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Details on, and resources for, the upcoming digital ADAPTIVE SHSAT for 2026 and beyond:
March 12, 2026 NOTE: The DOE will release some online digital ADAPTIVE practice exams soon.
My advice would be to HOLD OFF ON ACTUALLY DOING THE ONLINE ADAPTIVE EXAMS FOR NOW. Even once they release them.
On this note, BE CAUTIOUS OF 3RD PARTY DIGITAL ADAPTIVE EXAMS that may be made available, as getting questions right is not as easy as it seems, and YOU WANT TO BE SURE YOU'RE WORKING WITH QUALITY QUESTIONS on these new question types, and even of the previous PBT (paper based test) questions.
I expect be posting videos with an unboxing and rip down of the exam shortly.
Any questions feel free to message me.
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The Adaptive SHSAT, Let's talk, PART 1 March 20, 2026
What?
This SHSAT is changing and being rolled out in multiple steps.
Last year, the SHSAT went digital.
This year, the SHSAT will be going adaptive!
When?
The SHSAT will be going adaptive beginning in Fall 2026.
What does this mean?
The exam will continue to be taken on a computer.
The SHSAT will be a CAT (Computer Adaptive Test)
In particular a"per-question adaptive" exam.
In short, this means questions will adapt based upon previous responses as a student takes the exam.
In a nutshell, adaptations will occur based upon where the student is at in the exam and what their performance indicates their ability level might be.
It will not use the same adaptive model as the SAT, so avoid trying to compare them.
It will not serve the same purpose or exact functionality as iReady or MAP, which many students already use, so avoid trying to compare them.
How?
Progress will continue to be rolled out in multiple steps.
The Digital SHSAT already occurred last year.
The DOE provided 2 sample digital exams last year, and sample adaptive exams are expected shortly.
More details on the adaptive details are still forthcoming.
What will change?
In addition to being digital, the SHSAT will now also be per-question adaptive.
Students will (usually) do questions in order.
So they (usually) cannot skip ahead or go back to a previous question.
However, within a passage in the Reading Comprehension section or the Revising/Editing B section questions can be done in any order until you submit the passage's questions.
It is expected that you can choose the order of which section of the exam you will do (sections include Revising/Editing A, Revising/Editing B, Reading Comprehension, and math (as per last year, there is no longer a grid-in section)).
There may be more TEI variety.
More details are still forthcoming.
The DOE appears to be saying that scoring will remain unchanged, but I don't see how that can be the case, so more details need to be forthcoming.
Why?
Many exams are going adaptive.
Some exams have been adaptive for decades.
Technically, easier to grade.
Technically, more accurate scoring.
Computer based tools can be made available.
What won't change?
Adherence to NY grade level ELA and math standards.
The SHSAT will still be a 3 hour exam.
The SHSAT will remain a challenging exam.
Student selection will be rank-ordered; a higher rank is still a higher rank.
Scrap paper will still be available for all sections.
The DOE will supply all devices.
All testing will occur at DOE locations.
There will still be TEIs (Tech Enhanced Items).
Questions?
Please ask your questions in the comment section of the video.
See previous Digital SHSAT videos (see below) for discussions of TEIs, tools available, etc.
Check back to this page often!
Greg's Tutoring NYC is working hard and will continue to bring you the latest and most accurate news on the adaptive SHSAT!
Lots of details are still coming!
The Adaptive SHSAT Explore WHY it's NOT like the Adaptive SAT PART 2 March 22, 2026
--> The adaptive SAT is NOT like the adaptive SHSAT.
"They are like each other because they are both adaptive"
That is not really the case.
The model/way of adaptiveness are different models.
Let's use the College Board's adaptive SAT specification document as a talking point.
The adaptive SAT is:
A "2-stage module" adaptive model.
The SHSAT will be a "per-question adaptive" model.
Different premise and different goal.
SAT is 2 modules of 25 ELA questions plus 2 pretest question; 32 min each
SAT is 2 modules of 20 math questions plus 2 pretest question; 35 min each
The first module determines which of 2 second modules to provide.
