About the ISEE Upper Level
The ISEE Upper Level is the ACT of private school admissions for grades 9 through 12. Just as colleges use the SAT and ACT to determine applicant preparedness, many independent schools across the US achieve the same effect with the ISEE.
Because teachers, curriculums, and academic difficulty vary from school to school, a student’s report card is not sufficient enough to accurately compare students from different schools. Therefore they use a standardized test like the ISEE.
ISEE is an acronym that stands for the Independent School Entrance Exam. It is administered by the non-profit group ERB, Educational Records Bureau. You’ve probably heard of ERB before in the context of annual testing, particularly if your school administers the CTP-4, which is somewhat similar to the ISEE.
ISEE Upper Level Research, Analysis, & Adice
ISEE Math Review – Triangle Types and Rules
Triangles are those handy‐dandy three‐sided polygons with which mathematicians have done so much work, particularly the right triangle. The most important thing to remember about all triangles is that the sum of their interior angles is 180°. Again, the sum of the interior angles of any triangle is 180°. Once more, the sum of the interior angles of any triangle is 180°! Triangle Inequality Angles and Their Side Lengths Equilateral [...]
Math Enrichment with Piqosity’s New Math 5 and Algebra I Courses
We're excited to announce the launch of our new math enrichment courses for 5th grade math (Math 5) and 8th grade math (Algebra I). These two new math courses mark the beginning of our expansion into enrichment and remediation of core academics; by the end of October we will also launch English Language Arts enrichment and remediation courses for 5th grade (ELA 5) and 8th grade (ELA 8). Like all [...]
ISEE is One Test for Multiple Grades
While there are different variations of each ISEE test, it is very possible that a student applying to 9th grade could be taking the exact same test with the exact same questions as a student applying to 12th grade; however, we explain below how this possibility has negligible impact on the test's overall difficulty. The ISEE or Independent School Entrance Exam is offered in multiple levels including the Upper, Middle, [...]
ISEE Upper Level Official Practice Test Answer Explanations
The ISEE Upper Level is the private schools admissions test for students applying to grades 9 through 12. It is administered by the non-profit group, Educational Records Bureau, ERB, which is also the same group behind other popular private school tests like the CTP-4 often generically called "ERBs." An acronym for Independent School Entrance Exam, the ISEE is a 5-part, 3-hour standardized test: Verbal Reasoning, 20 minutes for 40 questions Quantitative [...]
ISEE Upper Level Practice Test Mathematics Achievement Video Explanations
Did you download the free ISEE Upper Level practice test, "What to Expect on theISEE Upper Level" from the ERB's website only to realize that there were no answer explanations? We have solved your problem (no pun intended) by creating video explanations for the the Mathematics Achievement section, which is what most students consider the second most difficult portion of the ISEE. Working with master tutor Stephen Hayes, we've created 42 videos to [...]
ISEE Upper Level Practice Test Video Explanations for Quantitative Reasoning
The Educational Records Bureau (ERB) makes only one near full-length practice test available for the ISEE Upper Level. Available as a free PDF download on its website, this is the only official practice test. However there at least two major downsides to this test. First, it is only 140 questions in length whereas the actual test contains 160 questions. The disparity is a result of the practice test omitting [...]
