Study on the flySHSATHow the SHSAT is scored
How the SHSAT is scored
- SHSAT
- Composite 100–700 scores usually run 100–700; most students land near 400
- 4 answer options per question
- Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer
- Free
The SHSAT reports performance as a Composite score that ranges from 200 to 800. Questions come from Revising/Editing — Stand-Alone, Revising/Editing — Passage-Based, Reading Comprehension, and Mathematics, and each item presents 4 answer choices.
A wrong answer does not cost anything: there is no penalty that lowers the Composite for an incorrect mark, so a missed guess and a blank both add nothing.
Because omitting a question cannot help and guessing cannot hurt the Composite, students should choose an answer on every item.
Work out your score
Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so a section’s net is simply the number of right answers.
Where to work next: Revising/Editing — Stand-Alone · Revising/Editing — Passage-Based · Reading Comprehension · Mathematics
What the paper is made of
| Section | Questions |
|---|---|
| Revising/Editing — Stand-Alone | 4 |
| Revising/Editing — Passage-Based | 12 |
| Reading Comprehension | 34 |
| Mathematics | 50 |
What the app estimates
As you practise, the app keeps an estimate of your ability per section and maps it onto the Composite scale. It is the app's own estimate from your answers, not an official conversion table.
| Ability estimate | Composite |
|---|---|
| 250 | 328 |
| 350 | 360 |
| 450 | 395 |
| 550 | 438 |
| 650 | 482 |
| 750 | 526 |
Every question is picked for where you are right now, wrong answers come back until they stick, and it all works offline.
More SHSAT topics
Revising/Editing — Stand-Alone9 topics
Revising/Editing — Stand-Alone
- Sentence structure and formation (run-ons, fragments)
- Subject–verb agreement
- Verb tense and shifts
- Pronoun case, agreement, and reference
- Adjectives, adverbs, and modifiers
- Punctuation (commas, semicolons, colons, apostrophes)
- Non-restrictive clauses; that/which
- Combining sentences to clarify relationships
- Precise language and concision
Revising/Editing — Passage-Based8 topics
Revising/Editing — Passage-Based
Reading Comprehension8 topics
Mathematics16 topics
Mathematics
- Number system and operations
- Ratios, unit rates, and proportional relationships
- Percentages (incl. percent change)
- Exponents and scientific notation
- Algebraic expressions
- Linear equations and slope
- Inequalities
- Systems of equations
- Functions
- Angles and lines
- Triangles and the Pythagorean theorem
- Area, perimeter, volume, and surface area
- Coordinate plane and distance
- Scale drawings and transformations
- Statistics (center, spread, plots)
- Probability and counting
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