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Saskatchewan Student Assessment: Grade 7 English Language Arts (SSA)

  • Grade 7

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Total time
2 h
Marked questions
41
Parts
2
Calculator
Not allowed
Format
On a computer

Saskatchewan Grade 7 ELA Assessment practice test

The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.

  • Saskatchewan Student Assessment: Grade 7 English Language Arts (SSA) in the MapleMind app: the exam in the appThe exam in the app
  • Saskatchewan Student Assessment: Grade 7 English Language Arts (SSA) in the MapleMind app: its parts, and what you can use in eachIts parts, and what you can use in each
  • A multiple-choice question in a practice exam in the MapleMind app, with its timer and toolsA question, timed, with the exam’s tools
  • A practice exam’s marked result in the MapleMind app: the score, how the real exam reports it, and each part’s pointsThe marked result, part by part

A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.

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When

May 2027

The dates are Saskatchewan’s own, read on September 29, 2026. See the official schedule (publications.saskatchewan.ca)

What’s on it

  • Reading comprehensionComprehend and Respond
  • WritingCompose and Create

Each topic’s share of the marks isn’t published.

The skills it tests · 14 skills
  • Creating building-a-better-world texts
  • Creating exploring-thoughts texts
  • Creating taking-action texts
  • Experimenting with forms and techniques
  • Reading specialized information texts
  • Reading with critical response to content and craft
  • Responding to doing-our-part texts
  • Responding to giving-our-best texts
  • Responding to think-for-yourself texts
  • Using cueing systems in complex texts
  • Using cues to communicate meaning
  • Using questioning and evidence strategies
  • Using strategies to communicate meaning
  • Writing for varied purposes
From the courseEnglish Language Arts, Grade 7Its Course CompanionEnglish Language Arts, Grade 7

How it’s built

Multiple-choice questions, questions in sets and an essay.

  1. Part 1: Reading
    Questions
    40
    Marks
    40
    Of the marks
    77%
    • Multiple choice
    • Questions in sets

    Read several texts on screen, such as a fable, a poem, an infographic or a news story. Answer multiple-choice questions about each: what it says, what you can work out, what words mean, and why the author made their choices.

  2. Part 2: Writing
    Question
    1
    Marks
    12
    Of the marks
    23%
    • Essay

    Write one response of several paragraphs to a prompt: a personal story or an essay. Guiding questions help you plan it.

How it’s marked

  1. Level 1
  2. Level 2
  3. Level 3
  4. Level 4

A computer marks the reading. Teachers mark your writing with the provincial writing rubric in the month after the assessment. There is no pass mark: you're placed at one of four achievement levels, compared with the provincial standard.

On the day

  1. Sitting 1Part 1: reading, with multiple-choice questions on several texts.
  2. Sitting 2Part 2: writing, one response of several paragraphs. Your teacher schedules both sittings within a two-week window.

The real assessment is online, in two sittings of about 120 minutes in all. Answer every reading question. Once you submit a part, you can't reopen it.

Getting ready

4 official documents to practise with, and 5 tips.

Official practice

Tips from the people who write it

  • You don't need extra study for it: it covers the Saskatchewan curriculum you already learn in class.
  • Try the ministry's practice assessment. It's about the same length as the real one, with the same kinds of questions.
  • Read each text and question carefully, and don't spend too long on any one question.
  • Try to answer every question. Once you finish a part, you can't go back to it.
  • Compare the practice's marked sample answers with the writing rubric, to see what each level looks like.

After the exam

Results

School divisions share the results with students and families soon after the assessment.

Marks

It’s based on what students already learn in class; sample assessments are online for getting used to the format.

From Saskatchewan Student Assessment: information for parents and caregivers, 2026–27 (publications.saskatchewan.ca), read on October 27, 2026.

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Questions about this exam

When is the SSA in 2026–27?

The next sitting is May 3 to May 31, 2027.

How long is the SSA?

It takes 2 hours in all, over 2 parts.

How many questions are on the SSA?

It has 41 marked questions: 40 in Part 1: Reading and 1 in Part 2: Writing.

Can you use a calculator on the SSA?

No. Calculators aren’t allowed.

How are SSA results reported?

At 4 levels: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4.

Where can I find practice tests for the SSA?

Saskatchewan publishes Grade 7 English Language Arts Reading Practice Assessment Part 1 and Writing Practice Assessment Part 2 and Saskatchewan Student Assessment Frequently Asked Questions. MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.

Practise for the SSA

Every skill on the SSA, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.