ISEE Admission Test for K-12 Schools

ISEE Middle Level Practice Test

Discover the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) and improve your child’s chances of being accepted to any of the multiple independent or magnet schools that require taking this test.

Make sure your child is prepared for test day with our ISEE Premium Pack, which features two full-length practice tests that each simulate the actual test, along with detailed explanations.

What is the Middle Level ISEE?

The ISEE Middle Level is administered to students in grades 5-8 by the Educational Records Bureau (ERB). The test serves as an entrance exam for several independent and magnet schools (magnet schools are public schools with specialized curricula and courses) throughout North America and abroad.

The goal of the ISEE is to provide an assessment of every applicant’s skills and to rank their abilities and achievements, as compared to other applicants. For that reason, it is extremely important to prepare for this test so that your child can score higher than other applicants, and place ahead of them in priority, for various programs.

 

What to Expect on the ISEE Middle Level

The Middle Level ISEE contains a total of 127 multiple-choice questions, divided into four sections, each examining different sets of skills. Additionally, there is a fifth section in which the applicants are required to draft an essay

Students seeking entry to an independent or magnet school for grades 9-12 will likely be required to take the ISEE Upper-Level Test. TestPrep-Online currently offers ISEE Upper-Level practice packs designed to help your high school student feel confident with the content & format of the test.

THE SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAM “SEE” CONTENT DESCRIPTION

VERBAL REASONING

  • The Verbal Reasoning section includes a section for synonyms and a section for sentence completion These sections are intended to measure an applicant’s vocabulary level and reading ability.

    • Each vocabulary question includes an appropriately abstract grade-level word which is followed by four answer choices.
    • Each sentence completion question includes a sentence with a missing word or phrase, followed by four ways the applicant may choose to complete the missing part. The student must determine which selection best completes the sentence based on context.

    Middle and Upper Levels:

    • This section consists of 40 questions to be answered in 20 minutes

QUANTITATIVE REASONING

The Quantitative Reasoning section measures the applicant’s reasoning abilities as they relate to various mathematical disciplines.

This section is intended to measure an applicant’s ability to think mathematically in order to solve a problem. Despite the mathematical content in this section, it requires very little or no actual calculations, as the emphasis of this section is on mathematical thinking and reasoning ability.

 

Questions are derived from the applicant’s grade-level appropriate Canadian Council of Teachers of Mathematics (CCTM) Standards in the following skillsets:

  • Numbers and Operations
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Data Analysis and Probability
  • Problem Solving

Middle and Upper Levels:

    • This section consists of 37 questions to be completed within 35 minutes
    • Questions are a mixture of word problems as well as quantitative comparisons

READING COMPREHENSION

  • The Reading Comprehension section utilizes several reading passages related to science, history, literature, and the modern world in order to assess an applicant’s reading comprehension in six specific categories:

    • Main Idea– measures the applicant’s ability to identify the general message, theme, or central idea in the passage
    • Supporting Ideas– measures the applicant’s ability to identify which concepts in the passage support the main idea of the text.
    • Inference– measures the applicant’s ability to draw a conclusion using content which is not explicitly stated in the passage. Inference questions may include:
      • Analysis and interpretation of text
      • Comparing and contrasting ideas
      • Making predictions of events and outcomes
    • Vocabulary– measures the applicant’s ability to use context clues in order to define words
    • Organization and Logic– measures the applicant’s ability to identify the structure, pattern, or sequence present in a particular genre
    • Tone, Style, and Figurative Language– measures the applicant’s ability to comprehend literary concepts such as:
      • Point of view
      • Mood
      • Tone

    Middle and Upper Levels:

    • This section consists of 36 questions to be answered in 35 minutes
    • This section contains six reading passages with six questions each

MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT

  • The Mathematics Achievement section measures an applicant’s skills at basic mathematical operations and computations, according to the applicant’s grade-level appropriate Canadian Council of Teachers of Mathematics (CCTM) Standards.

    Middle and Upper Levels:

    • This section consists of 47 questions to be answered in 40 minutes

ESSAY

Applicants will be required to prepare and write an essay on a random topic distributed on the day of the test.

  • Upon receiving the topic, students are given 30 minutes to prepare and write their essay
  • Students may use a blue or black pen
  • Essay will not be graded, however the school to which the applicant has applied will receive a photocopy of the essay to assess in any way they wish
  • Prompt will usually be relevant to the student and offer them an opportunity to tell about themselves

 

 

What to Expect On Middle and Upper Levels:

Question TypeAmount Of Questions

Middle Level

(grade 5-8)

Upper Level

(grade 9-12)

Verbal Reasoning3440
Quantitative Reasoning3837

Reading Comprehension

2536

Mathematics Achievement

3047
Essay11
Total127 Questions + Essay150 Questions + Essay
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