NSW Selective High Schools and Opportunity Classes Placement
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Selective High School
A Selective High School is a Public School focused on academic success of students. These are different to a comprehensive school, which accepts all students, regardless of aptitude.
The High Performing Students Unit of NSW Department of Education conducts an enterance test for year 6 students seeking a place in selective high school. The Selective High School Placement Test is designed to measure ability through tests in reading, mathematics, general ability and writing. The test is held only in NSW and only on the test date each year.
The Selective High School Placement Test consists of a 20 minute writing test and three multiple-choice tests in:
Reading (45 questions)
Mathematics (40 questions)
General Ability (60 questions)
There are 17 fully selective high schools, 26 high schools with selective classes (partially selective), 4 agricultural high schools 2 and a virtual selective class provision offering selective placement in Year 7 for entry in NSW.
Opportunity Classes
The High Performing Students Unit of NSW Department of Education administers the opportunity class placement process. Opportunity classes are for Year 5 and Year 6 academically gifted students. These classes provide learning environment to gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level.
Opportunity class is an optional two-year full time placement program for Year 5 and Year 6. There is no provision to apply for Year 6 placement only. Interested Year 4 students are required to go through selection process by sitting in a placement test to secure a place in these classes.
76 primary schools in NSW have opportunity classes program. In most cases students who accept a place in an opportunity class will leave their current school to attend the school with an opportunity class.
The Opportunity Class Placement test is made up of two parts (papers). Each part has 35 multiple-choice for which students have 30 minutes to complete each test paper. Both parts have mixture of questions from English, Mathematics and General Ability (logical thinking skills).
What Do We Offer
Mock Tests
Mock tests are carefully designed to closely match actual test environment though these tests do not contain actual test questions. These tests has same number of questions with same time limit as actual test. Students can skip the questions, re-visit previously attempted questions and can change the answer in mock tests as long they still have time to complete the test. The test result displays category-wise report along with test score and also, gives them chance to check their mistakes.
Selective High School Mock Tests:
60 full length tests are available for Mathematics, General Ability and English Reading Comprehension. Each test has 40 minutes time limit to answer 40 questions in Mathematics, 60 questions in General Ability and 45 questions in English Tests.
Opportunity Classes Mock Tests:
We have 40 full length Practice Tests, each having 35 questions with 30 minute time limit. Each of these test has mix of questions from English, Mathematics and General Ability. The question distribution is close to actual exam, based on past papers available on DoE website.
Simulated Practice Exam mode
Students, preparing for selective high schools, can take a reading, mathematics and general ability test in one sitting with 10 min gap between tests. This is how they do in actual test.
60 OC Mock Tests make 30 Simulated Practice Exams, each having two parts like actual OC Placement exam. Each of these tests can be taken separately or like an exam by attempting part-1, take 10 min break and then attempt part-2.
We strongly recommend students to attempt few exams before sitting in actual exam. This will help them in managing time and also, will develop habit of taking back-to-back tests.
RapidFire
Students are tested for their quick thinking and correctness in Opportunity Classes and Selective Entrance Tests. We created RapidFire to help students in improving time to answer the questions. In gaming like experience, students are challenged to answer as many as questions they can in five minutes. Questions are selected randomly from our question banks and are similar to actual tests. Students are rewarded one point for each correct answer, there is no penalty for incorrect answer. Students can play RapidFire until they run out-of-time. Like any game students get a test score and ranked against other students.
All OzTests, except Selective High Reading Comprehensions only pack, have RapidFire included. Each RapidFire has two levels, Level 2 questions are bit harder than Level 1 and hence more challenging. There is no limit on attempting RapidFire; students are encouraged to try it multiple times as question set is different every time a RapidFire session is started.
Review Mode Tests (Training Tests)
Review Mode tests have topic specific question rather than a mixture of question as in Practice Tests. These tests do not have time limit which allow students to think thoroughly before answering rather than rushing due to time limit. Student see solution of the question and tips to solve similar questions after submitting their response.
Tips and Hints
Tips and Hints section provides quick notes with examples on a wide range of categories of questions e.g. Numerical Reasoning, Measurements, Verbal Reasoning etc. Each category has tips on solving problems and examples of different kind of questions being asked normally. Step-wise solution explained for each example questions. Alternate approach to solve the question is shown for some questions. This helps students with quick revision and also, correcting common mistakes they make during practice test.
Selective Mock Test Packs
Starting from- ☑️Option to Buy One or All Subject Packs
- ☑️Subscription Length Options
- ☑️80 Full Length Mock Tests
- ☑️More than 4100 Questions to Practice
- ☑️RapidFire (Two Levels for GA and Maths)
- ☑️Instant Review with Correct Answers
- ☑️Detailed Progress Report
- ☑️Review of Completed Tests
- ☑️Instant Test Summary Report via E-Mail
- ☑️Review Mode Tests
- ☑️Tips and Hints to Solve Questions
- ☑️Unlimited Test Attempts
OC Mock Test Packs
Starting from- ☑️Subscription Length Options
- ☑️60 Full Length Mock Tests
- ☑️More than 2100 Questions to Practice
- ☑️RapidFire (Two Levels)
- ☑️Instant Review with Correct Answers
- ☑️Detailed Progress Report
- ☑️Review of Completed Tests
- ☑️Instant Test Summary Report via E-Mail
- ☑️Review Mode Tests
- ☑️Tips and Hints to Solve Questions
- ☑️Unlimited Test Attempts
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Selective High School
A Selective High School is a Public School focused on academic success of students. These are different to a comprehensive school, which accepts all students, regardless of aptitude.
