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The SEHS is designed to challenge, inspire and bring out children creativity and academic talent. Also, the students work in a supportive and collaborative environment to bring out their hidden academic talent.

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Victoria Selective Test Categories

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The General Ability Verbal test aims to measure the student's ability to think and reason using words and language. This includes vocabulary, word relationships, classification and deduction.      
                   
General Ability Verbal Test Structure
Time limit of 30 minutes.

The General Ability Quantitive test aims to measure the student's ability to think and reason using numbers. This includes series, matrices, arithmetical reasoning and deduction..

General Ability Quantitative Test Structure
Time limit of 30 minutes.

The Reasoning Reading test measures the student's capacity to read and interpret meaning from written passages and correct, complete, and punctuate sentences.

Reasoning Reading Test Structure
Time limit of 35 minutes.‍

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‍Reasoning Mathematics Test Structure
Time limit of 30 minutes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

01. Common Questions

What is the ACER Victoria Selective Entry High Schools (SEHS) exam?

The Victoria Selective Entry Test is a measure for students academic merit and critical thinking abilities. Selective High Schools offer an extra challenge for academically gifted children and provide an environment with similarly talented students. To achieve placement in these Selective schools, a highly competitive exam is held every year in July for Year 8 Students.

The ACER – Victoria Selective Entry High Schools test consists of 5 tests.

1. Reasoning – Reading Test | 50 Multiple Choice Questions | 35 minutes.
2. Reasoning – Mathematics Test | 60 Multiple Choice Questions | 30 minutes.  

‍SHORT BREAK – 20 MINUTES 

3. General Ability – Verbal Test | 60 Multiple ChoiceQuestions | 30 minutes.
4General Ability – Quantitative Test | 50Multiple Choice Questions | 30 minutes.  

‍SHORT BREAK – 5 MINUTES 

5. Writing | Creative or Persuasive |40 minutes.

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Which essential skills does the ACER – VictoriaSelective Entry High Schools Reasoning Test measure for potential students?

The ACER – Victoria Selective Entry High Schools Reasoning Test is a comprehensive assessment tool designed to evaluate students' aptitude in two critical areas: Reading and Mathematics.

The Reasoning Reading Test component gauges a student's proficiency in deciphering written passages, extracting meaning, and accurately correcting, completing, and punctuating sentences.

In contrast, the Reasoning Mathematics Test assesses a student's command of Year 8 level appropriate mathematical concepts, encompassing numbers, measurement, algebra, geometry, and data analysis.

What key skill areas are evaluated by the ACER –Victoria Selective Entry High Schools General Ability Test for prospective students?

The ACER – Victoria Selective Entry High Schools General Ability Test is a comprehensive assessment tool that evaluates students' aptitude across two crucial domains: Verbal and Quantitative.

The General Ability Verbal Test focuses on assessing a student's capacity to engage in logical thinking and reasoning through the use of language, covering aspects such as vocabulary, word relationships, categorisation, and deductive reasoning.

The General Ability Quantitative Test assesses a student's proficiency in quantitative aptitude, covering topics such as pattern recognition, matrices, and arithmetic-based reasoning. Additionally, it evaluates their skills in interpreting and analysing data from charts and graphs, comprehending basic statistical concepts, and tackling simple probability scenarios and deductive problem-solving.

What essential proficiencies are assessed by the ACER –Victoria Selective Entry High Schools Writing Test for aspiring students?

The ACER – Victoria Selective Entry High Schools Writing Test presents candidates with either a creative or persuasive writing prompt designed to assess their aptitude for articulating ideas effectively in written form.

The Writing Test evaluates a wide range of skills, including punctuation, creativity, logical construction, grammar, spelling, and task relevance, ensuring a comprehensive measurement of the student's writing process.

How many schools participate in the Victoria Selective Entry High Schools test?

There are approximately 1000 places for Selective Entry and roughly 5000 students compete for it.

There are four Selective Entry HighSchools (SEHS) in Victoria for high-achieving students:
- Melbourne High School(boys only),
- The Mac Robertson Girls’ High School (girls only),
- Nossal High School (all genders) and
- Suzanne Cory High School (all genders).

What is the Victoria Selective Entry High School’s selection process for Year 9?

Students currently in Year 8 are selected for entry into the Selective Schools through the Selective-entry test conducted by ACER in July. There is an application fee for sitting the test. The placement is based on the test score. 

‍Note: Your child can sit for the Victoria Selective Entry High School’s test for Year 9 when they are in Year 8. Also, the applicant has not sat the examination earlier.  

What is the Victoria Selective Entry High School’s selection process for Year 10 and Year 11?

The four selective schools offer limited entry through vacant placement in Year 10 and Year 11. All candidates wishing to apply for enrolment into Year 10 are required to sit the Year 10 Academic Ability Assessment Test. Please check the individual schools for further details.

What is the minimum entry score for placement in the Victoria selective entry high schools?

