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The test administered in October and November 2016 for admission to schools in September 2017 was the final administration of the test under the previous design1.  \nThe purpose of this document is to answer frequently asked questions about the redesigned SHSAT.  \nWhat is the SHSAT?  \nThe SHSAT is the competitive, objective, and scholastic achievement examination used as the sole factor to determine admissions to New York City’s Specialized High Schools (with the exception of LaGuardia High School) . All current New York City residents in 8th grade or in 9th grade for the first time, and in public, private, and parochial schools who plan to apply to one of these Specialized High Schools must take the SHSAT. The SHSAT is administered in the fall for admission to Specialized High Schools in the following school year (i.e., students seeking admission for September 2018 will take the test in fall 2017) . Students interested in taking the SHSAT should speak with their school counselors. Families can also visit a Family Welcome Center to speak to staff from the Office of Student Enrollment.  \nWhy is the SHSAT changing?  \nThe SHSAT is changing in order to better align it to curriculum and instruction students experience in their classrooms on a daily basis. The test was formerly made up of two sections: verbal and math. The verbal section comprised five scrambled paragraphs, ten logical reasoning questions, and five informational reading comprehension passages with six questions each, for a total of 45 questions in the section. The math section comprised a mix of word and computational problems, for a total of 50 questions. The verbal and math sections were worth 50 points each and students had 150 minutes to take the test. This design was used for SHSAT for more than two decades.  \nScrambled paragraphs and logical reasoning are not item types that students are likely to see in their day-to-day instruction today and, in fact, for many students, the SHSAT may be the only situation in which they see these types of questions. Given this, NYCDOE is updating the test design based on the New York State Learning Standards, making the test better aligned to the work students are doing in the classroom. While the redesigned SHSAT focuses on content and question types that should be familiar to students based on their instruction, the exam will continue to be challenging, as it is used to identify top performers for competitive Specialized High Schools admissions.  \nWhen is the SHSAT changing?  \nThe first administration of the SHSAT with the updated test design will be in fall 2017, for admission to Specialized High Schools in September 2018.  \n1 With the exception of the upcoming August 2017 administration for new entrants to New York City; this August 2017 administration is only for September 2017 admission.  \nHow is the SHSAT changing?  \nThere are a number of ways in which the SHSAT is changing for the fall 2017 (and forward) test administration:  \n• Standard testing time is increasing from 150 minutes to 180 minutes.  \n• The verbal section is being renamed the English Language Arts (ELA) section.  \n• The ELA section will no longer include scrambled paragraphs and logical reasoning questions.  \n• The ELA section will now include questions that address revising/editing skills, in addition to continuing to have reading comprehension passages and questions; all ELA questions will be multiple choice questions.  \n• The math section will now include five “grid-in” questions, in which students must solve a computational question and provide the correct numerical answer, rather than selecting the answer from various multiple choice options; the math section will also continue to have multiple choic","cbCaisq8hXltZnbR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisq8hXltZnbR","pdf",503735,15,"English","# Overview\n# What is the SHSAT?\n# Why is the SHSAT changing?\n# When is the SHSAT changing?\n# How is the SHSAT changing?\n## Test timing and section updates\n## Item counts and scoring notes\n# What do the new items look like?","[{\"question\":\"What is the SHSAT used for in New York City?\",\"answer\":\"The SHSAT is the competitive, objective exam used as the sole factor for admissions to New York City Specialized High Schools (except LaGuardia High School). 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