The ISEE is the primary admission test for many independent schools throughout the country and abroad. With admission to the top private schools riding on this exam, students need a structured ISEE prep course to shepherd them to success. Since 2006, Mindfish has helped thousands of students in Boulder and Denver with their ISEE standardized testing for private school admissions. Mindfish’s one-on-one ISEE test prep program provides your student with both the strategy and critical content they need to increase confidence and boost scores. Further, we prepare our students for every aspect of standardized tests, teaching content mastery as well as useful strategies, developing a mistake-proof process, effective pacing and beating test-day anxiety.
When recruiting our Denver & Boulder-based private tutors, we make sure to only hire the best educators. Moreover, every Mindfish tutor undergoes rigorous training, and frequently checks in with each student outside of lesson time to ensure his or her accelerated progress. So whether your student learns in a classroom, a small group setting, or virtually one on one, you can confidently rest knowing that Mindfish will maximize your student’s ISEE potential score.
What is the ISEE?
The Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) is an entrance exam used by many independent and magnet schools around the country and tests students in grades 2 through 12. The ISEE measures a student’s aptitude to keep up with the demanding coursework in private schools The ISEE consists of four multiple-choice parts:
- Verbal Reasoning: vocabulary and sentence completion
- Quantitative Reasoning: word problems and quantitative comparisons
- Reading Comprehension: reading passages and questions
- Mathematics Achievement: multi-step mathematical problems
While the ISEE exam is standardized, it is also skill-based, so your child can’t be expected to know all of the actual material that will appear on the exam. However, Mindfish knows that you can predict the general subject matter.
Furthermore, there is one ungraded essay that allows students to showcase their unique voices and perspective. Depending on your student’s age, the child will complete one of four testing levels. The primary level is for entrance into 2nd-4th grade, the lower-level test is for students entering 5th-6th-grade, the middle-level test is for entrance into 7th-8th grade, and the upper-level is used for entrance into high schools.