This is an MST (MultiStage adaptive Test).
The first module has "a broad mix of easy, medium, and hard questions."
Your module 2 will be based on your performance in module 1.
Module 2 will be "targeted mix of questions based on your performance in your module 1"
The adaptive SAT is shorter than the paper-based SAT.
--> Two equal length modules
--> Figures out your ability per module.
The adaptive SHSAT:
Will be per-question adaptive.
Will adapt per question.
Will no have modules, therefore will not adapt per module.
Will still be 3 hours.
Likely have the same number of questions as in the past.
--> Figures out your ability per question, and as it got along.
Adapting and assessing you live
--> Hones your score, seperates "good" students from "very good" students.
--> More refined on what will be the eventual cutoff scores.
Paper-based scores were determined by the number of questions correct.
This is likely not the case with the per-question adaptive SHSAT.
Navigation
Can go backwards and forwards in a module on the SAT.
Usually can't navigate on the adaptive SHSAT
Unless a passage's respective questions
Unless a whole section
Harder/easier
Don't necessarily take whether it gives you a harder/easier question 100% literally.
What ability level will the adaptive SHSAT start a test-taker?
--> Both are adaptive exams but behave differently.
The Adaptive SHSAT is NOT i-Ready "deep dive" PART 3a March 23, 2026
i-Ready is "just" trying to assess a student.
So are other assessments such as MAP, etc.
So we'll discuss i-Ready but many of these can be similar.
"i-Ready is just like the adaptive SHSAT"
Who said?
i-Ready comes closer than the adaptive SAT but they are still quite different
Let's explore
For one thing, we still don't know the exact model the adaptive SHSAT will use
It's definitely "per-questions adaptive" but even that has variations
Let's use the i-Ready "deep dive" specifications document as a guide
i-Ready is an assessment, for determining individual performance
i-Ready is not being used to compare students
The adaptive SHSAT is for a competive ranked exam
answer right --> harder question; answer wrong --> easier question
Not quite on the SHSAT
This is a generalism
We still need more details on either exam for this kind of statement
i-Ready can short-circuit the questioning
It doesn't need to hair-split across students
Each question is chosen to match a student's performance
i-Ready is trying to get a student's proficiency
SHSAT is trying too seperate students
Which can determine how and why is adapts
So the algorithm will be different based on these different purposes
i-Ready is looking for student's needs, and to be able to instruct them and not keep assessing them
The SHSAT is not concerned with that, but it's concerned with scores
And to hair-split questioning to rank a student and in cases of distinguishing scores at the ability of what could eventually be a cutoff score
This is rank ordered, so tiers are not involved
Adaptive SHSAT-takers would have already been assessed via i-Ready, MAP, etc.
i-Ready is looking for you to meet minimum state standard requirements
The adaptive SHSAT is too, but it's looking deeper, more complex, and more novel
Builds atop the state standard
i-Ready is helping figure out your growth
When you take the adaptive SHSAT that should already have been determined, and used before taking the adaptive SHSAT
This is why i-Ready is assessed from time to time and not just once.
The SHSAT is not Algebra 1
i-Ready and adaptive SHSAT picks questions:
Caps at grade level, but i-Ready will go as lower as kindergarten
Is not questioning you until you drop
Is not questioning you on "impossible" questions
i-Ready "should answer 50% correct and 50% incorrect"
I don't feel this is literally true
This should not be true with the adaptive SHSAT
--> Either is testing what you know, not what you don't know.
Harder questions on a per-question adaptive exam (SHSAT) are not necessarily worth more
Depends when and where it is asked.
Double dipping doesn't have to yield significantly more points
A student is not expected to get every question right
It's suggested to take as long as you need with i-Ready
The adaptive SHSAT is 3 hours, so don't do that
The Adaptive SHSAT is NOT i-Ready "lesser dive" PART 3b March 23, 2026
What is the adaptive SHSAT, and what it isn't
Continued i-Ready comparison
Overview
Match the test items to the proficiency of the student
True for both exams
"As students answer questions correctly, they will get more difficult questions.
