Every year we award six merit-based scholarships to the Test Innovators students who showed the most improvement on either the SSAT or the ISEE. Each scholar receives $1,000 towards tuition at their new school.
Congratulations to this year’s scholars—Iyad, Evan, Xavier, Arianna, Sebastien, and Owen—for all of your hard work and determination!
Meet our Scholars
Iyad increased his score by 66 percentile points on the SSAT. He is in 10th grade at Greenhill School.
Evan scored in the 98th percentile on the SSAT. He is in the 10th grade at Salisbury School.
Xavier increased his score on the SSAT by 72%. He is in 9th grade at The Lawrenceville School.
Arianna increased her score by 41 percentile points on the ISEE. She is in 7th grade at The Newman School.
Sebastien increased his score on the ISEE by 82%. He is in 6th Grade at Léman Manhattan.
Owen scored in the 91st percentile on the ISEE. He is in 6th grade at The Pingry School.
You’ve spent months visiting schools, interviewing, and submitting applications. After all that time and work, you’re left waiting for a response, hoping for an offer of admissions. Instead, you’ve been waitlisted. Now what?
We interviewed placement experts at top schools across the country to get their advice on what to do...
As a general rule, we recommend starting your ISEE prep six to four months before your test date.
This means that if you plan to take the test in November, then you should take a diagnostic practice test sometime between May and July.
In this series of posts, we will explore some of our practice questions that have stumped a remarkable number of students. We hope to highlight some common mistakes and how to avoid them on the official test.
Are your kids home from school? Watch the recording our Remote Learning for Parents webinar hosted by Test Innovators' Director of Education, Brenna O'Neill, for a parent-oriented discussion of remote learning. Come away with strategies and ideas for navigating the new world of remote learning that many families are now...
The Middle Level SSAT is taken by students applying to grades 6-8. It consists of six sections: Writing Sample, Quantitative 1, Reading, Verbal, Quantitative 2, and Experimental. The Experimental Section is not scored; rather, it is used to test new questions for future SSAT forms.
The Verbal Reasoning section of the ISEE is designed to assess vocabulary, including the ability to identify synonyms and complete sentences with missing parts.
Fast Facts
First and shortest section of the ISEE
Lower Level: 20 minutes with 34 questions
Middle and Upper Levels: 20 minutes with 40 questions
Made up...
Since vocabulary is one of the main areas tested on the ISEE and SSAT tests, you will need to learn as many new words as possible before taking the test. While vocabulary questions primarily appear on the verbal section of the test, there are also vocabulary questions on the reading...