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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re. Questions about when they're given.  Schools have the option of giving them before March to cover content from the year before or after March to cover content from the current year.

Don't dismiss them, some schools use the info.  But as for prep, anything you do to supplement your kid's learning at school should prepare for ERBs.  There shouldn't be a big difference between performance in class and on the ERBs unless there is a learning difference or test taking issue going on.[/quote]

Actually, there can be a difference between the yearly written "raves" you get on DC in his/her reports and the objective results of the ERB exam. The ERB exam will show how well the curriculum at DC;s 30k a year private is educating them as compared to other schools. The questions on the ERB ,as well as the number that need to be scored correct to qualify for a particular stanine ( be it 9th, 9th, 7th , 5th, 3rd, etc..) are chosen by a consortium of public school teachers in very affluent suburban communities around the country.Communities where average family income is above 200k a year.  For example, most of the questions on the 3rd grade ERB come from teachers culled from Main line Phila. and the Conn. suburbs . This is public information. If DC scored in the 99th percentile on the WISC, but scores in the 5th stanine in math at his local private, the curriculum is not helping him to develop to his potential.[/quote]

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