As students answer questions incorrectly, they will get easier questions."
For the adaptive SHSAT this does not mean the 57th math question is 56 times harder than the 1st math question
Nor even some consistent multiple thereof
Take with a grain of salt
The adaptive SHSAT is trying to rank students and to do so as uniquely as possible
As exam for assessment has a differnt purpose versus a competitive rank-ordered exam
This impacts questioning
The purpose and premise of the exam/questioning are different
With the Adaptive SHSAT, (usually) can't navigate forward/backward
This is a challenge
This impacts questioning
The purpose and premise of the exam/questioning are different
SHSAT is about scoring, using the same scoring system across students
Grade level, but with depth, complexity, novelty, thinking, merged concepts, etc.
Either exam tailors to the student
It's not going to mismatch the questions with your ability level
Both i-Ready and the adaptive SHSAT adapts in respectively different ways
The purpose and premise of the exam/questioning are different
Will question count directly mater on the adaptive SHSAT?
Still to be determined as question weighting could be an issue
At the least, a mapping to "the current scoring system" will likely exist
Whichever way, it'll still be fair
You don't need to have the same questions for every student
It's ability that's the issue
Questions will be challenging for everybody
No matter the ability level.
That's the point!
Be aware of psychological components and repercussions
The adaptive SHSAT will likely have some hard questions at the end
You don't need to get them all correct
Get the balance going
This impact is important given 13/14 year old test-takers
Just do your best
The Adaptive SHSAT is NOT i-Ready "executive summary" PART 3c March 23, 2026
i-Ready
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An ASSESSMENT adaptive exam for estimating a student's ability.
--> To meet state standards.
Adapt on every question to that goal.
Do so efficiently.
Do so accurately.
Often it starts with information about you.
One student at a time.
No comparison.
--> precision, not ranking
Question chosen to maximize information to that goal.
If it's not the goal, "it's not interested."
Once determined, it's determined, "and no need to continue."
This is an individual DIAGNOSIS.
It matches the student at their level.
As such, students don't need to see the same questions.
This is fair.
And the ability level will be accurate.
Again, this is a diagnostic.
It's not about grades.
NYS 1/2/3/4
It is for formative assessment.
It is low-stakes.
It is periodic.
It's about feedback and gathering evidence to monitor a student,
adjust teaching, identify areas to improve learning, etc.
... for personalized instruction
It is not intended to be summative.
So does not occur at the end of learning.
Not used to evaluate final proficiency.
--> It's feedback.
Adaptive SHSAT
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A COMPETITIVE adaptive exam for scoring a student, and for a rank-ordered exam
Ranked, on a common scale.
This is a constraint i-Ready does not need to deal with.
Generally, it starts with no to little information about you.
It needs to get up to speed.
Students can/should/will be compared against each other.
That's the point.
It needs to separate.
That's what it's geared toward.
Needs to be fair and needs to be secure.
My recent eye exam had a problem.
Questions
Question count should be the same across students.
Domain/content must be balanced/proportional across students.
Overall ability is across all domain/content.
Can't be too easy.
Can't be too hard.
Can't surpass testing conditions (grade level).
Can't surpass the student.
It isn't testing what a student doesn't know
But trying to determine what the student does know
--> Distinguish "good" from "very good"
EITHER adaptive exam:
=================
It's about what you know, not about what you don't know.
Per-question adaptive in both cases.
But it behaves differently depending upon which.
Measure vs compare.
Measure: i-Ready is a low-stakes assessment for improvement.
Compare: SHSAT is high-stakes for ranking and separation.
Rank students
Distinguish around eventual cutoff zones
Again, it's about what you know, not about what you don't know.
