New York practice tests that explain every answer
Full-length, timed practice written from scratch. After each exam you get a report that explains every wrong answer, so you know what to work on next.
Taking a test yourself? Civil service, real estate, CDL, insurance, court officer, teaching assistant, notary, adjuster, cosmetology and ASVAB are all here too.
Not just a score. Why each answer was wrong.
Every exam ends in a report for you, not the child: how each part of the test went, and every question with the answer they chose, the right one, and why theirs was wrong.
The answer is B. 2 1/2
Short practice through the school year, not just in spring.
A quick check on this quarter’s topics in math, English, science and social studies shows where your child stands, then weekly practice aims at any gaps while they are still small.
Every New York exam, one place.
Each exam is its own product with its own question bank, its own scoring, and its own rules, because a Regents subject test and an admissions exam have almost nothing in common.
SHSAT
Four complete adaptive exams built to the fall 2026 format: 50 ELA, 50 Math, three hours.
View the SHSAT examsTACHS
The admissions test for Catholic high schools across the Archdiocese of New York and the Dioceses of Brooklyn, Queens and Rockville Centre.
View the examsHSPT
A separate exam from TACHS, with its own five subtests, used by many Catholic and independent schools outside the TACHS system.
View the examsISEE
Lower, Middle and Upper Level, three full practice exams each: verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, reading comprehension and mathematics achievement.
View the examsRegents
Subject by subject: Algebra I, Living Environment, ELA and the rest of the exams required for a New York diploma.
View the examsAP
The multiple-choice section of AP Psychology, Computer Science A, English Language, US History and World History, between 40% and 67% of the score depending on the subject. All three practice exams for the price of one.
View the examsState tests
The annual New York State assessments, by grade and subject. Every grade from 3 to 8 is ready now: three full practice tests each, ELA and Math, four parts, untimed exactly like the real thing.
View the examsKeeping up
Is your child keeping up with what they are learning now? A quick check on this quarter’s topics in math, English, science and social studies, then weekly practice aimed at any gaps.
See how it worksASVAB
The test every branch uses to enlist, and the one that sets the AFQT score. Three full practice exams across all nine subtests.
View the examsNYC civil service
Police Officer, School Safety Agent, Correction Officer, Traffic Enforcement Agent, Special Officer, Motor Vehicle Operator, Environmental Police Officer, Police Communications Technician, Probation Officer, Stock Worker and the NYC Bridge Exam, which alone puts you on seven lists. Three practice exams for each, written to that title’s own DCAS notice.
View the examsNY real estate
The salesperson and broker licensing exams, three full-length practice exams each, with every section weighted by the Department of State’s own syllabus hours. Waiting on a licensed New York broker to read them.
View the examsNY CDL
General Knowledge and every endorsement, built area by area from 49 CFR Part 383 — the federal rule that names the subjects, fixes the three answer choices and sets the 80% pass mark. Plus a free learner permit practice test.
View the examsNY insurance
Life, Accident and Health, Property and Casualty and Personal Lines, three full-length practice exams for each state series, built to the Department of Financial Services outline.
View the examsNY teaching assistant
The NYSTCE Teaching Assistant Skills test, NES 519: reading, writing, math and instructional support, 80 questions built to the four published domains.
View the examsNY court officer
The court officer-trainee written exam: memory, reading, applying rules, clerical checking and records, with the memory section timed and removed the way the real one is.
View the examsNY notary public
The New York notary public exam, built from the Department of State’s own license law booklet: one hour, multiple choice, pass or fail.
View the examsNY insurance adjuster
Seven adjuster license exams, from the 17-70 general adjuster to the 17-71 auto damage appraiser, built to the PSI/DFS content outlines.
View the examsNY cosmetology, nails & esthetics
The written exams for cosmetology, nail specialty and esthetics, weighted by the hours the state curriculum sets.
View the examsSomething else?
We cover the New York exams people actually sit, for children and for adults. If yours is not listed here, tell us.
Get in touchFree practice questions, answers explained
- SHSAT
- TACHS
- HSPT
- ISEE: ISEE Upper Level, ISEE Middle Level, ISEE Lower Level
- State Tests: Grade 3 State Test, Grade 4 State Test, Grade 5 State Test, Grade 6 State Test, Grade 7 State Test, Grade 8 State Test
- ASVAB
- AP: AP Psychology, AP Computer Science A, AP English Language, AP US History, AP World History
- Civil service: NYC Police Officer, School Safety Agent, Correction Officer, Traffic Enforcement Agent, Special Officer, Motor Vehicle Operator, Environmental Police Officer, Police Communications Technician, Probation Officer, NYC Bridge Exam, Stock Worker
- Real estate: NY Real Estate Salesperson, NY Real Estate Broker
- CDL: NY CDL General Knowledge, NY Learner Permit
- Insurance: NY Life and Health Insurance, NY Property and Casualty Insurance
- NY Court Officer
- NES 519 Teaching Assistant
- NY Notary Public
- NY General Adjuster
- Cosmetology: NY Cosmetology, NY Nail Specialty, NY Esthetics
Get it wrong. That’s the useful part.
