CATHOLIC SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMS

This overview is taken from Peterson's Services http://www.petersons.com

Local Baltimore Catholic Schools require the HSPT (High School Placement Test) to evaluate the student's academic progress and potential and to determine placement in classes best suited to their abilities.

The HSPT (High School Placement Test):

The test is administered by individual high schools to eighth graders applying to their schools. For specifics on costs and dates, you'll need to contact the specific school you're interested in directly as they schedule and administer their own tests.


The HSPT takes approximately two and a half hours to complete and has five multiple-choice segments:


Verbal: A 16-minute segment with 60 questions including synonyms, antonyms, analogies, logic, and verbal classification problems.


Quantitative: A 30-minute segment with 52 questions covering geometric comparisons, non-geometric comparisons, and number manipulations.


Reading: A 25-minute section with 62 questions covering several short reading passages.


Mathematics: At 45-minutes in length, this section is the longest and has 64 questions covering arithmetic, elementary algebra, and basic geometry.


Language: A 25-minute section with 60 questions covering capitalization, punctuation, usage, spelling, and composition.