The Adaptive SHSAT, AMA (Ask Me Anything) Livestream, Part 4 April 2, 2026
The Adaptive SHSAT MORE COMING SOON PART X April, 2026
The Adaptive SHSAT builds upon the Digital SHSAT
Details on, and resources for, the digital SHSAT from 2025 and beyond follows:
April 16, 2025 NOTE: The DOE finally released some online digital practice exams. They can be found at the NYC SHSAT Portal located at https://nycshsat.myassessmentsupport.com Click on that, scroll to "Practice Tests" and click on "Learn More". Once there scroll to "SHSAT Practice Tests" and follow the directions. Of course, read everything as you go through all these links, reading the info they provide, checking out the SRT, etc., and all the things I've explained below.
My advice would be to hold off on actually doing the online exams for now. First, they are mostly multiple-choice repeats of past exams. Second, they will be the only official online practice exams being made available (2 full practice exams for grade 8, and a smaller math section for grade 9), and so they are a limited resources that you probably should not consider using until toward the very end of your prep; just skim them for now but don't do the exams yet.
On this note, be cautious of 3rd party digital exams that may be made available, as getting questions right is not as easy as it seems, and you want to be sure you're working with quality questions on these new question types, and even of the previous PBT (paper based test) questions.
I will be posting videos with an unboxing and rip down of the exam shortly.
Any questions feel free to message me.
The Digital SHSAT, Let's talk, AMA, PART 1 January 7, 2025
What?
Since at least 2023, the DOE has been bringing a digital SHSAT to fruition.
Funding was approved in Dec 2024.
Therefore, the SHSAT will be going digital!
When?
The SHSAT will be going digital beginning in Fall 2025.
What does this mean?
The exam will be taken on a computer.
How?
Details on exactly how it will work are still forthcoming.
However, it will be rolled out in multiple steps.
Initially it will be computer-based.
Eventually, it will be fitted with an adaptive model.
What will change?
As with the how, details are still forthcoming.
Why?
Many exams are going digital.
Some exams have been digital for decades.
A shorter exam can be used to establish scores.
Technically, easier to grade.
Computer based tools can be made available.
What won't change?
Adherence to NY grade level standards.
The SHSAT will remain a challenging exam.
Student selection will be rank-ordered; a higher rank is still a higher rank.
Scrap paper will still be available.
Check back to this page often!
Greg's Tutoring NYC is working hard and will continue to bring you the latest and most accurate news on the digital SHSAT!
Lots of details are still coming!
The Digital SHSAT, What we know, What's misinformation, PART 2 January 8, 2025
"digital exam" -- on a computer
This is not a PBE (paper based exam) cut and pasted on the screen
"adaptive" -- questions will be adaptive at some level based on how the student is doing.
But we don't know HOW yet.
The test will be adaptive next year.
No, it'll be digital first.
On a PBE you can go to any question or section, and then come back to a question later.
This is NOT always true.
The above capability would be gone with an adaptive model.
The idea of "checking your work" would be eliminated
Digital or adaptive does not mean that.
We need the details first.
On the MAP tests you can't go back.
BUT on other ones you can.
Digital state exams are now "rolling out" online.
The SAT is digital and adaptive now, and the ACT following. It allows question transversal.
Digital tests are pretty difficult compared to paper ones.
mmm, what?
--> "Fear of the unknown"
The sky did not fall.
Digital exams have been around for decades.
I even wrote an digitl exam system 40 years ago.
PBE are easier to annotate.
Maybe.
Digital can have:
tools
shorter passages
inline questions
The DOE won't have proper equipment
The computers can't be Chromebooks, old or new.
It probably wont even load.
If it does it'll be too slow
What if the battery goes low?
Um, what?
A digital exam will lead to students cheating
Students can just search for answers.
Student can always cheat, even with paper
The devices will be DOE supplied.
Most likely will lock the screen.
Scores will get too high from cheating.
????
A digital exam will save time from having to bubble
Neither here nor there.
They'll be no way to do math problems on the screen.
Scrap paper will be provided
Equation editor, etc., but not a calculator.
IEP and 504 accommodations will allow pencil and paper tests
But also some accommodations available online too
The Digital SHSAT, A few more details, PART 3 January 28, 2025
A few additional details/expectations:
There will still be no calculators allowed.
The exam will still be administered on a school day and still on weekends.