A successful candidate will have demonstrated strong performance in each of the components of the applications process  
- Entrance test: Your child's raw marks in reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, mathematics, and writing
- Moderation and scaling of marks to calculate the total standard score
- Interview      
- Number of candidates applying for a particular school and.

02. Why go to a Selective High School?

What are the benefits of sending my child to a selective high school?

The benefit of sending your child to a Selective High School is that it provides a unique and stimulating academic experience. It achieves this through having children with a similar academic ability in an academically enriching environment.

This could include providing more challenging content for students to develop their skills and faster-paced learning processes, so your child remains intellectually stimulated.

Selective schools often have a higher percentage of Band 6 (top band) marks in the Higher School Certificate and higher ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) to determine university entry.

03. About Test & Structure

What is the Victoria Selective Entry High Schools test structure?

The Victoria SelectiveEntry High Schools test consists of 5 tests. The total duration of the exam is approximately 2hours plus a break. 

The ability test consists of verbal reasoning and numerical reasoning.

- The Verbal Reasoning Test is for 30 minutes, and students need to answer 60 multiple-choice questions. This test aims to measure the student's ability to think and reason using words and language. This includes vocabulary, word relationships, classification and deduction. - The Numerical Reasoning Test is for 30 minutes, and students need to answer 50 multiple-choice questions. This test aims to measure the student's ability to think and reason using numbers. This includes series, matrices, arithmetical reasoning and deduction. 

The achievement test consists of reading comprehension and mathematics.

- The Reading Comprehension Test is for 30minutes, and students need to answer 50 multiple-choice questions. This test measures the student's capacity to read and interpret meaning from written passages and correct, complete, and punctuate sentences.
- The Mathematics Test is for 30 minutes, and students need to answer 60multiple-choice questions. This test aims to measure the student's ability to measure Year-level appropriate mathematical knowledge, including items tapping numbers, measurement, algebra, space and data 
- The Writing Test (Persuasive or Creative) is for 15minutes, and students need to write an open response based on the given stimulus. This test aims to measure the student's ability to convey ideas clearly in written form. In addition, punctuation, creativity, construction, grammar, spelling and relevance to the task are assessed. 

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How difficult is the Victoria Selective Entry High Schools test?

The Victoria Selective Entry High Schools test measures students' ability and achievement through a series of five individual tests. 

Achievement tests (reading comprehension, mathematics and writing) measure actual achievement or performance in some key academic areas. Achievement scores are influenced by a child's ability and the application and practise of knowledge that has been learned.  

Ability tests (verbal reasoning and numerical reasoning) are designed to measure a child's ability to think, reason and solve problems without necessarily relying on prior knowledge. Ability generally predicts how quickly a child will be able to learn and the level of complexity they can comfortably deal with.

Are NotesEdu practice tests similar to the Vic Selective Test?

NotesEdu's Victoria Selective Tests follow the exam-style questions and test format according to the examination conducting bodies to simulate the actual test environment. Therefore, we modify our questions to align with the real test and bring in more quality questions with varying difficulty levels.

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‍NotesEdu Victoria, Selective Test series, is not officially endorsed by the Victoria State Government Education and Training and is crafted by NotesEdu Test Experts independently of Victoria State Government Education and Training.

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How do NotesEdu test results help parents?

NotesEdu test results provide valuable information to the parent about their child's performance and enables them in identifying the subject areas their child needs improvement.

Will NotesEdu practice tests improve my child's test scores?

Besides talent, the intense practise for an extended period makes a person an expert in their field. The differences in performance between top students and average marks is due to a notion known as "deliberate practice".

A student needs to be motivated to improve their performance and continuously put an effort to become better. Use your pre-existing knowledge and review your performance to know what went wrong and what needs improvement.

There are three reliable ways to improve your child's test scores:
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The practice may not make you perfect, but it will certainly improve your abilities.

How does NotesEdu support students to make them exam ready?

We offer a range of time-bound tests that familiarises the students with the test format and questions types. NotesEdu's subscription offers unlimited access to a large bank of multiple-choice questions formatted similar to the Selective Test. We incorporate the exam-style questions that a student needs to build an in-depth knowledge for gaining a placement into their school of choice.

NotesEdu online tests will help you to identify your child current knowledge in reading, reasoning, mathematical skills, their knowledge sets and capabilities for the examination. It also provides you with the opportunity to develop a baseline to work from and develop your child academic journey plan for consistently testing their knowledge and further developing their skills. The child selective entry exam is a family journey where you and your child can enjoy by being with each other until your child has taken the test.

I am disappointed with my score. What should I do?

If you are disappointed with your score, please do not give up or get sad about it.

It is usual for a score to fluctuate and differ between tests. Various factors may impact your performance, for example, your knowledge about the concept, concentration level, review of answers or even luck with guessing.

Take the low score as an opportunity to improve further. Focus on what you can do about it. After finishing NotesEdu's practice tests, review all questions to check what went wrong and how can you improve next time.

Remember: Hard work beats talent, when talent fails to work hard.

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