ISEE ISEE Professional Development 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A tutor preparing students for the ISEE Lower Level should know it is intended for students applying to which grades?
- Grades 5 and 6 (Correct answer)
- Grades 7 and 8
- Grades 9 through 12
- Grades 2 through 4
Correct answer: Grades 5 and 6
The Lower Level ISEE is for students applying for admission to grades 5 and 6.
Question 2: When advising a parent, how often does the ERB allow a student to take the ISEE within a 12-month period under the standard policy?
- Once per testing season, up to three seasons (Correct answer)
- Unlimited times
- Only once ever
- Twice per calendar month
Correct answer: Once per testing season, up to three seasons
Students may take the ISEE once per testing season (Fall, Winter, Spring), allowing up to three attempts per year.
Question 3: A professional explaining scoring should note that the ISEE penalizes wrong answers in what way?
- There is no penalty for wrong answers (Correct answer)
- One point deducted per wrong answer
- Half a point deducted per wrong answer
- Two points deducted per wrong answer
Correct answer: There is no penalty for wrong answers
The ISEE has no guessing penalty, so test-takers should answer every question.
Question 4: Which section of the ISEE is unscored and used only for the admissions essay sent to schools?
- The Essay (Correct answer)
- Reading Comprehension
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Verbal Reasoning
Correct answer: The Essay
The Essay is unscored but a copy is sent to each school the student applies to.
Question 5: A teacher should explain that the ISEE stanine score ranges across what scale?
- 1 to 9 (Correct answer)
- 1 to 100
- 200 to 800
- 0 to 36
Correct answer: 1 to 9
Stanine scores standardize percentile ranks onto a 1-to-9 scale.
Question 6: When coaching for Verbal Reasoning at the Middle and Upper Levels, which two question types appear?
- Synonyms and sentence completions (Correct answer)
- Analogies and antonyms
- Reading passages and grammar
- Vocabulary and spelling
Correct answer: Synonyms and sentence completions
The Verbal Reasoning section uses synonyms and single-blank sentence completions.
Question 7: An educator should know the ISEE percentile compares a student against whom?
- Other students of the same grade who took the test over the past three years (Correct answer)
- All students nationally regardless of age
- Only students at the target school
- Students of the same age across all grades
Correct answer: Other students of the same grade who took the test over the past three years
ISEE percentiles compare a student to a norm group of same-grade applicants from the prior three years.
ISEE ISEE Professional Development 2
A tutor preparing students for the ISEE Lower Level should know it is intended for students applying to which grades?