These are real questions from the bank. Pick any answer, including a wrong one, and see the explanation your child would get.
Simple pricing. Pay per exam.
Pay per exam with no subscription and nothing to cancel. Most exams are 5 credits, from $25.00 to $29.99 depending on the pack. A CDL endorsement is 1 credit and the learner permit test is free.
Where to start reading
- The New York State Tests, explained
- What is the TACHS?
- Grade 8 or grade 9: which SHSAT is your child taking?
- What is on the NYC School Safety Agent exam?
- What is on the NYC Bridge Exam?
- The AP Psychology exam: a complete guide
- Which New York CDL tests do you actually need?
- What is on the New York real estate salesperson exam?
- Which New York insurance exam do you sit?
- The New York court officer-trainee exam
- NES 519, the New York teaching assistant skills test
- What New York 4th graders learn this year
What every exam we publish has in common.
The exam changes. The standard doesn't. Whatever test your child is preparing for, these six things hold.
Written from scratch
Every question and reading passage is original work, written for this product and reviewed against the official scope for that exam. Nothing is licensed, scanned or adapted from another publisher.
Full length, properly timed
The real question count and the real clock. A shortened test tells you very little, and tells a parent even less.
Every wrong answer explained
Each incorrect option carries its own explanation of the specific misunderstanding that leads there, on every question of every exam we sell, with nothing left to a generic note.
Exams that compare
Within an exam, the practice exams are calibrated against each other, so a score on the third sitting can be honestly compared with the first. Otherwise progress is guesswork.
Results go to the parent
Students see a neutral finishing screen. The report goes to you. A score read alone, without context, does more harm than good at thirteen.
Accommodations respected
Extra time can be set to match an IEP, 504 or ELL plan, and the conditions used are printed on the report so results are never compared across different settings.
What we don't claim.
Test preparation is full of promises no one can keep. Here is where we stop, so you can judge the report you receive.
New York does not publish the table that converts answers into official scaled scores. Anyone claiming to predict one is guessing.
No official score distribution is published. Ours is constructed from published admissions figures and is always reported as a range.
Admissions cutoffs are composite scores. A one-section sitting receives no composite and no cutoff comparison, because implying one would mislead.
No practice exam can. What it can do is ensure that test day is not the first time your child meets the format.
Teaching other people’s children?
Start every new student with a full-length evaluation and you will know which topics are costing them points before you plan the first lesson, instead of spending three sessions finding out. One roster, one balance of credits, every student’s progress in one place.
What NY Exam actually does.
A short overview of the exams, how the practice works, and what a parent gets back when a child finishes one.
What the video covers, in writing
New York families face the same question: is my child actually ready for this test? Most practice materials are generic, or they hand you a score and nothing else, so test day becomes the first time a child sees the real thing.
NY Exam is full-length practice for the tests New Yorkers actually sit: the SHSAT and TACHS, the HSPT and ISEE, the Grade 3 to 8 State Tests, AP, the ASVAB, the NYC civil service exams and the New York real estate exams. Every exam has its own question types and its own scoring.
The bank holds over nine thousand seven hundred original questions and more than five hundred reading passages across seventy-six full-length exams, all written from scratch. Nothing is licensed and nothing is scraped.
Every wrong answer carries its own explanation, so a child does not just see a score, they see exactly why an answer was wrong. Exams run full length and properly timed, like test day. A sitting can be paused and picked up with the same time remaining, and extra time can be set to match an IEP, a 504 Plan or ELL status.
When the exam is finished the report shows section performance and a walkthrough of every question. For the SHSAT there is a free cutoff score tool that explains how the composite score works and what past cutoffs were for each specialized high school.
Parents buy and assign exams from the free NY Exam app, and children sign in with their own passcode to sit them. Tutors and learning centers manage every student from one roster. You pay per exam, with no subscription, and ten real questions are free with no card required.
The NY Exam app, and two games from us.
One app for the whole family. You buy exams, set them and read the report. Your child signs in with their own passcode and sits the test full screen, with no browser controls to wander off into and a clock that survives the app being closed. Free to download.
A math game for kindergarten through grade six. Slice the fruit, answer the sum. This is not test prep — it is the part of math a child will do without being asked. Free, with ads; a $2.99 purchase removes them.
A block puzzle for kindergarten through grade six: drag three shapes onto the grid, fill a row, and it clears. The math is a separate bonus question between rounds rather than a toll on the puzzle, so this is not test prep — it is the game a child opens on their own, with a new daily board that is the same for everybody. Free, with ads only after a game ends; a $2.99 purchase removes them.
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