ERB: Help me understand the scores

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, the ERBs have stanines. My child has taken them since 3rd grade and the score report shows stanines. We received them from our school.

OP here. I repeat this again, my child’s report did not have stanines. Not sure why this is important or difficult to understand

[Anonymous]

Then the obvious step is to ask your school for the stanine. It comes standard on the ERB reports that all schools get.

Your private school has chosen to omit it from the reports they sent to you which is their prerogative.

It’s also your prerogative to follow up and get your child’s data.

To truly answer the question you have posed you really need the stanine.

[Anonymous]

Op is an idiot. Perhaps she should ask her smart child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Second grade? Do you really need a comparison of your child’s ERB scores to other children in your school in the 2nd grade? You should be more focused on your child’s social and emotional development instead of worrying about if their teacher is covering enough geometry. Clearly your child is doing well.

Agree with this. OP, your child has good scores…above average. That said, they are in 2nd grade and the scores will change by the time they become instructive for anything. It isn’t really worth your time dissecting it, as they don’t mean much beyond your child is showing above average aptitude — at both the national and independent school level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two comparators- the NN (national norm) and the Independent norm

Many private school kids will score on the high 90’s (96-99) on the national norm and have a stanine of 8-9. Anything lower would be a fine score but not great. As a proxy- to get into CTY you need a NN % of 98-99 no exceptions.

On the independent norm- a really good score would have you at a stanine of 8-9 (typically scores of 90%+)6-7 stanine a are very solid scores- but not super high

A 94 on NN isn’t necessarily great for a kid in an independent school- it’s fine- but not stellar.

+1. You want to compare your child’s scores against the Independent School norm. Also I looked at my child’s scores from ERB and they most definitely include the standings for both National and Independent norms.

OP here. Thanks. My child is in 2nd grade… maybe that’s why we don’t have stanines?

All it says is what my child scored and what suburban and independent school children score (on average). For example: my child score 99% in reading comprehension while Suburban Norm average is 71% and independent norm is 78%.
My child scored 84% in Math while Suburban Average was 73% and independent average is 75%.

I was hoping for a school or at least DMV area comparison and that is why I asked here.

Different schools choose what to report to parents. Are you referencing the percentage of correct answers on each section, or percentiles? Typically, and this is why you are seeing lots of comments about stanines, the full report shows a breakdown of actual performance on the test by percentage correct AND National, Suburban, and Independent school percentiles and stanines. It appears your school might have chosen to exclude the percentiles and stanines from the report. They do have that information and you could try asking them directly for it.

Either way, the ERB tests content along with aptitude, so the scores are affected by the curriculum (especially in the younger grades). Over several years, they might show a pattern (ie, great reading comprehension or difficulty completing the entire math section). Otherwise I don't think they're especially useful. I recall a parent in early elementary school panicking because her child had 40th-60th percentile ERB scores. Years later, he was a National Merit Finalist and is at a top 10 college. It doesn't matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op is an idiot. Perhaps she should ask her smart child.

Given that you bumped a 3 1/2 year old thread to say this, you might also be an idiot.