The Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT) is a multiple-choice standardized exam used by many private, independent, and charter schools to screen their applicants. Students in grades 8-11 applying for high school admission will take the SSAT Upper Level test.
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What’s on the SSAT Upper Level Reading Section?
For this section, which is timed at 40 minutes, you will be given multiple reading passages that are 250-350 words each. You will then be asked to answer questions about each passage. These questions assess your ability to make inferences, locate details, make predictions, determine the author’s purpose and point of view, and recognize the main idea.
Reading passages may come from the following sources:
- Literary fiction
- Humanities (biography, art, poetry)
- Science (anthropology, astronomy, medicine)
- Social studies (history, sociology, economics)
SSAT Upper Level Test Prep Course
If you want to be fully prepared, we also offer an online SSAT Upper Level prep course. The course is designed to provide you with any and every resource you might want while studying. The SSAT course includes:
- Review Lessons Covering Every Topic
- 750+ SSAT Practice Questions
- Over 150 Video Tutorials
- More than 200 Electronic Flashcards
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The SSAT Upper Level prep course is designed to help any learner get everything they need to prepare for their SSAT exam. Click below to check it out!
