We're excited to announce that we have finalized our seventh full-length practice test for the ISEE Lower Level. There is also an answer explanation for each of the 127 questions designed to prepare students for applying to grades 5 and 6 at many US private schools. As fitting for students who have already taken [...]
The Personal Essay is the fifth and final section of the ISEE lower, middle, and upper level. The essay is not scored; however, a copy of it is sent to each school to which families send their scores. Students have 30-minutes in which to write up to 2-pages in response to one prompt. Although [...]
Piqosity now offers 7 full-length practice tests for the ISEE Upper Level private school admissions exam. In total, students have access to more than 3,000 practice questions lasting upwards of 50-hours. No other publisher offers more content than Piqosity for the ISEE Upper Level¹. This seventh, full-length practice test is available now at no-extra [...]
Tutors and teachers with Piqosity educator accounts can now "impersonate" their students. This new feature allows educators to view and use one of their student's accounts as if they were that student. This feature is particularly helpful in order to see all of a student's past practice or troubleshoot account issues. Before this update, educators [...]
For the ISEE Lower Level, Piqosity now offers 6 full-length practice tests! Students can take these tests straight through under timed conditions or pause and resume at their leisure. For added flexibility, the tests can be even broken up and used as a 1000-item question bank, which automatically adapts to a student's strengths and [...]
Let us give the ISEE some context since you are not taking the ISEE just to take a test. The ISEE is part of a process in which you are presenting yourself as a candidate to a group of people whom you have likely never met. This same group of people has to then [...]
National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has announced the semifinalists in their 63rd National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists are current high school seniors who took the PSAT in October of 2016 and scored among the top 1% in their respective states. To win the coveted “Semifinalist” designation in Mississippi, students must have earned a “selection index” [...]
The Upper Level Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) is the standardized test required by many private schools for students applying to grades 9-12. The ISEE is administered by the Educational Records Bureau (ERB). Piqosity currently offers 6 full-length practice tests plus 2,000 practice questions. In total, students can work through the equivalent of nearly [...]
Amazon's newly launched Fire HD 8" tablet has the potential to usher in a new era of affordable, personalized learning in the K12 classroom. When we started building the education technology startup that is now Piqosity, we had big dreams. Our vision was and remains to enable any child with a $50 tablet and [...]
We've rolled out a massive update today to improve the student experience on Piqosity. At the centerpiece of the update is a simpler student dashboard, which highlights the four primary ways to work practice ISEE, ACT, and SAT problems - adaptive practice, assignments, full-length tests, and previously worked questions. Ways to Practice ISEE, ACT, [...]