Standardized Test

Standardized Test (EST)

The Egyptian Scholastic Test (EST) is developed by experts in 5 continents and validated by experts in the USA. It is developed especially for Egyptian students in the American Diploma division. The EST is a computer-based test that measures the readiness of the students to enter university and assesses the level of students in Reading, Writing and Math.
The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education (in collaboration with Pearson).

The EST is an Egyptian entrance exam for Egyptian universities. Its results cannot be used for
applications to non-Egyptian universities until now. In the vast majority of cases, the American Diploma students are applying for an Egyptian university. But the EST Board is still working with international bodies to get the EST certification recognized internationally.

The results are usually issued within two weeks of the exam. The students are emailed their unofficial results. If they require the certified report, students are given the opportunity to order any score report (including older ones) for a limited time after issuing the scores of each trial.

The EST I and EST II scores can be used for up to 3 years after the test results,

All national Egyptian universities acknowledge the EST. For private universities, please check directly with the university to which you plan to apply

It is worth noting that the official EST scoring does not penalize wrong answers. In other words, the total raw score is the sum of the number of questions answered correctly

What is the difference between EST I & EST II?

  • The EST I is designed to enable all American Diploma students to apply for Egyptian universities
  • The EST I includes three mandatory sections: Reading, Writing and Language, and Math.
  • The EST I tackles communication skills, comprehension, critical and logical reasoning; all these are basic requirements for a university student. The EST I also includes an optional essay section measuring students’ language writing skills.
  • Literacy Test 1 (Writing and Language): 35 minutes – 44 multiple choice questions
  • Literacy Test 2 (Reading): 65 minutes – 52 multiple choice questions
  • Math: 90 minutes 45 multiple choice questions 13 short constructive response questions Graphing or scientific calculator is allowed for some questions
  • Essay (Optional): 50 minutes
  • The EST II is required by certain colleges (practical colleges like the Faculty of Medicine & Engineering).
  • The EST II is a subject-based test in Science and Math.
  • The EST subject tests cover Math, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry, with each subject test taken separately.
  • The EST II measures basic scientific knowledge, scientific reasoning, and higher-order thinking skills, proving the abilities and capabilities of the student to pursue education in specific majors related to engineering, science and health care. The choice of subject tests depends on the majors the students are applying for.
  • Math Level 1: 60 minutes – 50 multiple choice questions (Graphing or scientific calculator is allowed for part 2 of the exam)
  • Biology: 60 minutes – 80 multiple choice questions (Calculator is NOT allowed)
  • Physics: 60 minutes – 75 multiple choice questions (Calculator is NOT allowed)
  • Chemistry: 60 minutes – 85 multiple choice questions (Calculator is NOT allowed)
  • Math Level 2: 60 minutes – 50 multiple choice questions (Graphing or scientific calculator is allowed)

Standardized Test (Act)

Revise and edit a piece of writing Standard English grammar and usage Punctuation Logical structure Effective rhetoric
ACT tests your editing skills :
• Fix errors in grammar and punctuation and to improve the organization and style of 5 different prose passages
• Portions of each passage are underlined and you must decide if these are correct as written or if one of the others answers would fix or improve the selection.
• Others will ask you to add , cut and re-order the text
• Some will ask you to evaluate
People will dig into their pockets or if they were to open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. Last week some fellow passengers and I watched an elderly man with a portable chessboard playing 10 chess against himself.
Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
F. who played
G. as he played
H. played
J. who was playing

Single or paired passages Consistent order of subject areas: Literary Narrative and Prose Fiction, Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences
Questions in 35 minutes However, there is no specific order of passages, questions, etc. Big picture questions deal with the main subject of the passage or the narrator’ overall point of view (overview question) Little picture/detail questions will ask about a small piece of factual information in a passage (straightforward- one literal answer) Vocabulary in context questions ask about the meaning of a word in the context of the passage read the sentence and infer the answer *Membrane…cough…cough* Development and function questions ask how a certain paragraph or phrase functions in the context of a passage, how the argument in the passage is developed, or how the author structures the passage.
The question “Did you know that Bryant built his shelves so they tilt?” (lines 65–66) helps establish that the narrator is anxious because:
F. his co-workers have discovered his incompetence and have made it the subject of office humour.
G. his co-workers resent his having a corner office and punish him with their biting humour.
H. he fears his incompetence is so glaring it will make him the object of ridicule among co-workers.
J. the tilting bookshelves remind him that, like his grandfather, he cannot hide his mistakes.
Information in the second paragraph (lines 4–12) reveals that the family’s response to the grandfather’s error with the crutches is to:
A. find a workable remedy for it.
B. B. lay the blame on the narrator.
C. praise him for more successful projects.
D. fix what wasn’t wrong in the first place.

The mathematics section is designed to assess the mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 9. Most questions are self-contained. Some questions may belong to a set of several questions (e.g., each about the same graph or
chart).
The material covered emphasizes the major content areas that are prerequisites to successful performance in entry-level courses in college mathematics. Knowledge of basic formulas and computational skills are assumed as background for the problems, but recall of complex formulas and extensive computation are not required.

Nine scores are reported for the mathematics section: a score for the section overall and eight reporting category scores based on specific mathematical knowledge and skills. The approximate percentage of the section devoted to each reporting category is:
Although the ACT Science section includes a wide range of science content, it tests your scientific skills more than your knowledge. As the ACT puts it, “the Science Test … measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences. “AND GRAPHS! Know how to read graphs!