COOP Cooperative Admissions Exam Details and Info

The Cooperative Admissions Examination is organized as an entry test to select qualified students into some Catholic high schools. Only students in the 8th grade are allowed to take the test. The Cooperative Admissions Examination is also known as the COOP test for short.
The test places students in some Catholic high schools within the network of the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Paterson. The schools under the Archdiocese of Newark are mainly located in the counties of Essex, Hudson, Union, Bergen and Rockland while those under the Diocese of Paterson are in the counties of Passaic, Sussex and Morris.

The structure and measuring potential of the COOP test is similar to an IQ test. The COOP test has ten units. It covers mathematical problems, reading and comprehension, vocabulary questions, and questions on the proper use of grammar and spelling.

High school students wishing to take the COOP test must submit an application. Application forms can be filled online at the Cooperative Admissions Examination web site. The exams will be held in selected test centers within Diocese of Paterson and the Archdiocese of Newark. The exam usually comes up once towards the end of the year.

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Cooperative Admissions Exam (COOP) Practice Test Questions


Practice Reading Comprehension Questions - (includes Main Idea and Making Inferences)
Practice Math Questions (General)
Basic Math (Very Basic - Long & Short Division, Multiplication, Decimals, Fractions, Percent etc.)
Basic Math II (Percentage, Fractions Decimals exponents, simple algebra, parentheses removal etc.)
Basic Algebra (Word Problems using basic algebra)
Exponents (Adding, subtracting and multiplying exponents and exponent fractions)

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