The High Performing Students Unit of NSW Department of Education conducts an enterance test for year 6 students seeking a place in selective high school. The Selective High School Placement Test is designed to measure ability through tests in reading, mathematics, general ability and writing. The test is held only in NSW and only on the test date each year.
The Selective High School Placement Test consists of a 20 minute writing test and three multiple-choice tests in:
Reading (45 questions)
Mathematics (40 questions)
General Ability (60 questions)
There are 17 fully selective high schools, 26 high schools with selective classes (partially selective), 4 agricultural high schools 2 and a virtual selective class provision offering selective placement in Year 7 for entry in NSW.
Opportunity Classes
The High Performing Students Unit of NSW Department of Education administers the opportunity class placement process. Opportunity classes are for Year 5 and Year 6 academically gifted students. These classes provide learning environment to gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level.
Opportunity class is an optional two-year full time placement program for Year 5 and Year 6. There is no provision to apply for Year 6 placement only. Interested Year 4 students are required to go through selection process by sitting in a placement test to secure a place in these classes.
76 primary schools in NSW have opportunity classes program. In most cases students who accept a place in an opportunity class will leave their current school to attend the school with an opportunity class.
The Opportunity Class Placement test is made up of two parts (papers). Each part has 35 multiple-choice for which students have 30 minutes to complete each test paper. Both parts have mixture of questions from English, Mathematics and General Ability (logical thinking skills).
What Do We Offer
Mock Tests
Mock tests are carefully designed to closely match actual test environment though these tests do not contain actual test questions. These tests has same number of questions with same time limit as actual test. Students can skip the questions, re-visit previously attempted questions and can change the answer in mock tests as long they still have time to complete the test. The test result displays category-wise report along with test score and also, gives them chance to check their mistakes.
Selective High School Mock Tests:
60 full length tests are available for Mathematics, General Ability and English Reading Comprehension. Each test has 40 minutes time limit to answer 40 questions in Mathematics, 60 questions in General Ability and 45 questions in English Tests.
Opportunity Classes Mock Tests:
We have 40 full length Practice Tests, each having 35 questions with 30 minute time limit. Each of these test has mix of questions from English, Mathematics and General Ability. The question distribution is close to actual exam, based on past papers available on DoE website.
Simulated Practice Exam mode
Students, preparing for selective high schools, can take a reading, mathematics and general ability test in one sitting with 10 min gap between tests. This is how they do in actual test.
60 OC Mock Tests make 30 Simulated Practice Exams, each having two parts like actual OC Placement exam. Each of these tests can be taken separately or like an exam by attempting part-1, take 10 min break and then attempt part-2.
We strongly recommend students to attempt few exams before sitting in actual exam. This will help them in managing time and also, will develop habit of taking back-to-back tests.
RapidFire
Students are tested for their quick thinking and correctness in Opportunity Classes and Selective Entrance Tests. We created RapidFire to help students in improving time to answer the questions. In gaming like experience, students are challenged to answer as many as questions they can in five minutes. Questions are selected randomly from our question banks and are similar to actual tests. Students are rewarded one point for each correct answer, there is no penalty for incorrect answer. Students can play RapidFire until they run out-of-time. Like any game students get a test score and ranked against other students.
All OzTests, except Selective High Reading Comprehensions only pack, have RapidFire included. Each RapidFire has two levels, Level 2 questions are bit harder than Level 1 and hence more challenging. There is no limit on attempting RapidFire; students are encouraged to try it multiple times as question set is different every time a RapidFire session is started.
Review Mode Tests (Training Tests)
Review Mode tests have topic specific question rather than a mixture of question as in Practice Tests. These tests do not have time limit which allow students to think thoroughly before answering rather than rushing due to time limit. Student see solution of the question and tips to solve similar questions after submitting their response.
Tips and Hints
Tips and Hints section provides quick notes with examples on a wide range of categories of questions e.g. Numerical Reasoning, Measurements, Verbal Reasoning etc. Each category has tips on solving problems and examples of different kind of questions being asked normally. Step-wise solution explained for each example questions. Alternate approach to solve the question is shown for some questions. This helps students with quick revision and also, correcting common mistakes they make during practice test.
Selective Mock Test Packs
Starting from- ☑️Option to Buy One or All Subject Packs
- ☑️Subscription Length Options
- ☑️80 Full Length Mock Tests
- ☑️More than 4100 Questions to Practice
- ☑️RapidFire (Two Levels for GA and Maths)
- ☑️Instant Review with Correct Answers
- ☑️Detailed Progress Report
- ☑️Review of Completed Tests
- ☑️Instant Test Summary Report via E-Mail
- ☑️Review Mode Tests
- ☑️Tips and Hints to Solve Questions
- ☑️Unlimited Test Attempts
OC Mock Test Packs
Starting from- ☑️Subscription Length Options
- ☑️60 Full Length Mock Tests
- ☑️More than 2100 Questions to Practice
- ☑️RapidFire (Two Levels)
- ☑️Instant Review with Correct Answers
- ☑️Detailed Progress Report
- ☑️Review of Completed Tests
- ☑️Instant Test Summary Report via E-Mail
- ☑️Review Mode Tests
- ☑️Tips and Hints to Solve Questions
- ☑️Unlimited Test Attempts