This is a living document that we will update with information about the changes in each new version of our ISEE practice tests.
Monday, June 8th, 2026
- The following practice exercise sets have been added:
- Middle Level: Inference from Sample Statistics #1
- Lower Level: Transformations #1
- The following practice exercises have been updated:
- Upper Level Synonym Bank Medium #2
- Added answer explanations
- Upper Level Synonym Bank Medium #4
- Added answer explanations
- Upper History Passage #2: Gandhi
- Updated Question 5
- Middle History Passage #2: Gandhi
- Updated Question 5
- Upper Level Synonym Bank Medium #2
Friday, May 29th, 2026
- Middle Level 250 Words to Know resource packet has been updated
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
The following practice exercise set has been updated:
- Upper Level Vocabulary in Context #1
- Updated Questions 1, 2, and 4
- Middle Level Vocabulary in Context #1
- Updated Questions 1, 2, and 4
The following practice exercise set has been added:
- Upper Level Science Passage #6: The North Star and Axial Precession
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
- Upper Level Literature Passage #2: Moby Dick, Herman Melville
- Upper Level Literature Passage #3: The Music of Erich Zann, H.P. Lovecraft
- Upper Level Tone/Style/Figurative Language #3
Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
- Official Upper
- Reading Comprehension
- Added answer explanations
- Reading Comprehension
Friday, May 22nd, 2026
The following practice exercise sets have been added:
- Upper Level: Area of Composite Figures #1
- Upper Level: Area of Composite Figures #2
- Upper Level: Triangle Inequality Theorem #1
- Upper Level: Probability Outcomes from Single Event #1
- Upper Level: Scientific Notation - Quantitative Comparison #2
- Upper Level: Area of Rectangle, given Side Length Relationship #1
- Upper Level: Finding Median, given Set of Numbers #1
- Upper Level: Finding Median, given Set of Numbers #2
- Upper Level: Divisibility #1
- Upper Level: Divisibility #2
- Upper Level: Parallel Lines Cut by Transversale #2
- Upper Level: Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems #1
- Upper Level: Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems #2
- Upper Level: Transformations in the Coordinate Plane #1
- Upper Level: Transformations in the Coordinate Plane #2
- Middle Level: Possible Rational & Irrational Outcomes #1
- Middle Level: Systems of Equations #1
- Middle Level: Systems of Equations #2
- Middle Level: Writing Equations in Terms of One Variable #1
- Middle Level: Writing Equations in Terms of One Variable #2
Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
The following practice exercise set has been updated:
- Upper Level Synonym Bank Easy #2: added answer explanations
- Upper Level Tone/Style/Figurative Language #1: replaced Question 1
- Upper Level Tone/Style/Figurative Language #1: added a new question
- Middle Level Tone/Style/Figurative Language #1: replaced Question 1
- Middle Level Tone/Style/Figurative Language #1: added a new question
Monday, May 5th, 2026
The following practice exercise sets have been added:
- Upper Level: Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal #1
- Upper Level: Scientific Notation - Quantitative Comparison #1
- Upper Level: Calculating Area of Similar Figures #1
- Upper Level: Operations with Negative Numbers #2
Monday, April 20th, 2026
The following practice exercise sets have been added:
- Upper Level: Describing Patterns #1
- Upper Level: Set Theory #1
- Upper Level: Set Theory #2
- Upper Level: Composition of Functions from Table #1
- Upper Level: Composition of Functions from Table #2
- Upper Level: Angles of Polygons #1
- Upper Level: Angles of Polygons #2
- Upper Level: Translating Math Expressions #1
- Upper Level: Fundamental Counting Principle #1
- Upper Level: Solving Inequalities #1
- Upper Level: Operations with Negative Numbers #1
- Upper Level: Perimeter in Terms of Side Lengths #1
- Upper Level: Evaluating Functions - Quantitative Comparison #1
- Upper Level: Evaluating Functions - Quantitative Comparison #2
- Upper Level: Science Passage #5: Snake Island
- Upper Level: Humanities Passage #1: Lost Towns of the American West
- Upper Level: Humanities Passage #2: Virginia Woolf
- Upper Level: Humanities Passage #3: Role of Toys
- Upper Level: Literature Passage #1: Walden, Henry David Thoreau
