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Course Structure

Hillview Prep's HSPT courses are structured to emphasize three essential elements of HSPT preparation:  HSPT concepts, test-taking strategies, and time management skills:

Tutoring HSPT Concepts
  • All HSPT Concepts are thoroughly covered through the use of Hillview Prep's extensive test bank, course book, and supplemental material.
  • HSPT concepts are recognized and practiced with problems directly from the HSPT.
  • Flashcards are implemented for efficient learning and retainment.
Mastering Test-Taking Strategy and Approach
  • Student's learn and understand the proper approach to the HSPT.  This includes proper strategy usage for every section, process efficiency, and concept recognition skills per question.
  • Student's receive individual recommendations for their best approach to test taking based on detailed observations.
Utilizing Efficient Time-Management Skills
  • Efficient time-management strategies individually developed around the student's test taking strengths and weaknesses.
  • Student's learn how to take control over HSPT timing in a test taking environment, ultimately increasing test-taking confidence and efficiency.

Course Packages

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Materials

Course Book
  • At Hillview Prep, we use a variety of the best proprietary HSPT material.
Timing Scantron
  • Structured to measure and improve test-taking time management.
Practice Tests
  • Tests are used for instruction, homework, and workshops.
Flash-cards
  • Hillview Prep adds a visual approach to instruction by implementing the use of flash-cards.

Course Content

Verbal Skills
Synonyms, antonyms, analogies, logic,and verbal classification questions.

Quantitative Skills
Series, geometric comparisons, non geometric comparisons, and number
manipulations.

Reading
General and specific questions on short passages of varying styles on a range of topics.  Vocabulary: prefixes, suffixes and root words.

Mathematics 
Mathematical concepts and problem solving questions based on arithmetic,
elementary algebra, and basic geometry.

Language Skills
Capitalization, punctuation, usage, spelling, and composition.

Test Structure

Section
Verbal Skills
Quantitative Skills
Reading Comprehension 
Mathematics
Language Skills
Questions
60
25
40
25
1
Total: 298
Time
16 minutes
30 minutes
25 minutes
45 minutes
25 minutes
Total: 2 hours 30 minutes

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Hillview Prep LLC
14375 Saratoga Ave. #202
Saratoga, CA 95070

(408) 868-9808
(650) 518-6788
info@hillviewprep.com

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