Caveat Academy · Grades 7 and 8 · Test practice

Ready for the high
school placement test.

Reading, language, math and the number and word reasoning that many placement and entrance tests use, with a study plan and timed practice. Original questions throughout.

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6units
18lessons
139practice and exam items
12hours, about
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Tests vary by school

Many Catholic and independent high schools give an entrance test, and some districts test for honors or magnet placement. The sections, timing, calculator rules and scoring differ from school to school. Ask these five questions first, then use the course's units that match.

  1. Which test, and which sections, will my student take?Some schools give a long test with verbal, quantitative, reading, math and language sections; others give reading and math only.
  2. How long is each section, and is a calculator allowed?Pacing practice only helps if it matches the real timing.
  3. Is there a penalty for wrong answers?If not, every question gets an answer, even a guess.
  4. What is the test used for?Admission, a scholarship and course placement are different decisions, and a school may weigh the test differently for each.
  5. Are accommodations available, and how do we ask?Students with an IEP or 504 plan should ask early; each school or testing company has its own process.

Samples from the course. All questions are original.

The reasoning questions are learnable

Number series, analogies and odd-one-out questions look like puzzles, but each has a short method: write the rule, make a bridge sentence, name the category. The reasoning unit teaches each method, then mixes them under time.

Six units

Plan on five to eight weeks at three or four lessons a week. Each unit ends with an exam, and the final opens when every unit is at least proficient.

Preparing for the ISEE or SSAT instead? Those private-school tests have their own course: ISEE and SSAT Prep.

  1. How placement tests workWhat placement tests measure, and why they vary; Building a study plan; Pacing and guessing
  2. Reading comprehensionMain idea and supporting details; Inference and author's purpose; Vocabulary in context
  3. Language skillsCapitalization and punctuation; Usage: agreement, verbs, pronouns and modifiers; Spelling and composition
  4. Math: numbers and operationsFractions, decimals and percents; Ratios, rates and proportions; Integers, exponents and order of operations
  5. Math: algebra, geometry and dataExpressions and equations; Geometry: area, perimeter, volume and angles; Data, probability and averages
  6. Reasoning skills and test dayNumber series and quantitative comparisons; Verbal reasoning: relationships and logic; Test day

High School Placement Test Prep

All six units, timed unit exams, a study plan and a certificate of completion. One student, keep it.

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Practice is not a prediction

Practice scores do not predict a score on any school's test or an admission decision.

HSPT is a registered trademark of Scholastic Testing Service, Inc., which was not involved in making this course and does not endorse it. Every question is original, written by Caveat; none comes from any testing company.

This is a preparation course from Caveat Academic Services. It does not award school credit. Progress saves in the browser on the student's device.

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