The exam will still be still 3 hours.
...for the 2025 exam only?
The test will be accessible on whatever device a school has
...after it's been tested
There will be additional types of questions
I discussed this was going to occur already.
..."don’t expect a major content overhaul"
Is this an eye of the beholder statement?
What additions will look like I will extensively discuss in upcoming videos.
Practice tests available by end of March. This is significant.
However, this may not be correct. Also, what does available mean? PDF? Digital platform? Something else?
Send me any questions you may have about the Digital SHSAT!
The Digital SHSAT, Surmising NEW Question Types, ELA, Part 4 January 29, 2025
Paradigm Shift: The notion of a bubble sheet may no longer have traditional meaning.
New types of questions ≠ new content
Still grade level proficiency
But this does not mean new questions are not possible.
Is content the input or the output?
Multiple choice, multiple responses, fill in the blank
Inline choice/drop-down, table grid, hot text, hot spot
Ordering, drag and drop
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The Digital SHSAT, Surmising NEW Question Types, MATH, Part 5 January 31, 2025
Paradigm Shift: The notion of a bubble sheet may no longer have traditional meaning.
New types of questions ≠ new content
Still grade level proficiency
But this does not mean new questions are not possible.
Is content the input or the output?
Multiple choice, multiple responses, fill in the blank/grid in
Inline choice/drop-down, table grid, hot text, hot spot
Send me any questions you may have about the Digital SHSAT!
The Digital SHSAT, Surmising NEW Question Types, MATH, Part 6 January 31, 2025
Ordering, drag and drop, graphing, drawing (points, histograms, charts)
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The Digital SHSAT, AMA (Ask Me Anything) Q&A, Part 7 February 3, 2025
Digital SHSAT AMA Q&A
The Digital SHSAT will begin fall 2025
Don't make assumptions based upon other exams
The core of the SHSAT is not changing
Get your topics and concepts solid
There will be some learning curve involved with the Digital SHSAT
Summary of some of what we know so far; this is a sync point regarding what we know
Will practice exams really be available by the end of March?
Questions the DOE provides have always been "representational examples" not exacts
The underlying topics won't change but the exam will change
Prep is not just getting access to the digital platform
Overview of possible tools that may be available online
zoom, highlight, equation editor, text to speech, line reader, answer marker/eliminator
Also, regarding tools, by virtue of a digital exam, and question design changes, alternative ways of doing things will exist versus a paper based exam.
We have some 8ish months until the exam.
I will continue to poke the DOE for more information.
Send me any questions you may have about the Digital SHSAT!
The Digital SHSAT, AMA (Ask Me Anything) Q&A, Part 8 February 13, 2025
Digital SHSAT AMA Q&A
What are your concerns regarding the Digital SHSAT?
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The Digital SHSAT, DOE UPDATE!, Part 9 February 18, 2025
7pm
For the 2025 exam, "students will be able to choose which section (ELA or Math) they begin with, and they will be able to go back to questions until they submit their responses at the end of the test."
Tech Enhanced Features (TEF) include:
"universal accessibility features" such as zoom, highlighting, or note-taking features.
ELLs will be able to utilize embedded glossaries.
Students who have testing accommodations like tests read, breaks, or large print will also be able to receive these supports via the testing platform.
For 2026+, additional and different kinds of TEI may continue to be added.
For 2026+ "Students may use their discretion as to how this time is allotted across the English Language Arts and Mathematics sections."
This is queasy. A student would need to determine this. How?
"Beginning with the fall 2026 administration, the SHSAT will transition to a computer-adaptive test (CAT). A CAT is an exam that selects the questions that a student sees based on their ongoing performance. For example, a test-taker who performs well on a moderately challenging prompt will then receive a more difficult item; a student who does not answer such an item correctly will then be asked a less difficult question. Students will all be tested on the same grade-level standards, but the level of complexity of each question will be dependent upon the preceding response. Students will not be tested on standards that are above-grade level. Students will not be able to revisit questions or move around within sections and will need to respond to advance in the exam."
