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    • 01/21/2019 at 9:43 pm #9232 Reply
      HopefulDave

      My kid just took the SEHS exam this weekend:

      Total 3.5 hours

      4 sections:

      1) Reading Comprehension – 40 question (40 minutes): 6 passages with a mix of persuasive, informative, narrative and descriptive

      2) Language Arts – 54 questions (40 minutes): standard middle school stuff

      3) Math – 40 questions (40 minutes): mostly algebra 1, mixed with a little geometry and some basic algebra 2

      4) Vocab – 40 questions (15 minutes): finding most similar meaning word of a term that was used in a sentence for context.

      NO experimental section. Used fill-in bubble sheets. Can not go back to finish previous sections. They will mark unanswered question to prevent this.

      Hope this helps anyone interested

    • 01/24/2019 at 3:02 pm #9234 Reply
      CPS or Bust
      Participant

      Hi HopefulDave,

      What was the more difficult concepts for math, if you care to share? thanks.

    • 01/24/2019 at 3:05 pm #9235 Reply
      CPS or Bust
      Participant

      Also, what is this “experimental section?”

    • 03/19/2019 at 9:15 pm #9298 Reply
      CpsParent

      I was on the GoCps website, and it says that results will be released on March 30th, but in the email I received it says that it will be announced on the 29th sometime between 5 and 11:59 pm, what should I believe?

      • 03/20/2019 at 11:56 am #9299 Reply
        HainesMom

        I see the confusion there.

        The pop up message says March 29th. I would believe that they would release this info on Friday the 29th, not on Sat.

        About a week away now!

    • 10/24/2019 at 11:12 am #10173 Reply
      Cps student

      Does anyone have any tip or knows a text book that they studied from for the exam

    • 10/25/2019 at 4:42 pm #10176 Reply
      cpsnew

      How do you register for SEHS exam? I don’t see it as an option the application where grades and NWEA MAP scores are listed.

      Thank you.

    • 10/26/2019 at 8:31 am #10177 Reply
      CPSDad

      I believe you had to finish the application and then register.  We can’t finish the application because we’re still not sure about ranking the programs so we’ll wait until we do the open houses.

      • 10/26/2019 at 4:04 pm #10179 Reply
        Cps student

        If you don’t finish your application quickly you would find a good date to take the test

    • 10/27/2019 at 3:08 pm #10180 Reply
      cpsnew

      You can change your ranking until Dec 6th!

    • 10/28/2019 at 12:23 am #10181 Reply
      CPSfirst

      How can I gauge how well my daughter might do on this test? She got her MAP results ….  Are the scores similar or higher in most students, statistically?

      • 12/05/2019 at 11:50 pm #10230 Reply
        Hamfam

        You can re-rank your school choices until Feb 3! (Possibly Feb 10 now).

    • 11/10/2019 at 11:03 pm #10203 Reply
      CPSfirst

      Also, another question.  How much spelling is on the test?  My daughter has a real spelling issue.  And is any of the test written in or all multiple choice?   Thanks!!

       

    • 11/27/2019 at 6:04 pm #10222 Reply
      Marty

      that’s 2hrs 25 mins in total , so what is the rest of the time used for as exam 3.5 hours long ?

    • 07/03/2020 at 11:30 am #11446 Reply
      jjenny
      Participant

      How do students study for the SEHS entrance exam? I’m looking for textbooks that have similar questions/subjects.

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