UPimg.net

The “psychometric test” – ha-Psixometri in Hebrew… is a test designed to assess academic
readiness to universities. All university applicants in Israel must take the exact same exam.
It is a tool for predicting academic performance, and is used by institutions of higher education
to screen applicants for the various departments. The test ranks all applicants on a uniform
scale and, compared to other admissions tools, is less affected by differences in applicant’s
backgrounds or other subjective factors.

Held several times a year, and send the universities their scores in it, in addition to their high
school academic final examinations results. The thought behind this exam, פסיכומטרי, is the same as the
SAT exam in the United States (standardized test for college admission).

This exam has been used as a sorting test for universities in Israel since 1981. The exam is
available in the following languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, French, Spanish and English
and consists three sections: Critical reading and writing, Mathematics and English.

The Mathematics section includes 25 questions in both Algebra and Geometry. The Hebrew
critical reading section includes 30 questions and the English section, which is the last part of
the exam, includes 27-29 questions. The possible scores of the exam are between 200 – 800
points. The mathematics and Critical reading parts constitute 40% (each) of the final grade
and the English part constitute 20% of the final grade.

There are many different methods to study and prepare for this exam, פסיכומטרי,including many
different private preparatory schools. It is of importance to find the best learning method for
each individual to insure success and high score in the exam. Due to its importance, choosing
the preparation method for the test and the fact that many students choose a private school
as preparation for the test, many voices of objection to the test arouse and called to notice
the favoritism of specific socio-economic classes in succeeding more than others in the test.