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The TACHS Explained
What is the TACHS? The TACHS is a high school admissions test used in the Archdiocese of New York and Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens.
The HSPT Explained
What is the HSPT? The HSPT is a widely used Catholic high school admissions test offered by Scholastic Testing Service.
What Is the COOP?
What is the COOP? The COOP is a widely used Catholic high school admissions tests.
Private School Admissions Tests
Achieving success in private school admissions tests consists of 6 parts education, 2 parts thorough test preparation and 2 parts confidence.
An Explanation of Wechsler Tests
What is the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children? It is an intelligence test commonly administered to children in 4th through 9th grades.
What Is the OLSAT?
What is the OLSAT? The OLSAT is an aptitude test developed by Pearson Education. It is occasionally used for private school admissions testing.
SSAT Experiences - Experiences With SSAT
The SSAT is one of the commonly used private schools admissions tests. What was your experience taking the SSAT? Good? Bad? Indifferent?
SSAT/ISSE Test Prep Books - Which Of These Books Is The Best?
Which of these SSAT/ISEE test prep books is the best?
5 Strategies For Admissions Test Preparation
Here are five strategies for private school admissions test preparation.
2 Common Private School Admissions Tests
What are the SSAT and ISEE? How do you prepare for them? Do schools rely on standardized tests to make their admissions' decisions? For answers to these questions and more, read on.
5 Things You Don't Do To Prepare For The SSAT
There are several things which you ought not to do in order to prepare for the SSAT.
COOP/HSPT/TACHS Test Prep Books
These books will help you prepare specifically for the Catholic high school admissions tests: COOP, HSPT and TACHS.
SSAT/ISEE Test Prep Books
Practice makes perfect! These books will help you prepare specifically for the two most commonly used private school admissions tests.
The SSAT and the ISEE: Strategies for Success
Two approaches to passing the SSAT and the ISEE: The Long Term Plan and the Panic Program.
Studying For The SSAT
Learn how to study for the most common prep school admissions test! A few simple steps conscientiously applied will reward you with confident test taking!
Ten Tips for Test Taking
Excellent strategies and advice. From Joe Landsberger at the University of St. Thomas' in St. Paul, MN.
Test Taking Strategies
About's High School Educators guide weighs in with good advice.
Test Taking Tips: SSAT, SAT, ACT, ISEE, ERB, HSPT, COOP
Three steps to success on these standardized admissions tests: practice them, know them and review them.
Top 10 Tips for Making the Most of Your Test Day
About's TestPrep guide offers good advice to help you with the actual test day.
What are the SSAT/ISEE?
Most private schools assess a candidate's academic skills with the SSAT or ISEE.
What is the ISEE?
The ISEE is one of the widely used private school admissions tests.
What is the SSAT?
The SSAT is one of the most widely used private school admissions tests.

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