SSAT Practice Test
The SSAT tests academic skills using four different testing sections: Writing Skills, Quantitative Skills (broken up into two testing sections). Reading Comprehension Skills, and Verbal Skills. The SSAT used both objective and subjective methods to assess your academic strengths and weaknesses. The SSAT practice test begins with a subjective test of your writing skills; you will be given a free response essay topic. This essay will be sent, ungraded, to the high school(s) to which you have applied.
After you complete the writing sample, you will first be tested on your Quantitative Skills. The subtraction, multiplication, and division; percents, fractions , and decimals; ordering of numbers( greater than and less than); ratio and proportion; positive and negative numbers; odd and even numbers; sequences; frequency; basic algebra and geometry; angle measurement; and graph interpretation.
SSAT Sample Test
The SSAT also attempts to judge how well you comprehend what you read and your ability to infer vocabulary meaning though reading. The Reading Comprehension simply asks you to read and interpret literary passages. The SSAT typically requires you to read six to eight reading passages: you will be ask to infer the meanings of words based on their usage in the reading passages or to create a title capturing the main idea of the passage, the emphasis is on showing that you understand what you read.
The Verbal Skills portion of the SSAT practice test, focuses on two specific types of questions: (1) synonyms and (2) antonyms. These questions test your ability to identify words and their relationship to each other. The SSAT will ask you to show off your vocabulary skills by asking you to make analogies between words.
The SSAT Exam focuses on mathematics for the final portion of the exam. This part of the exam tests your problem solving abilities and your ability to use previous knowledge of mathematics concepts to solve modern problems.
The SSAT practice questions are all equal value. Scores are based on the number of questions you answer correctly minus 1/4 point for each question you answer incorrectly; however, you will be penalized points for answers left blank. Even though the Secondary School Aptitude Test does penalize guessing, you should still hazard educated guessing when you can eliminate some of the sample test answer choices.