- Upper Level: Social Studies Passage #6: The Havasupai Tribe
- Upper Level: Social Studies Passage #7: Cleopatra's Tomb
- Upper Level: Science Passage #5: Snake Island
- Middle Level: Science Passage #8: The Moon
- Middle Level: Sentence Completion - Contrasting Link #2
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
The following practice exercise set has been updated:
- Upper Level Synonym Bank: Easy #4
- Updated Question 12
- Answer explanations have been added to entire set
- Upper Level Synonym Bank: Hard #3
- Answer explanations have been added to entire set
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
The following practice exercise sets have been updated:
- Upper Level Science Passage #1: Space Exploration
- Middle Level Science Passage #1: Space Exploration
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
The following practice exercise sets have been added:
- Lower Level Social Studies Passage #2: Ancient Greece
- Lower Level Fiction Passage #1: The Prince and the Pauper
- Lower Level Humanities Passage #1: Dolphus Stroud
Friday, March 6th, 2026
The following math practice exercise sets have been added:
- Upper: Possible Values #1
- Upper: Modeling Linear Equations #1
- Middle: Operations with Negative Numbers #1 (Addition and Subtraction) [Easy]
- Middle: Operations with Negative Numbers #2 (Multiplication and Division) [Easy]
- Middle: Operations with Negative Numbers #1 [Hard]
- Middle: Operations with Negative Numbers #2 (Evaluating Expressions) [Hard]
- Middle: Conclusions from Probability Outcomes #1
- Middle: Operations with Fractions #1 (Quantitative Comparison)
- Middle: Multi-Step Word Problems #1
- Lower: Multi-Step Word Problems #1
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
The following practice exercise sets have been updated:
- Upper Level Science Passage #3: Brains
- Revised passage
- Revised Question 5
- Replaced Question 6
- Middle Level Science Passage #5: Brains
- Revised passage
- Revised Question 5
- Replaced Question 6
- Upper Level Social Studies Passage #2: Ethnocentrism
- Revised passage
- Replaced Questions 1–8
Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
The following practice exercise sets have been added:
- Upper Level Vocabulary in Context #3
- Upper Level Organization/Logic #3
- Middle Level Social Studies Passage: Tomatoes
- Middle Level Social Studies Passage: Buttons
- Middle Level History Passage: Jane Fonda
- Middle Level History Passage: Ben Franklin
- Middle Level Humanities Passage: Easy Listening Music
- Middle Level Science Passage: Leader of the Pack
- Middle Level Inference #2
- Primary 2 Inference #1
- Primary 2 Tone/Style/Figurative Language
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
The following practice exercise set has been added:
- Upper Level Extreme Answers Elimination (Reading)
The following practice exercise set has been updated:
- Comparing MMMR #2
- Updated Question 5
Monday, January 19th, 2026
The following practice exercise sets have been added:
- Upper Level Vocabulary in Context #2
- Upper Level Supporting Ideas - Medium #5
- Upper Level Main Idea #3
- Upper Level Organization/Logic #2
- Upper Level One-Blank Sentence Completion Hard #5
- Middle Level Sentence Completion #5
- Middle Level Tone/Style/Figurative Language #3
- Lower Level Organization/Logic #3
- Lower Level Organization/Logic #4
- Lower Level Inference #4
- Lower Level Tone/Style/Figurative Language #4
- Lower Level Sentence Completion Cause/Effect #2
Tuesday, January 13th, 2026
- Upper Level Test #1 (11.2)
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Swapped Question 26 with Question 19 from Test #2
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Upper Level Test #2 (11.3)
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Swapped Question 19 with Question 26 from Test #1
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Upper Level Test #4 (11.2)
- Reading
- Updated passage for Questions 31–36
- Revised Question 31
- Revised Question 33
- Replaced Question 34
- Replaced Question 35
- Reading
- Middle Level Test #2 (11.1)
- Reading
- Updated Question 15
- Reading
- Lower Level Test #6 (11.1)
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Updated Question 17
Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
- Updated Question 17
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Upper Level Test #1 (11.1)