Various aspects of this might need clarification.
"In addition, for passage-based question sets in the ELA section, students will be able to return to questions within the set and alter their responses; once they complete and submit all questions in the set, they cannot review their responses. In the Math section and for stand-alone items in the ELA section, students must respond to each question before they will be able to move on to the next question. Students will not be able to return to the question after they have advanced in these sections. Once they complete and submit their responses in each subject, they will not be able revisit the questions for that subject."
Various aspects of this might need clarification.
Two fully functional online practice tests will be available this spring.
Despite all the above, the DOE refers students to previous paper based practice tests
A paper based test (PBT) will be available for some students with an IEP or 504.
Test scoring will still be the same.
Various aspects of this might need clarification.
Testing will occur with DOE-supplied equipment only.
Testing will occur on School Day, and also weekends, as previously done at a DOE specified location.
As in the past, your test results will be able to be reviewed after scores are released.
Send me any questions you may have about the Digital SHSAT!
The Digital SHSAT, Intro to "The SRT", Part 10 February 21, 2025
The SRT is abstract samples only, because it is not a test.
The SRT is to practice the feature being discussed, not a test.
The SRT is a pre-testing review.
It's important to understand the environment and the tools available.
Getting a balance between content, test prep, and exam format are each necessary.
Come back to the SRT as needed.
The idea is to process the SRT in bite sized pieces.
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The Digital SHSAT, The SRT, NAVIGATION TOOLS, Part 11 February 21, 2025
The SRT / GETTING AROUND / NAVIGATION TOOLS
exploring the framework of "testnav"
The 2 "expand" buttons for split screen focus
next arrow, back arrow to move around questions
next arrow move ahead, back arrow move back to questions you've already seen
Read end of section directions before clicking submit
Review list with review and bookmark buttons
Review button ("library of content"), bookmark button
bookmark, adds to review list, marked with a booklist icon
review let's you see your bookmarked questions All/not answered/bookmarked
submit answers -- review answers from review list or that page, and then ready to submit
once submitted can't review questions any longer
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The Digital SHSAT, The SRT, "MY TOOLS" TOOLS, Part 12 February 21, 2025
The SRT / MY TOOLS
The "tool categories" available for certain questions on the test
ANSWER ELIMINATOR
Click the "X" ICON on the top tool bar
Eliminates an answer choice with a red X drawn through it.
Click the answer choice again to reverse the elimination
Handy for POE (process of elimination)
HIGHLIGHTER
Highlight text with your mouse and the highlighter tool will appear
Click on a highlight colors (currently light blue and pink)
Highlight the text again and options box with the line in the highlighter tool will reverse the highlight
Highlight the text again and click on the other highlight color to change the highlight color
Can also active this text-to-speech mode for the line being highlighted
NOTEPAD
Click the "notepad" ICON on the top tool bar
Add notepad thoughts at any point
Notes persist per respective question
The notepad is draggable around the screen
Close the notepad by x'ing out of it using the x in the upper right hand corner
Send me any questions you may have about the Digital SHSAT!
The Digital SHSAT, The SRT, "TEST SUPPORTS" TOOLS, Part 13 February 21, 2025
The SRT / TEST SUPPORTS TOOLS
Extra "Accessibility features" for content engagement
ANSWER MASKING
Mask answers allowing you to focus on the question, calculate the answer on your own, etc.
Enable via the "user drop down menu" on the right hand side of the screen next to your name
To un/mask a choice, click on the eye, to open/close the eye and hence make the choice visible or not.
Disable all masking via the same drop down menu next to your name
COLOR CONTRAST
Change text(foreground), and background, colors
Enable via the "user drop down menu" on the right hand side of the screen next to your name
LINE READER MASK
To focus on one line/area of text
While in the Passage Tab, or elsewhere
Enable via the "user drop down menu" on the right hand side of the screen next to your name
Drag or expand the line mask as you read.
Drag or expand the whole mask as you read.
Disable via the "user drop down menu" on the right hand side of the screen next to your name
MAGNIFIER
To see information up close.
