The SSAT is an admissions test administered to students in grades 5-11 to help determine placement into independent or private junior high and high schools.
The SSAT is administered at two levels (grades 5-7 and grades 8-11) and comes in many different versions to ensure that repeat test-takers don't take the same test twice.
There are five sections to the test: a 25-minute essay segment, a 40-minute quantitative (math) portion, two 30-minute verbal sections (synonyms and analogies), and a Reading Comprehension section. Everything on the test is based on skills you've learned in school, so if you're up to par on your studies, you've got everything covered.
Essay:In the essay part of the test, students will be asked to support or argue against a topic statement by using examples from personal experience,history, literature and current events. Like the SAT, the essay sectionis 25 minutes long.
Mathematics Section: There are two 30 minute math sections with 25 questions each that require basic computations including some basic algebra.
Verbal Section: The verbal section is 30 minutes long and consists of 30 synonym and 30 analogy questions.
Reading Comprehension Section: The 40 minute reading comprehension section has 40 questions based around seven given reading passages. These questions not only require test takers to read quickly but also comprehend what they are reading.
