The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) administers province-wide assessments in Ontario to measure student achievement against curriculum expectations. The primary assessments are the Grade 3 Primary Division, Grade 6 Junior Division, and Grade 9 Mathematics assessments. This free printable PDF covers all three — reading, writing, and mathematics content at each grade level — so students, parents, and teachers can practice offline before assessment day.
These practice questions reflect the format and content demands of actual EQAO assessments, including open-response items that require written explanations and multiple-choice questions aligned to Ontario curriculum expectations. Download, print, and use this PDF for focused preparation or classroom review.
Each EQAO assessment is built directly on Ontario curriculum expectations and includes a mix of multiple-choice and open-response questions. Understanding what each grade-level assessment focuses on is the first step in effective preparation.
The Grade 3 assessment evaluates reading and writing in Language Arts and foundational mathematics. In reading, students must demonstrate decoding accuracy and literal comprehension of age-appropriate texts. Writing tasks include composing complete sentences and short paragraphs with correct punctuation and clear ideas. Mathematics focuses on number sense and numeration (counting, place value, basic operations), measurement, geometry (2D and 3D shapes), and patterning.
By Grade 6, reading tasks require higher-order skills: inferencing, identifying text features (headings, captions, sidebars), comparing information across two texts, and distinguishing fact from opinion. Writing tasks require multi-paragraph compositions with an organizational structure, transitional language, and elaborated ideas. Mathematics expands to include fractions, decimals, and percents; algebraic patterning; measurement with area and volume; geometry with angles and coordinate grids; and data management with probability.
The Grade 9 EQAO math assessment is aligned to the updated MTH1W de-streamed course. Key content areas include number and algebra (substitution, solving linear equations), linear relations (graphing, slope, rate of change), measurement (surface area, volume, unit conversion), geometry (angle relationships, Pythagorean theorem), and probability and data literacy (theoretical vs. experimental probability, reading statistical graphs).
Multiple-choice questions have four options and one correct answer. Open-response questions require students to show their work or explain their reasoning in writing. EQAO markers use a four-level rubric — Levels 1 through 4 — aligned to Ontario achievement standards. Level 3 represents the provincial standard. Practice identifying what each rubric level looks for to help students self-assess their written responses.
EQAO allows a range of accommodations for students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) or English Language Learner (ELL) designations. Common accommodations include extended time, the use of a scribe or speech-to-text technology, a separate assessment setting, and the provision of a read-aloud for non-reading components. Accommodations must reflect what students use in their everyday classroom learning — they cannot be introduced specifically for the EQAO assessment.
All EQAO content is tied directly to Ontario curriculum expectations, which are organized around overall and specific expectations. Overall expectations describe broad learning goals; specific expectations describe the precise knowledge and skills assessed. Teachers and parents can use the Ontario curriculum documents for Grades 1-8 Language, Grades 1-8 Mathematics, and Grade 9 Mathematics as a blueprint for targeted review.
EQAO results are reported using the four achievement levels aligned to the curriculum policy document. Level 4 indicates achievement that surpasses the provincial standard; Level 3 is the provincial standard; Levels 1 and 2 indicate achievement below the standard. School-level and board-level results are published publicly each year, making EQAO data a key accountability measure across Ontario.