TACHS — THE MOCK PAPER

Catholic School Prep

A rehearsal, and an honest one

160 questions, 4 subtests, nothing marked until you hand it in. None of them has ever appeared in practice.

160

questions, 40 a subtest

That number is OURS. Riverside Assessments publishes no length for the TACHS, and the page says so rather than implying otherwise.

no clock

because none is published

Where a publisher gives a time we use it exactly — the HSPT paper runs 143 minutes. Inventing one for the TACHS would be fake urgency dressed as realism.

1,556

questions held back

The paper is dealt from a pool practice cannot reach. A child who has practised every day has still never seen one of these.

The paper we deal, section by section

  • Reading40 questionsuntimedours
  • Written Expression40 questionsuntimedours
  • Mathematics40 questionsuntimedours
  • Ability40 questionsuntimedours

Nothing is marked until the whole paper is handed in — that is what makes it a rehearsal rather than practice, and it is the skill the day actually requires. The score afterwards is a raw score and is described as one: neither publisher releases the tables that turn raw answers into the number a school sees.

The only thing that costs money

The mock papers and the report

Everything else on this site stays free and needs no account: all 1,854 practice questions, every explanation, both exam pages and everything on them.

  • The TACHS paper and the HSPT paper
  • The report afterwards: every question, your answer, and what each wrong choice stands for
  • Your weak subtest named, from what you actually answered
  • Both exams, and the whole season — not a subscription

$129

That is the total. No tax added at the end, no subscription, nothing that renews.

Ask for a refund within 30 days and you get it. No questions, no form, no “did you use it”.

Start the paper

The paper is open while this is being built, and the price above is what it will cost when it is not. Payment will be handled by Stripe; card details will never reach us.

Not sure? Then don’t. Keep practising — 1,854 questions, every explanation, no account and no card, and that is not a trial that runs out.

We are not able to tell you whether this is worth $129 to you, and the publisher of the HSPT advises parents to avoid expensive preparation materials. Try the free questions first — that is what they are there for.

Whose shape this paper is

Every section length above is ours. Riverside Assessments publishes no question count and no time limit for the TACHS, and this product never presents one as the exam's.

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