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[quote=Anonymous]Please do not even think of "prepping" or tutoring for ERBs, besides how to fill in a bubble. Let this be your kids relatively low stress introduction to standardized testing (and thank God you are in private school, and only have to do this once a year at most and it is not "high stakes" for anything.

There is plenty of time to worry about "real" tests eventually like SSATs if not in a K-12 school, PSATs, SATs APs

The ERB's can perhaps help you get an idea by later elementary school whether your kid is a natural at test taking or whether the process/structure/stress is going to be an issue going forward. But my kids ERBs jumped around a huge amount from year to year (I think based on how bored/tired/annoyed she was at taking them, whether a cute boy was next to her, whether she had a soccer game that evening she was thinking about instead, who knows the mind of 8-12 year olds).

The only possible difference for anything the ERBs could make is that kids that score very high on them are referred to the Hopkins gifted and talented program (can't remember what it is called now), but all it means is the kid is then invited to take one of their tests (for more money!) to see if "qualify" for their program-then pay more money to participate in the weekend or summer classes.  I got the impression that a huge number of kids at my two kids big 3 school got invited to participate, some parents did pay for all the testing just to see "how smart" their kid is but didn't participate (seemed a waste of time and money to us) and our kids were getting plenty stimulated overall in their own schools, so the thought of driving to Baltimore or wherever on weekends for more school did not appeal (and they wanted time for athletics and music). Some kids did participate in the programs and found them quite good, but has to be for a kid that wants to be inside and sitting at desks for "fun", the kids that did it were kids that did not do really many other extracurricular activities, and I suspect appeals more for kids perhaps at less stimulating school environments to be around other really academic kids in a different setting-so not really as important/enriching for kids from top DC area private or public schools.

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