? → Level 2
5. What is PCAP and which grades does it assess? → Pan-Canadian Assessment Program; Grades 6 and 9
6. When a teacher is acting as a scribe for a student during an EQAO assessment, which of the following actions is strictly forbidden? → Correcting grammatical errors and punctuation to clarify the student's ideas.
7. Which report helps school boards identify schools that may need additional support based on EQAO results? → The board-level results report comparing schools within the board
8. A student reads a graph showing rising teen smartphone use from 2010 to 2025. Which conclusion is BEST supported by this trend? → Smartphone adoption among teens has increased significantly over 15 years
9. The EQAO Primary Division math assessment expects Grade 3 students to work with whole numbers up to approximately which value? → 1,000
10. A classroom shelf holds 8 rows of books with 15 books in each row. If 36 books are removed, how many books remain? → 94
11. When a reader makes an inference about a character's feelings, they should use: → Clues from the text combined with their own prior knowledge
12. On the EQAO achievement scale, what does a 'Level 3' result indicate about a student's performance? → Performance meets the provincial standard
13. A student with a visual impairment requires a Braille version of the EQAO assessment. Who is responsible for ordering this material? → The school must request it through EQAO's advance ordering process
14. In EQAO's OSSLT, what does 'OSSLT' stand for? → Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
15. A pattern begins: 5, 10, 20, 40, 80 ... What is the rule for this pattern? → Multiply by 2 each time
16. In a debate, which strategy strengthens a speaker's argument most effectively? → Acknowledging and refuting the opposing view
17. Which of the following is the greatest? 3/5, 0.65, 62%, 0.6 → 0.65
18. Which organizational structure would best suit a text comparing two historical events? → Compare and contrast
19. What types of questions appear on EQAO's Junior Division (Grade 6) mathematics assessment? → A combination of multiple-choice and open-response questions requiring written work
20. Which Ontario Ministry document provides the curriculum expectations that EQAO assessments are based on? → The Ontario Curriculum documents
21. How often does Canada participate in PISA assessments? → Every 3 years
22. Which strand is NOT typically assessed in EQAO's Grade 3 primary-division literacy test? → Oral communication
23. What happens to student assessment data collected by EQAO at the school level? → It is aggregated to report school, board, and provincial performance trends
24. Which of the following releases the plot's tension, ties up loose ends, and brings readers to a satisfactory conclusion? → Resolution
25. A taxi charges a flat fee of $3.00 plus $1.50 per kilometre. Which equation models the total fare F for k kilometres? → F = 3.00 + 1.50k
26. A graphic organizer that uses overlapping circles to show similarities and differences between two topics is called a: → Venn diagram
27. In a news article, the paragraph that immediately follows the headline and summarizes the entire story is called the: → Lead (lede)
28. What does EQAO's 'Contextual Information' report provide alongside assessment results? → Demographic and socioeconomic factors about school communities
29. A store sells 144 apples in 6 equal boxes. How many apples are in each box? → 24
30. The median of the data set {3, 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20} is: → 12