Catholic High School Entrance Exam (CHSEE)

Point Test Prep programs are specifically designed to help students achieve success when taking their Catholic High School Entrance Exam (CHSEE). Our courses guide students to apply their academic skills through practice, time management, and skill reinforcement. Our course alleviates test anxiety, familiarizes students with test format, and teaches test strategies. Students gain confidence and score higher.

UNIQUE FEATURES OF OUR PROGRAM:

• Use of smartboard technology
  
• Small groups
  
• Affordable pricing
  
• Owned and operated by Catholic School Teachers
  
• Improve Critical Reading Techniques
  
• Strengthen Math Skills

In our present economic crisis, parents and students appreciate the accessibility to a convenient and affordable program. Competition for seats in Catholic High Schools on Long Island has been increasing yearly. Newsday quoted the statistic that for every seat available in a Catholic High School, 4 applications are received. Parents want to provide their children with every advantage possible and our Catholic High School Entrance program helps them accomplish this.

GETTING TO KNOW THE CHSEE

The Catholic High School Exam, or CHSEE, is given each year in October or November to eighth-graders seeking admission to Long Island Catholic high schools. The CHSEE measures academic achievement and academic aptitude and is used by high schools to make decisions about admitting applicants and to group prospective ninth-grade students into classes.

The exam changes from year to year so that no students are more familiar than others with the test format and content. You may see new question styles, or a different number of questions within a section. However, the content areas that the test covers remain basically the same.

The CHSEE lasts 2 and a half hours and contains approximately 180 multiple—choice questions divided into 7 subtests: Sequences, Analogies, Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning—Words, Verbal Reasoning-Context, Reading and Language Arts, and Mathematic.

You receive one point for every question that you answer correctly on the CHSEE. There is no penalty for incorrect answers, and each question, regardless of how difficult it is, is worth only one point.

The points you earn, known as your raw score, are tallied and then converted to a scaled score according to a formula determined by test developers. Converting raw scores to scaled scores allows schools to compare a student’s performance on one part of the exam with his or her performance on other parts that may have included a greater or lesser number of questions.

Finally, scaled scores are reported as percentile rank. Percentile rank shows where students stand in relationship to one another on various sections and on the test as a whole.