Free SHSAT Practice Test

Tests grammar, usage, and paragraph organization. Students revise standalone sentences and full passages. This section was redesigned in 2017 when scrambled paragraphs were removed — old prep materials may be outdated.

Literary and informational passages with questions on main idea, inference, and evidence. The SHSAT uses longer, more complex passages than other standardized tests at this level.

Covers arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and probability at above-grade-level difficulty. No calculators permitted. Word problems are complex and multi-step — speed and accuracy both matter.

Students who begin structured prep in late 6th or 7th grade consistently outperform those who start in the fall of 8th grade. The volume of content requires time, not intensity.

The SHSAT is nearly 3 hours long. Stamina is a real factor. Practice full-length timed tests so the actual exam doesn't feel unfamiliar or exhausting.

Multi-step equations, systems of equations, and algebraic word problems appear frequently. Students weak in algebra will struggle even if they excel in arithmetic and geometry.

Grammar is testable and learnable. Master subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, comma usage, and transition words. These rules show up predictably every year.

NYC DOE publishes cutoff scores after each cycle. Knowing that Stuyvesant typically requires ~550+ and Brooklyn Tech ~490+ helps set realistic score targets during prep.