Private School Admission Study Guide 2026-2027 | For the ISEE Lower Level Exam | Grades 5-6 Entrance Test Prep | 200 Practice Questions

Prepare for private school admission testing with a fully illustrated study guide for the ISEE Lower Level Exam, covering every part of the test: Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics Achievement, and the essay. It includes 200 practice questions with detailed answer explanations.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 78 pages, 8.5 × 11 in, print-ready PDF with a clickable table of contents
• Current test facts: 4 scored sections plus an unscored essay, 127 multiple-choice questions, 2 hours 20 minutes of testing time, scaled scores (760–940), percentile ranks, and stanines explained
• Verbal Reasoning: synonym and sentence completion strategies, prefixes, suffixes, and roots, high-frequency vocabulary, context clues, and signal words
• Math for Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematics Achievement: number sense, fractions, decimals, and percents, operations and properties, rounding and estimation, algebra, functions, and patterns, geometry and measurement, and data analysis and probability
• Reading Comprehension: main idea, details, inference, author's purpose and tone, text structure, vocabulary in context, and figurative language
• The Essay: what the prompt looks like and how to plan, write, and check a response in 30 minutes
• Illustrated diagrams: word parts, fraction models, number lines, coordinate grids, angles, polygons, 3-D shapes, symmetry, perimeter and area, a clock for elapsed time, and bar graphs
• 48 quick-reference tables, worked examples, and step-by-step flow charts
• 2 practice tests with 100 questions each (200 total), organized by section and topic
• Complete answer keys with an explanation for every question
• Study plan and weekly schedule, FAQs, test-taking strategies, and test-anxiety techniques

WHO IT'S FOR

• Students in grades 4 and 5 applying for grades 5 and 6 at independent schools
• Parents and homeschool families looking for a structured review
• Teachers and tutors who want organized, section-by-section practice material

FORMAT

Instant digital download. Study on any device or print at home. No physical item will be shipped.

PLEASE NOTE

ISEE® is a registered trademark of the Educational Records Bureau. This product is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Educational Records Bureau, E3n, or any testing organization.