Literary texts for ELA may include any of the text types that middle school students should have experience with, such as: poetry, adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction, allegories, parodies, or satire. Informational texts for ELA may include any of the text types that middle school students should have experiences with, such as exposition, argument, and functional text in the form of personal essays, speeches, opinion pieces, essays about art or literature, biographies, memoirs, journalism, and historical, scientific, technical, or economic accounts written for a broad audience. Part B: all questions are based on a single, multi-paragraph textĪbility to understand, analyze, and interpret texts from a variety of genresĥ-6 texts, including informational and literary, followed by 6–10 questions Part A: each question is based on its own sentence/paragraph The English Language Arts (ELA) section consists of two parts-Revising/Editing and Reading Comprehension-as described below.Ībility to recognize and correct language errors and improve overall quality of writing English Language Arts Section (57 Questions) Queens High School for the Sciences at York College.High School of American Studies at Lehman College.Eight of the Specialized High Schools require students to register for and take a test-the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT)- to qualify for admission. Total Questions in English Language Arts (ELA)Īpproximately 29,000 students took the SHSAT for September 2019 admission and approximately 5,000 students received an offer. Two (English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. The New York City Department of Education Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT)
Electronic calculators and other calculation aids may not be used during the test. It is recommended that not more than 90 minutes be spent on each section, but the time can be divided in any way students wish. The SHSAT tests for grammar and ability in both English and mathematics. SHSAT Math Practice Test 2013 (Released Question Answers).SHSAT Math Practice Test 2014 (Released Question Answers).It is to your advantage to answer all questions in each section. You will NOT know which questions are scored and which are field test questions. There are 57 questions total in each section of these, 47 are scored questions and 10 are embedded field-test questions, which are not scored. The standard administration time is 180 minutes to complete the test. The actual SHSAT has two sections: English Language Arts (ELA) and Math.
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