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The skills the CSTP test are examining are learned over a candidate's lifetime both in and out of school so short term training for the tests is unlikely to improve performance. Your best preparation is to read widely and think critically.
ACER provides products below to help students become more familiar with the style and content of questions on the CSTP test.
NEW! Practice questions for iPad
Provide your child with an understanding of the style and range of questions that will be in asked in the scholarship test in an engaging and easy format.
Created for all levels of secondary scholarships, covering Year 6 to Year 10, and all three types of criteria:
- Mathematics
- Humanities
- Written Expression
A Parent's Guide to Scholarship Tests
ACER Press 2009
A Parent’s Guide to Scholarship Tests aims to help parents better understand scholarship tests so that they can help their child do their best when it counts.
CSTP Sample Collection of Questions Volume 1
This booklet contains a number of questions similar in style, level of difficulty, and content, to those on the actual CSTP/SST test papers. It can be purchased from ACER for $25.00 (including postage and packing and GST).
Order CSTP Sample Collection of Questions Volume 1 through ACER online shop.
OR
Download Order Form for fax or mail orders.
CSTP Sample Collection of Questions Volume 2
If you would like further practice, you may want to also purchase CSTP Sample Collection of Questions Volume 2, also available for $25.00 (including postage and packing and GST).
Order CSTP Sample Collection of Questions Volume 2
OR
Download Order Form for fax or mail orders.
CSTP Sample Questions Online
The questions in this interactive test are similar in style, content and level of difficulty to those on the actual CSTP/ SST test papers but are different from the questions in CSTP Sample Collection of Questions Volumes 1 and 2. It is an interactive test done on the Internet. The test questions CANNOT be printed out and done offline. It can be purchased online from ACER for $27.50, and can be accessed immediately.
Purchase a username and password to access the online sample questions. The username and password will be issued immediately to your nominated email address. Please take care to ensure your email address is current.
Or, if you have already purchased a username and password, proceed to login to the online sample questions.
PRACTISE NOW!
Now you can be prepared! Practise Now! is a practical guide to test questions written by people who write selection tests. This guide will give you confidence in answering test questions related to general ability, aptitude and skills. Each chapter focuses on a specific question type commonly used in selection tests. Each question type is explained in detail and reasons given for the correct answer. Practise Now! has plenty of sample questions for you to try, with hints to help you work through the answers. Be prepared and confident with Practise Now!
PLEASE NOTE: ACER does NOT have past CSTP exam papers for sale.
