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by Christa B. Abbott M. Ed (Author)
Comprehensive preparation to help your student succeed on the Lower Level ISEE
This book provides a complete course for preparing for the Lower Level ISEE. Instruction is comprehensive for both the strategies and content that students need to ace the Lower Level ISEE. This book includes
- Vocabulary lessons that ask students to categorize words and derive meanings from roots so that they can handle anything on test day
- Math content lessons that explain what concepts will be tested, as well as how these concepts will look on the actual ISEE
- Detailed strategies and drills for the reading section
- Advice for the unscored writing sample
- One full-length practice test
- Parents looking for information and material to help their children prepare
- Tutors working one-on-one with students
- Schools and learning centers providing a text to complement their test prep classes
Success on the Lower Level ISEE: A Complete Course is part of a series of books from Test Prep Works developed specifically for the Lower Level ISEE. The full series also includes:
- The Best Unofficial Practice Tests for the Lower Level ISEE -- This book includes 2 additional full-length practice tests (different than the practice test in Success on the Lower Level ISEE: A Complete Course.)
- 30 Days to Acing the Lower Level ISEE -- This book consists of additional practice to help reinforce the content and strategies covered in Success on the Lower Level ISEE: A Complete Course. The book is divided into 15 "workouts", giving students an easy way to break up the practice into manageable chunks.
Author Biography
Christa Abbott has been a private test prep tutor for more than a decade, helping her students gain admission to some of the top independent schools in the country. She has now used that experience to develop materials that help students prepare for independent school admissions tests. The approaches used in these books are based on the latest research about how students learn, so that preparation can be an effective and efficient use of time. These materials are also written to be developmentally appropriate for the ages of the students taking the tests. Christa is a graduate of Middlebury College and received her Masters in Education from the University of Virginia, a program nationally recognized for its excellence. She resides in Arlington, VA with her husband and three children. Christa continues to coach students one-on-one in the Washington, D.C., area as well as students all over the world via the internet.
