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In 1988 SSATB (Secondary School Admission Test Board) recognized C.C.B. School's excellent history of providing the community with exceptional academic preparation and approved C.C.B. School as an official SSAT Test Center for the borough of Queens. Because of outstanding management of the SSAT Test Center, C.C.B. School has become an official member of the SSATB, the International Association of Private Schools from the United States, Canada, and 76 other countries.
The SSATB administers the SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test) annually to approximately 55,000 students in 600 locations around the world. Approximately 300 independent schools require the SSAT as part of their admission process. An additional 300 schools request or accept SSAT scores. More than 1.5 million students worldwide have taken the SSAT since its inception. For those not familiar with the SSAT, more information is listed below. Please feel free to visit SSAT website (www.ssat.org).
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The SSAT is an admission test measuring verbal, reading comprehension, and quantitative proficiency. There is also an unscored writing section. By clearly demonstrating a positive correlation between student's test performance and academic success, the SSAT is a valuable tool in helping to match students with high schools. The SSAT has become the most common and most preferred admission standard for independent schools.
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The SSAT offers two tests: a lower-level test for students in grades 5-7 and am upper level test for students in grades 8-11.
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The verbal section measures a student's verbal aptitude with two types of questions: synonyms and analogies. Synonyms test the breadth of the student's vocabulary while analogies test the student's ability to identify logical relationships between words and concepts.
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The reading comprehension passages on the SSAT are drawn from narrative and descriptive sources in the fields of humanities, social studies, and the sciences. This section tests the student's ability to assimilate what is read and recognize central ideas, draw inferences, determine the meanings of words in context, and apply information.
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The quantitative section of the SSAT tests the student's understanding of mathematical concepts, computation, routine mathematical manipulations, problem-solving, as well as recall of factual knowledge. The questions measure different levels of understanding and therefore vary in difficulty. |
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| The SSAT timed writing sample is not scored, but is offered to schools as a supplement to the student's application. The writing sample offers schools evidence of a student's skill in written expression while allowing students to demonstrate ability beyond what is evident in the objective portions of the test. |
