Evil Questions Attacking Ontario

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Backronym of EQAO.

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Evil Questions Attacking Ontario pl (plural only)

  1. (Canada, informal, education, derogatory) Standardized tests conducted by the Education Quality and Accountability Office in the province of Ontario.
    • Caroline Alphonso (2013 May 31) “The debate over standardized testing in schools is as divisive as ever”, in The Globe and Mail[1], archived from the original on December 17, 2020
      The admittedly 'nervous’ Maneesha Johal, top, and classmates Lee-Anna Maharaj, right, and Amanda Ibe, left, prepare for ‘Evil Questions Attacking Ontario.
    • Kristin Rushowy (2015 May 14) “EQAO standardized testing cancelled over teacher job action”, in Toronto Star[2], Torstar, archived from the original on December 17, 2020
      School boards have said that without the co-operation of teachers, there’s no way they can administer the tests, which teachers have dubbed “evil questions attacking Ontario.