Enable via the "user drop down menu" on the right hand side of the screen next to your name
When active shows a magnified box that you can select and drag
Disable via the "user drop down menu" on the right hand side of the screen next to your name
POP-UP GLOSSARY
It pop-ups a definition, image, or other content for the respective words.
A respective word appears with a dotted underline.
When you mouse over those respective words a question mark icon will appear,
click to see the pop-up.
Click the X in the upper right hand corner of the pop up to remove it.
TEXT-TO-SPEECH
To read the words on the screen via an audio device
Activation icons appear on the right hand side of the question.
Features include a play button (which changes into a stop button once active) to read from the beginning
Also has a speed setting, movement scrub setting (jump back, skip forward), volume setting, and voice setting.
To read from anywhere, select the "Toggle Click to Hear" icon (looks like a megaphone)
and then select a sentence for only that part to be read to you.
You can also highlight and click "listen"
ZOOM
Magnify to zoom out to 250% and zoom back in to 100%
Enable via the "user drop down menu" on the right hand side of the screen next to your name
Disable via the "user drop down menu" on the right hand side of the screen next to your name
On a tablet use your fingers
Mac: command +/-/0
PC: ctrl +/-/0
KEYBOARD ZOOM Mac and PC
BATTERY
Provides status of battery power as an icon
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The Digital SHSAT, The SRT, "EQUATION EDITOR" TOOL, Part 14 February 21, 2025
The SRT / EQUATION EDITOR
For answering some math questions.
Appears along with some questions.
Dotted boxes appear (by default or by entering a symbol)
Fill in respective boxes by selecting respective numbers or symbols
undo, redo, delete
Allows use of the keyboard too
A blue underline indicates an expression focus in the equation editor
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The Digital SHSAT, The SRT, Digital Question Types, Part 15 February 21, 2025
The SRT / QUESTION TYPES
The different types of questions on the test are explored.
Also explored these in Parts 4, 5, and 6 at more length, so here we'll create an executive summary
DRAG AND DROP
1) Drag image(s), number(s), or word(s) into an answer box
2) Extract text to an answer box
Deselect by x'ing it or drag another answer
Some questions have more than one answer
FILL IN THE BLANK
Select a respective input field(s), and type your answer into the input field as directed
HOT SPOT
Select a respective "highlighted area(s)" on an image as directed
Click the respective area again to deselect
May limit the number of hot spots and give a warning if gone over
HOT TEXT
Select a respective "text(s)" as directed
Click the respective text again to deselect
May limit the number of hot texts and give a warning if gone over
INLINE CHOICE
To complete sentence(s) or phrase(s),
Select a choice from a respective drop-down menu(s)
Drop down again to reselect.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose only one answer.
Rechoose to reselect.
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
Choose more than one answer.
Rechoose to deselect/reselect.
POINT GRAPH
Plot point(s), line(s), and polygon(s) by selecting points/areas on a coordinate grid
Reclick to deselect/reselect
SHAPE TRANSFORMATIONS
Drag respective shape figure(s) onto a specified location of a coordinate grid as directed
SOLUTION SETS
Graphing solutions to linear inequalities in step(s) as directed,
...including plotting lines and establishing shaded areas
TABLE GRID
Compare and contrast details as presented in a table.
Select a respective matching "checkbox" answer option(s) in the rows and columns of the table.
READING PASSAGES
Click respective "passage" tab(s)
May need to scroll the passage
Some passages may come in parts, or possible be more than one passage
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Self-Prep for the 2025 Digital SHSAT Webinar March 20, 2025
Self-Study for the 2025 Digital SHSAT — GregsTutoringNYC@gmail.com
Welcome and introduction
How to structure an effective self-study PLAN for the digital SHSAT
The most important CONCEPTS and question types to focus on
Time management STRATEGIES to maximize efficiency on test day
Common mistakes students make and how to avoid them
RESOURCES and TOOLS that can aid in preparation
Live Q&A with Kenny Tan and Greg for personalized GUIDANCE
