Free · SSAT Upper Level
Your free SSAT half-length test
Half of a full-length SSAT Upper Level test: a writing sample and 75 multiple-choice questions in four timed sections, with an instant practice report and every explanation. Free — no card, and no email needed to try it.
- No credit card required
- Best on a laptop or desktop with a keyboard; a tablet or phone works too
- No email needed to try it — you can save your results afterward
- Original questions from the Richie’s SSAT series, separate from the 10 practice tests in the library
- 75
- Multiple-choice questions, scored the SSAT way: +1 · 0 · −¼
- 90
- Minutes in all: 65 across the four multiple-choice sections, plus 25 for the writing sample
- 1
- Practice report, with an estimated full-length raw score and every answer explained
Half a full-length test, section by section
Half-Length Practice Test · 75 questions in 4 sections + Writing Sample · 90 min. Each section runs on its own clock, and the 10-minute break after Section 2 is optional — skip it to keep going. The test does not go back to a finished section, and there is no calculator.
| Section | This test | Time | Full-length test | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Sample | 1 prompt of 2 · unscored | 25 min | 1 prompt of 2 · unscored | 25 min |
| Section 1 · Quantitative | 13 questions | 15 min | Quantitative 1 · 25 questions | 30 min |
| Section 2 · Reading | 20 questions · 4 passages | 20 min | 40 questions | 40 min |
| Break · optional | rest, or skip it and go straight on | up to 10 min | a break | 10 min |
| Section 3 · Verbal | 30 questions · 15 synonyms, 15 analogies | 15 min | 60 questions | 30 min |
| Section 4 · Quantitative | 12 questions | 15 min | Quantitative 2 · 25 questions | 30 min |
| Experimental | — | — | 16 questions · unscored | 15 min |
| Total | 75 questions + writing sample | 90 min, breaks optional | 166 questions + writing sample | 170 min, 190 with breaks |
What the report shows
- A raw score by area and by section — under the SSAT's own rule: +1 for a correct answer, 0 for a blank, −¼ for a wrong one. The two quantitative sections count together as Quantitative.
- An estimated full-length raw score — each area doubled — an estimate from half a test, said so on the page, and never an exam score.
- A skill map and the next skill to study — accuracy by skill, with the small samples marked as small rather than read as verdicts.
- Every question explained — why the correct answer is right — for math, the working and the likely slip; for verbal, why each other choice falls short; for reading, the evidence line by line, the likely trap and a note on each wrong choice.
- Two model responses for your prompt — a study model and a timed model, each with a note on why it works.
No scaled score, percentile or stanine — those need equating data only the test makers hold, and this is a practice report.
This is half of one test.
The SSAT library is ten full-length tests — 1,660 questions — scored by the same rule and reviewed with the same explanations.