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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I did not say prep your child by putting them in kumon or paying for some ERB prep class. I just said that since the "practice" ERB is taken in 2nd grade, it is best not to be in "la la land" . [b]I would suggest, reading instead of TV and video games and one of the on line math websites, but have it your way[/b]. Perhaps you are at a k-12 school and the only place your child's ERB's will show up is in their file and as a tool for class placement , math and reading group placement. If a child is having learning difficulties, the ERB scores become part of their SST. However, many people on this forum have children in a K-3 or k-6 school, so they should be aware. Take the advice or not. For us the process is over. [/quote]

How is your recommended prep different from kumon or some ERB prep class .... [b]"prep with reading or online math"?  [/b]What is the difference and does it matter how you do it, if you just do it (upscale fancy tutor or low scale on the cheap)?  Are you trying to assign value judgement on how kids prep?[/quote]

To me, the whole premise that first graders should be spending their summers on test prep of any kind (and that if they aren't, they're no doubt devoting all their time to TV and video games!) is really screwed up.

And if one role of the tests is to flag learning difficulties or to provide an appropriate placement, why on earth would you want to prep your kid to improve his or her scores?

Obviously (I'd hope), there are a wealth of ways kids learn and breaks from school aren't breaks from learning but opportunities for different kinds of learning.  That's why it seems to me so wrong-headed to take the least inspiring/meaningful aspect of school (standardized testing) and up the dose of that over the summer.

And, geez, what a view of the world this represents:  the rat race starts at age 5 or 6 and you better spend every chance you get running it or you'll be trampled.  And it's just a rat race -- your goal isn't mastery or to do or create something insanely great.  It's to fill in more bubbles correctly than the other kids.   Sad and scary.[/quote]

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