At this time of year, many 8th graders and their families are making final decisions about which high school they will attend for the following school year. If your prospective high school uses the HSPT® as a part of their admissions process, then making sure your HSPT® scores get where they need to be is a big concern.
While many assume that the HSPT® score distribution system is similar to college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT, it is actually quite different. There is no national coding system for the HSPT®. Many high schools test independently, so the results for the students that test there are sent only to that location. In some geographic regions, a cooperative of high schools test collectively, often under the direction of a Catholic diocesan education department. In these cases, students may be presented with the option of sending their scores to several different high schools by coding them on their answer sheet on test day.
Whether your high school tests individually or cooperatively, the distribution of test results to students and their families is always determined by the school or diocese.
If you have not yet received a copy of your test scores, and you believe you should have, or if you need to have your scores sent to another high school, the first step is always to contact the high school where you or your student tested. Because the schools and dioceses determine their own score distribution systems, we can never send results to a student unless the request is made by the school or diocese that administered the test to the student.
STS congratulates all graduating 8th graders on the upcoming completion of their elementary education and wishes them the best of luck as they embark on the adventure of an enriching high school education at any one of the excellent high schools that utilize the HSPT® as a part of their admissions process.
January 15, 2009 at 7:54 pm |
re: HSPT Student Score Report
What do the numbers mean under the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Choice section in the
upper right section of this report?
My son has 12, 01, and 04 respectively for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
These numbers are not explained anywhere.
January 16, 2009 at 3:47 pm |
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices selected by a student are the schools they
have chosen to receive their test results. The (code) numbers used for
those choices (schools) are pre-assigned and entered into our scoring
center’s system so the results can be sent to the appropriate schools.
Since there are three numbers/choices, the test results were sent to 3
schools.
Jeanne Lively, HSPT Program Coordinator
Scholastic Testing Service, Inc.
February 5, 2009 at 10:01 pm |
I would like to know the meaning of the scores.My daughter national percentiles vb78, Qt 23, tcs 43 rd 50, mt 32 ln 34 tbs 40 and cmp 41
February 5, 2009 at 10:02 pm |
I meant to ask are these scores good?
February 6, 2009 at 3:51 pm |
Any time you are unsure of your child’s test results, you should first talk to your child. Ask him/her if they did their best on the test; was your child comfort in answering the questions on the test; did your child have to guess at the answers, etc. If you are still unsure of the test and test results, contact the school then as well to see what assistance they may be able to give.
February 9, 2009 at 8:48 am |
STS will not comment on student’s scores in this forum. Sample HSPT® reports can be viewed to help you draw some comparisons.