Can my child use LexiMap with a tutor?
Yes — LexiMap works great alongside tutoring. Your child practices verbal skills daily between sessions, and the parent dashboard shows the tutor exactly where to focus. We also have a tutor referral program.
LexiMap vs Private Tutoring
One-on-one test prep instruction
Bottom line
Test prep is two jobs. Tutoring owns strategy, the reading passages, and big one-off gaps. LexiMap owns the daily verbal drilling — vocabulary, word parts, analogies, context — every day between sessions, with a dashboard that shows both of you what's working. Most families doing serious prep want both. Start with the daily engine; a $75–$240/hr hour then goes further.
What a season costs, in tutoring hours
Specialist verbal tutoring runs $75–$240 per hour. A full season of daily LexiMap — $249.00 one-time (or $99.00/month) — is about the cost of a few hours of tutoring, and it handles the daily practice between sessions.
FreeNo card16–30 questions, timed
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | LexiMap | Private Tutoring |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $99.00/mo or $249.00 season pass | $75–$240/hour |
| What it covers | SSAT/ISEE verbal: vocabulary, analogies, context clues | Full test strategy, all sections, live instruction |
| Daily practice | 10-15 min of structured daily practice your child completes independently | 1-2 scheduled sessions per week |
| Free mechanic | Free timed verbal section, no card | No free tier |
| Parent visibility | Skill-by-skill dashboard + weekly report | Tutor reports after sessions |
| Availability | 24/7 | Scheduled sessions |
LexiMap covers the verbal section — vocabulary, analogies, and context clues. It does not include reading passages, math, or essay practice; pair it with format practice for those.
See what your child actually does
SSAT Middle example
Stretch itemThe question
typical : atypical
- Anormal : strange
- Bgood : bad
- Cmoral : immoral✓
- Dusual : odd
- Ecommon : ordinary
How LexiMap helps
Why this answer works
Atypical uses the prefix a- to negate typical, just as immoral uses the prefix im- to negate moral.
Representative student data.
Which is right for your child?
- Needing human rapport, live strategy, and coverage of non-verbal or quantitative sections → A tutor owns that job — real-time feedback no app can replicate.
- Filling the days between $75-240/hour sessions with structured verbal practice → LexiMap: 10-15 minutes a day, automatic spaced review, and a parent dashboard your tutor can read too — at a fraction of an hourly rate.
Your tutor owns strategy and live coaching; nothing else runs the daily verbal drilling between sessions.
Real parent experiences
What parents tell us
Different families, the same goal: make verbal practice clear enough to keep moving.
My daughter kept up with the quests on her own between tutoring sessions. Her tutor could see the weak areas and spend more time on mistakes, harder questions, and test strategy instead of checking workbook pages.
Lisa A
parent of a fifth-grade ISEE student
The diagnostic gave us a clear starting point, and the weekly tests showed what my daughter was actually retaining. The dashboard made it easy to see where she was improving and where she still needed help.
Kristy M
Parent of a seventh-grade ISEE student
Instead of memorizing random word lists, my son learned how words are built from roots, prefixes, and suffixes. The words kept coming back over time, so they actually started to stick.
David K
Parent of a seventh-grade SSAT student
Foundational research suggests vocabulary is the #1 predictor of career success.
Source: Johnson O'Connor, 20-year longitudinal study
Only 1 in 3 eighth graders reads at grade level — the worst reading scores on record.
Source: NAEP 2024
Designed specifically to train five core verbal skill domains — vocabulary, relational reasoning, contextual inference, test execution, and metacognition — not just word lists.
Source: LexiMap verbal-skills framework
Common questions
Want focused verbal practice before test day?
A weekly timed verbal section shows you exactly where your child stands — before test day does.
Take a real timed section — free