Brisbane State High
Brisbane State High School ranks its Year 7 Academic Selective Entry applicants mainly on one test, ACER's Higher Ability Selection Test (HAST). Year 6 children sit it in April for the next year: Reading Comprehension, Mathematical Reasoning, Abstract Reasoning and Written Expression. Year 5 children can sit a shorter version in July for conditional entry: Reading, Maths and Writing.
Where it runs
Queensland only
- QLD
What’s covered
The four parts of the Year 6 test
Brisbane State High sets ACER's HAST at Junior Secondary level for its Year 6 sitting. These are HAST-style papers at that level, and every question is explained afterwards.
- 36 questions · 45 min
Reading Comprehension
Two stories, a poem, two information texts and a persuasive text, with questions on each.
Start the test - 32 questions · 40 min
Mathematical Reasoning
Number, algebra, measurement, shape and data in multi-step problems. No calculator.
Start the test - 30 questions · 30 min
Abstract Reasoning
Shape series, the middle of a series, and grids of pictures that follow a rule.
Start the test - 1 task · 25 min · marked
Written Expression
A picture or a statement to write from, marked against ACER’s three criteria, with the child’s own sentences quoted as the reason.
Write a piece
In Year 5? The school's Year 5 sitting is shorter: Reading, Maths and Writing, at HAST's Primary level, with no Abstract Reasoning.
The school names ACER's Higher Ability Selection Test as its Academic Selective Entry test, and ACER gives each test's time but not its exact length. These are HAST papers at the level each sitting uses: Junior Secondary in Year 6, Primary in Year 5 (Reading, Maths and Writing only, as the school's Year 5 test is).
Pricing
Brisbane State High practice comes with the HAST pack
One HAST pack opens the answers on every Brisbane State High and HAST paper, Year 5 and Year 6 sittings, and the marked writing. One payment covers 6 months, with no auto-renewal.
HAST
$129+ GST for 6 months
What’s included
4 levels · 3 exam-style sections each · 6 months access
Primary, Years 4 and 5
- Reading Comprehension — 28 questions, 35 min
- Mathematical Reasoning — 28 questions, 35 min
- Abstract Reasoning — 30 questions, 30 min
Junior Secondary, Years 6 and 7
- Reading Comprehension — 36 questions, 45 min
- Mathematical Reasoning — 32 questions, 40 min
- Abstract Reasoning — 30 questions, 30 min
Middle Secondary, Years 8 and 9
- Reading Comprehension — 36 questions, 45 min
- Mathematical Reasoning — 32 questions, 40 min
- Abstract Reasoning — 30 questions, 30 min
Senior Secondary, Year 10
- Reading Comprehension — 36 questions, 45 min
- Mathematical Reasoning — 35 questions, 45 min
- Abstract Reasoning — 30 questions, 30 min
ACER names HAST's tests and levels but not how many questions each has or how long it runs, and each school chooses which tests to set. Our counts and times sit in the ranges schools report, and the mix inside each test is our own estimate. From Middle Secondary, ACER's maths test also asks science-style reasoning; ours covers it with data and graph questions.
- Answers, explanations and worked solutions on every HAST-style paper they sit
- Primary, Junior, Middle and Senior Secondary levels, for Years 4 to 10, plus SA Ignite and Brisbane State High practice
- All three tests: Reading Comprehension, Mathematical Reasoning and Abstract Reasoning
- Written Expression marked against ACER's criteria, with their own sentences quoted
- Quick Revision and Favourites across papers
- Detailed progress by question type
- One payment, 6 months of access, no auto-renewal
That's $141.90 for HAST, GST included, one payment in Australian dollars for 6 months of access. No auto-renewal; when the 6 months end, access stops unless you buy again.
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