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Sample test items are taken from materials copyright © 1983-2015, NCS Pearson, Inc., 5601 Green Valley Drive, Bloomington, MN 55437. 2 SHSAT_StHdbk_2015-16.indd 2 4/16/15 12:37 PM CONTENTS MESSAGE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS/GUARDIANS ...4 SECTION 5: SHSAT DESCRIPTION & MATERIALS Test Description ...................................16 SECTION 1: THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS SHSAT Testing Procedures ..........................16 The Bronx High School of Science .....................5 Arriving at the Test Site..............................16 The Brooklyn Latin School ............................5 Filling in the Answer Sheet ...........................17 Brooklyn Technical High School........................6 Student Misconduct................................19 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at the City College of New York.........................6 Claims of Testing Irregularities ........................19 High School of American Studies at Lehman College .......6 SHSAT Scoring....................................19 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College ......7 Review Procedures.................................19 Staten Island Technical High School ....................7 Discovery Program.................................20 Stuyvesant High School ..............................8 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art SECTION 6: SHSAT USEFUL TIPS FOR TESTING and Performing Arts .................................8 Before Test Day ...................................21 Day of the Test ....................................21 SECTION 2: SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS Specific Strategies: Verbal ...........................22 ADMISSIONS TEST (SHSAT) DATES AND LOCATIONS Specific Strategies: Mathematics......................28 Test Dates.........................................9 Alternate Test Date ..................................9 SAMPLE SHSAT TESTS Test Locations ....................................10 General Directions .................................30 Test Results ......................................10 Sample Answer Sheet, Form A .......................32 Sample Test, Form A ...............................34 SECTION 3: FIORELLO H. LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL Explanations of Correct Answers for Sample Test, Form A ...58 OF MUSIC & ART AND PERFORMING ARTS AUDITIONS Sample Answer Sheet, Form B .......................71 Audition Dates ....................................11 Sample Test, Form B ...............................72 Audition Exceptions ................................11 Explanations of Correct Answers for Sample Test, Form B ...96 Auditions for Students New to New York City ............11 Sample Math Problems for Grade 9 Students ............96 Admissions Process................................11 Explanations of Correct Answers for Sample Grade 9 Registering for LaGuardia High School Auditions .........12 Math Problems ....................................96 Audition Information for Each Studio ...................12 SECTION 4: APPLYING TO THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS Steps in the Application Process ......................13 Testing and Audition Accommodations . 14 Testing Accommodations on the SHSAT ................14 Testing Accommodations for LaGuardia High School Auditions ........................................14 Confirming Testing Accommodations for the SHSAT and LaGuardia High School Auditions .....................15 Students with Accommodations Who Finish the Test Before the End of the Extended Time Period ..................15 Emergency Testing and/or Audition Accommodations .....15 3 SHSAT_StHdbk_2015-16.indd 3 4/16/15 12:37 PM MESSAGE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS/GUARDIANS ABOUT SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS ADMISSIONS This 2015-2016 Specialized High Schools Student Handbook contains useful information, including: Specialized High School admission procedures Registration for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (LaGuardia High School) auditions Confirming testing accommodations for SHSAT and LaGuardia High School auditions Calendar of important dates Sample SHSAT tests with test-taking tips There are nine Specialized High Schools in New York City. They are: FIORELLO H. LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC & ART AND PERFORMING ARTS ADMISSIONS Dance Drama DETERMINED BY AUDITION(S) Instrumental Music Technical Theatre Fine Arts Vocal Music THE BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE THE BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ADMISSIONS AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK DETERMINED BY SHSAT HIGH SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES AT LEHMAN COLLEGE QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE STATEN ISLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL These schools were established under New York State Law 2590 – Section G. Entrance into these schools is determined by the SHSAT, except for LaGuardia High School, which is based on a competitive audition and review of academic records. Students must be residents of New York City and current eighth grade or first-time ninth grade students in order to apply, register, sit for, and receive results for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) and LaGuardia High School audition(s). The Specialized High Schools Student Handbook is a project of the New York City Department of Education. 4 SHSAT_StHdbk_2015-16.indd 4 4/16/15 12:37 PM SECTION THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS 11 THE BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE emphasizes the acquisition of core knowledge of the key academic disciplines that students use as a foundation for 75 West 205th Street, Bronx, New York 10468 deeper exploration in the upper grades. Widely regarded around Phone: (718) 817-7700 Website: www.bxscience.edu the world as the most rigorous and comprehensive course of Email: [email protected] study at the high school level, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme is integral to the TBLS curriculum. In all classes, Overview: The Bronx High School of Science educates an students experience a strong and consistent emphasis on academically gifted community of learners through a rigorous structured writing and public speaking, as well as numerous Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) opportunities for analytical thinking, which prepares them for the curriculum. All academic disciplines are taught through the lens challenges of college work. of inquiry to emphasize critical thinking and problem solving. The school cultivates a diverse community of lifelong learners Academic program: All students are required to complete four who discover their passions through a collaborative and years of study in Latin, history, mathematics, English, science, at supportive network of students, educators and alumni. Utilizing least two years of a world language, and one year of art history. a balance of theoretical and applied learning, students explore In Humanities classes, students participate in Socratic Seminars complex problems and have access to a rich offering of and Declamation (public speaking exercises). Non-Humanities resources to develop solutions. Drawing upon a long tradition of classes feature labs, math expositions, discussions, and academic success, the Bronx High School of Science prepares problem sets. The IB Programme’s emphasis on student-led students to flourish in the best colleges and universities. The inquiry, global perspectives, and personal integrity conform school creates the leaders and visionaries of the future. Included perfectly with the ideals on which the school was founded. In among the school’s alumni are eight Nobel Prize winners and six addition to rigorous class work, IB stresses independent Pulitzer Prize winners. thinking and community engagement. In order to earn the IB Diploma, students are expected to complete a 4,000 word Academic program: The Bronx High School of Science offers independent essay on a subject of choice, a task which 30 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and many