Evil Questions Attacking Ontario

English

Alternative forms

• Evil Questions Attack Ontario

Etymology

Backronym of EQAO.

Noun

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.”