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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just got ours HSPT. It’s bad. Bad bad. Like below 40th percentile. Our child has an older sibling at the school we’re applying to, and has all A’s and B’s as well as extracurriculars. Scored very high on one or 2 sections but awfully low on others. 
Are we screwed?
I am truly shocked. This child is not stupid but tested horribly. [/quote]

Right there with you.  Wondering if school prepared the kids poorly. It's a well regarded Catholic pk-8. Shocked.  [/quote]

An administrator at a Catholic high school told me you can't really prepare for the HSPT, which surprised me. Our K-8 definitely did exercises with the kids and the limited parents I've spoken to since scores came out this morning have been very pleased. So maybe there is something to the preparation. [/quote]

I saw/heard the same thing, but I really disagree. Whenever you take a standardized test, you need to familiarize yourself with the directions. You need to know when you should take an educated guess and when to just leave something blank. My DS did some private tutoring and much of what helped him was getting to know the types of questions asked and what to look for in the directions and questions themselves.[/quote]

Just doing practice tests helps prepare kids for the time limitations they will experience when taking the real test, so it can't hurt....only help.[/quote]

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