ISEE Test Prep Benefits all Students, No Matter their Strengths or Weaknesses

ISEE tutoring is vital for all students, not just the struggling ones–even if you have an A student, the test will be filled with concepts that they do not have experience with. Working with a private tutor will allow your child to learn the test-taking strategies necessary to excel, and the specifics that make the ISEE test so challenging to most students. As the following article states, beginning ISEE preparation as soon as possible will allow your child to meet their full potential on test day.

Let’s Talk About Testing: ISEE testing, that is

Now I am not an expert on testing, and certainly not on the ISEE, but when I see the words “The ISEE is a much more difficult exam…” I start to think – test prep. The schools will tell you that tutoring is not necessary, or that they would prefer it if your child didn’t get tutoring. But for students for whom this type of test is totally unfamiliar, not even giving them a glimpse of what they’re in for seems cruel and unusual.
Preparation offers the possibility of success, and certainly of self-esteem – even if you’re at the top of your class, walking out of a test where you were bewildered by a rapid-fire battery of challenging questions in a format you don’t know, well, that’s not a recipe for a child who is going to feel good about him or herself.
Even A students with experience of the ERBs will find the ISEE challenging. The ISEE takes 2 ½ hours, with (2) five-minute breaks. Not every 5th or 6th grader – or 8th grader – has the stamina for this, and certainly not without a trial run or two. I would argue for ISEE test prep even for A students – just to figure out the pacing and a strategy for the personal essay, if for no other reason. There is all kinds of ISEE test prep available, from personal one-on-one coaching to workshops, available over the summer.