If your child wants to attend an independent or private school, he or she may have to take the SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test) in order to be accepted. Since independent and private schools will accept students from many different grade levels, the SSAT has three levels (elementary, middle, and upper) that correspond to students in elementary, middle, and high school. If your child plans to apply to or transfer to a top school, he or she will need to get a good score. If you’re not sure about your child’s performance, you may want to talk to him or her about retaking the test, just to make sure that any application an independent or private school sees will be competitive.

If your child plans to attend a private school, he or she may have to take the SSAT (Secondary School Admissions Test). Students in fifth through seventh grade will take the lower SSAT, and students in eighth through eleventh grade will take the upper SSAT. There are many different versions of the SSAT given in both the lower and upper sections, which ensures that every student will be assessed fairly for that student’s level. Since the SSAT is sometimes the only test that private schools consider, it makes sense for your child to stand out from his or her peers by achieving a high score.