- Reading Comprehension
- Updated Question 17
- Mathematics Achievement
- Swapped Question 37 with Question 41 in Test 3
- Swapped Question 43 with Question 47 in Test 4
- Reading Comprehension
- Upper Level Test #2 (11.2)
- Mathematics Achievement
- Swapped Question 28 with Question 29 in Test 6
- Mathematics Achievement
- Upper Level Test #3 (11.2)
- Mathematics Achievement
- Swapped Question 41 with Question 37 in Test 1
- Mathematics Achievement
- Upper Level Test #4 (11.1)
- Mathematics Achievement
- Swapped Question 47 with Question 43 in Test 1
- Mathematics Achievement
- Upper Level Test #5 (11.1)
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Updated Question 27 (removed “pairs” from the problem)
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Upper Level Test #6 (11.2)
- Mathematics Achievement
- Swapped Question 29 with Question 28 in Test 2
- Swapped Question 29 with Question 28 in Test 2
- Mathematics Achievement
Friday, October 17th, 2025
The following practice exercise set has been updated:
Verbal
- Upper Level Sentence Completion - Contrasting Link
- Updated Questions 1–5
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
- Upper Level Sentence Completion - Comma Clue
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Middle Level Sentence Completion - Comma Clue
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Middle Level Sentence Completion - Contrasting Link
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Lower Level Sentence Completion - Comma Clue
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Lower Level Sentence Completion - Contrasting Link
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Lower Level Sentence Completion #1
- Revised Question 3
- Revised Question 4
- Revised Question 5
Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
The following practice exercise sets have been updated:
Verbal
- Upper Level Sentence Completion - Clue Defines
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Middle Level Sentence Completion - Clue Defines
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Lower Level Sentence Completion - Cause/Effect
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Middle Level Sentence Completion - Cause/Effect
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Upper Level Sentence Completion - Cause/Effect
- Updated Questions 1–5
Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
The following practice exercise set has been updated:
Verbal
- Lower Level Sentence Completion - Clue Defines
- Updated Questions 1–5
- Updated Questions 1–5
Monday, October 13th, 2025
The following exercise set has been updated:
Reading
- Lower Level Contemporary Passage: Food Trucks
- Revised passage and Questions 1–5
Monday, September 29th, 2025
Middle
- Middle Level Test #3 and Test #5 (version 11.1)
- Section: Quantitative Reasoning
- Question 17 was swapped with Question 16 on ML Test 5 Question 16
- Section: Quantitative Reasoning
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Middle
- Middle Level Test #6 (version 11.1)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Updated Question 8
- Section: Reading Comprehension
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
Upper
- Upper Level Test #3 (version 11.1)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Updated Question 33
- Section: Reading Comprehension
Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Upper:
- Upper Level Test #2 (version 11.1)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Question 40
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Upper Level Test #6 (version 11.1)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Updated Question 13
- Section: Reading Comprehension
Friday, June 20th, 2025
The following set has been updated:
Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Phrase Sentence Completion #2
- Updated Question 1
- Updated Question 3
Friday, June 13th, 2025
The following practice exercise sets have been updated:
Reading
- Upper Level Contemporary Passage: The Ethical Considerations of Chocolate
- Revised Question 5
Verbal Reasoning
- Middle Level Synonym Bank Easy #4
- Revised Question 1
- Revised Question 1
Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
The following tests have been updated to a new major version. Changes include changing the order of questions, editing questions, and adding new questions.
