ISEE EXPLAINED
The Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) is a three-hour admission test for entrance into grades five through twelve. The ISEE consists of carefully constructed and standardized verbal and quantitative reasoning tests that measure a student’s capability for learning, and reading comprehension and mathematics
The ISEE is administered at three levels: a Lower Level for students currently in grades four and five, a Middle Level for students in grades six and seven and an Upper Level for students in grades eight to eleven.
ISEE lower Level |
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TIME |
SUBJECT |
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS |
25 minutes |
Verbal Reasoning |
40 |
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Synonyms |
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Sentence completion |
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35 minutes |
Quantitative reasoning |
35 |
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Comprehension |
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Interpretation |
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Application Higher Order Thinking |
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40 minutes |
Reading Comprehension |
36 |
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Humanities Passages |
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Science Passages |
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Social Studies Passages |
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40 minutes |
Mathematics |
35 |
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Knowledge and Skills |
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Computation/Comprehension |
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Applications |
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30 minutes |
Essay |
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ISEE Middle Level |
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TIME |
SUBJECT |
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS |
20 minutes |
Verbal Reasoning |
40 |
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Synonyms |
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Sentence completion |
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35 minutes |
Quantitative reasoning |
35 |
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Comprehension |
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Interpretation |
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Application Higher Order Thinking |
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40 minutes |
Reading Comprehension |
40 |
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Humanities Passages |
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Science Passages |
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Social Studies Passages |
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45 minutes |
Mathematics |
45 |
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Knowledge and Skills |
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Computation/Comprehension |
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Applications |
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30 minutes |
Essay |
1 |
ISEE Upper Level |
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TIME |
SUBJECT |
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS |
20 minutes |
Verbal Reasoning |
40 |
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Synonyms |
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Sentence completion |
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35 minutes |
Quantitative reasoning |
35 |
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Comprehension |
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Interpretation |
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Application Higher Order Thinking |
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40 minutes |
Reading Comprehension |
40 |
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Humanities Passages |
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Science Passages |
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Social Studies Passages |
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45 minutes |
Mathematics |
40 |
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Knowledge and Skills |
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Computation/Comprehension |
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Applications |
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30 minutes |
Essay |
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Testing Date |
Registration Deadline | HPBS Code | Time Check in – 8:30 a.m. | Location |
| Sept. 2, 2009 | Walk –In Registration only | 440310 | 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 .m. | Hyde Park Admissions Office Speedway Campus. |
| Oct. 1, 2009 | Sept. 10, 2009 | 440310 | 9:00 a.m– 12:30 p.m. | Hyde Park Admissions Office Speedway Campus. |
| Dec. 3, 2009 | Nov. 12, 2009 | 440310 | 9:00 a.m– 12:30 p.m. | Hyde Park Admissions Office Speedway Campus |
| Feb. 10, 2010* | Jan. 19, 2010 | 440310 | 9:00 a.m– 12:30 p.m. | HP test location will be posted after 1/6/10 |
| May 6, 2009* | April 15, 2010 | 440310 | 9:00 a.m– 12:30 p.m. | HP test location will be posted after 1/6/10 |
| June 17, 2010* | May 27, 2010 | 440310 | 9:00 a.m– 12:30 p.m. | HP test location will be posted after 1/6/10 |
| July 29, 2010 | July 8, 2010 | 440310 | 9:00 a.m– 12:30 p.m. | HP test location will be posted after 1/6/10 |
| August 20, 2010 | July 30, 2010 | 440310 | 9:00 a.m– 12:30 p.m. | HP test location will be posted after 1/6/10 |
| Sept. 1, 2010 | August 11, 2010 | 440310 | 9:00 a.m– 12:30 p.m. | HP test location will be posted after 1/6/10 |