Version 11.0
- Upper Level Tests 1-6
- Middle Level Tests 1-6
- Lower Level Tests 1-6
Version 3.0
- Primary Level 3 & 4 Tests 1-5
- Primary Level 2 Test 1
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
Tests Changed:
Upper:
- Upper Level Test #2 (version 10.4)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Replaced Question 28
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Upper Level Test #4 (version 10.3)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Question 5: updated answer choices
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Upper Level Test #5 (version 10.3)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Replaced Question 9
- Section: Reading Comprehension
Middle:
- Middle Level Test #2 (version 10.4)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Question 6: updated answer choices
- Section: Reading Comprehension
Lower:
- Lower Level Test #4 (version 10.3)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Question 26: updated question and answer choices
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Test #6 (version 10.5)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Question 34: updated question and answer choices
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
Friday, December 20th, 2024
The following sets have been added:
- Upper Level Contemporary Passage: Hidden Costs of Consumerism
- Upper Level Contemporary Passage: The Ethical Considerations of Chocolate
- Upper Level Contemporary Passage: Vandana Shiva
- Middle Level Contemporary Passage: The Making of Chocolate
- Middle Level Science Passage: Agricultural Diversity
The following set has been updated:
Reading
- Upper Level Sentence Completion Medium #4: updated Question 4
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
Middle
- Middle Level Test #2 (version 10.3)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Question 7: updated key
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Middle Level Test #3 (version 10.3)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Question 20: updated answer choices
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
The following set has been updated:
Reading
- Upper Level Synonym Bank Medium #1: revised Question 5 stem + answer choices
Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
Tests Changed:
Upper Level:
- Upper Level Test #2 (version 10.3)
- Section: Reading Comprehension
- Updated Question 10
- Section: Reading Comprehension
Lower Level:
- Lower Level Test #1 (version 10.1)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Questions 4, 10, 30, 31, 32
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Test #2 (version 10.1)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Questions 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Test #3 (version 10.2)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Questions 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Test #4 (version 10.2)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Question 27
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Test #5 (version 10.2)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Question 26
- Updated Question 30
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Test #6 (version 10.4)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Question 15
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
Test Changed:
- Upper Level Test #6 (Version 10.3)
- Section: Reading
- Updated the passage for Questions 13–18 and updated the questions accordingly
- Section: Reading
Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Upper Level 300 Words to Know PDF has been updated as a new version 2.0
Middle Level 250 ISEE Words to Know PDF has been updated with minor changes
The following sets all have question(s) changed, added, or removed:
Reading
- Lower Level
- Contemporary Passage: Foreign Exchange Program: Revised Question 2
- Middle Level
- Sentence Completion #1: Revised Question 5
- Contemporary Passage: Foreign Exchange Program: Revised Question 2
- Upper Level
- Contemporary Passage: Foreign Exchange Program: Revised Question 2
- Sentence Completion Hard #4: Revised Question 1
Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
Tests Changed:
Upper
- Upper Level Test #6 (version 10.1)
- Section: Math Achievement
- Updated Question 6
- Section: Math Achievement
Middle
- Middle Level Test #1 (version 10.1)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Questions 22, 33, 34, and 36
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Middle Level Test #2 (version 10.1)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Questions 16, 31, 34, 35, 36, and 39
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
Lower
- Lower Level Test #4 (version 10.1)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Question 11
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Test #5 (version 10.1)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Questions 23, 25, and 27
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Lower Level Test #6 (version 10.3)
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
- Updated Question 29
- Section: Verbal Reasoning
The following sets all have question(s) changed, added, or removed:
Reading
- Upper and Middle Level
- Vocabulary in Context #1: Revised Question 3
- Updated Middle Level Quizlet vocab sets
Math
- Upper
- Finding MMMR, given Histograms / Frequency Tables #2: All questions revised
- Middle
- Perimeter of Right-Angled Figures #1: All questions revised
- Identifying Shapes #1: Updated Question 4
The following set’s title has changed:
Math
- Lower
- Nth Term, given Arithmetic Sequence, Progressive Pattern, etc. #1 was changed to Number Patterns #1
Monday, October 7th, 2024
The following sets have had significant changes:
Reading
- Upper
- Upper Level Reading Strategies #1: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #1: General Strategies" and all questions have been updated
- Upper Level Reading Strategies #2: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #2: Main Ideas and Supporting Details Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Upper Level Reading Strategies #3: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #3: Inference Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Upper Level Reading Strategies #4: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #4: Vocabulary in Context Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Upper Level Reading Strategies #5: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #5: Organization/Logic Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Upper Level Reading Strategies #6: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #6: Tone/Style/Figurative Language Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Middle
- Middle Level Reading Strategies #1: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #1: General Strategies" and all questions have been updated
- Middle Level Reading Strategies #2: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #2: Main Ideas and Supporting Details Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Middle Level Reading Strategies #3: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #3: Inference Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Middle Level Reading Strategies #4: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #4: Vocabulary in Context Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Middle Level Reading Strategies #5: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #5: Organization/Logic Questions" and all questions have been updated
- Middle Level Reading Strategies #6: Renamed to "Reading Strategies #6: Tone/Style/Figurative Language Questions" and all questions have been updated
The following sets have had minor updates to all questions:
Reading
- Upper, Middle, and Lower Contemporary Passage: Fundraiser
- Upper, Middle, and Lower Contemporary Passage: Communication Across Generations
Monday, Aug 26th, 2024
New practice exercise sets:
Math
- Upper
- Systems of Equations #1
- Primary
- Ordering Numbers #1 (PL 2)
- Missing Shape #1 (PL 2)
- Symmetry #2 (PL 2)
- Converting Fraction to Decimal #1 (PL 4)
- Describing Shapes #2: Sides (PL 3 & 4)
Friday, Aug 16th, 2024
Tests Changed:
- Lower Test 3 (Version 10.1)
- Quantitative Reasoning: Updated Question 13
New practice exercise sets:
Math
- Lower
- Views of 3D Figures #1
- Primary
- Word Problems with Fractions #2 (PL 4)
- Single-step Word Problems #2 (PL 3)
- Smallest Number to Guarantee Event #1 (PL 3 & 4)
- Solving for Variables or Symbols #1 (PL 3 & 4)
- Visual Place Value #1 (PL 2)
- Equal Math Sentences #1 (PL 2)
The following sets all have question(s) changed, added, or removed:
Math
- Primary
- Reflection over Lines #1 (PL 2, 3 & 4): Added new Question 1 and 2
Monday, Aug 12th, 2024
Tests Changed:
- Upper What To Expect Test (Version 1.2)
- Several new questions replaced in each section
New practice exercise sets:
Math
- Primary
- Fractions between Fractions #1
- Reading Charts #1
- Number Patterns #1
- Number Patterns #2
- Probability #1
- Pictographs #1 (PL 2)
- Tools for Measuring #1 (PL 2)
- Shape Patterns #1 (PL 2)
- Pattern Grids #1 (PL 2)
Friday, July 19th, 2024
New practice exercise sets:
Reading
- Upper
- Supporting Ideas - Medium #2
- Supporting Ideas -Medium #3
- Supporting Ideas - Medium #4
- Supporting Ideas - Hard #1
- Supporting Ideas - Hard #2
- Sentence Completion - Easy #3
- Two-Blank Sentence Completion - Hard #1
- Middle
- Vocabulary in Context Hard #1
- Lower
- Main Idea - Hard #1
- Inferences #3
- Vocabulary in Context - Easy #1
- Vocabulary in Context - Easy #2
- Tone/Style/FIgurative Language #3
- Primary
- Inference Hard #1
- Tone / Style / Figurative Language Medium #1 (Primary Level 4)
Friday, July 12th, 2024
Tests Changed:
- Lower Test 6 (Version 10.2)
- Verbal: Updated Question 21, 23, 27, and 29
- Quantitative: Updated image in Question 27
- Upper Test 2 (Version 10.1)
- Verbal: Updated Question 17
New practice exercise sets since Spring 2024:
Reading
- Upper
- Main Idea #2
- Lower
- Supporting Ideas #2, #3, and #4
- Vocabulary in Context Hard #1
- Primary
- Primary 2 Reading Practice - Easy #1
- Primary 2 Reading Practice - Medium #1
- Primary 2 Reading Practice - Medium #2
- Primary 2 Reading Practice - Hard #1
- Primary 2 Vocabulary in Context #1
- Auditory Practice Primary 2 - Easy #1
- Auditory Practice Primary 2 - Medium #1
- Auditory Practice Primary 2 - Medium #2
- Auditory Practice Primary 2 - Hard #1
- Supporting Ideas #1
- Supporting Ideas Medium #1 (Primary Level 3)
- Supporting Ideas Hard #1 (Primary Level 3)
- Supporting Ideas Hard #1 (Primary Level 4)
- Organization / Logic Hard #1 (Primary Level 4)
- Main Idea Medium #1 (Primary Level 4)
Math
- Primary
- Area #1
- Calculations from Bar Graphs #2
- Comparing Amounts #1
- Comparing Amounts with Decimals #1
- Divisibility and Multiples #1
- Elapsed Time #1
- Equivalent Fractions #1
- Money Word Problems #1
- Multi-Step Word Problems #1
- Number Lines #1
- Rates #1 and #2
- Equal Groups #1