Anonymous wrote:Scores for our 2nd grader arrived today. Utterly disappointing but am happy for the heads up that we have a lot of work to do. DC was in 70s for all three categories corresponding to 2nd, 3rd and 4th stanines. Obviously better in some areas than others (100% in one subset but 67% in another, for example). We are too laid back with home efforts but will step it up for sure now.

Are most of you sharing the scores with your kids? We struggle with the idea of failure as motivation vs self esteem, etc.

Its been a few years, but, no, I opened the packet in the other room when DC was focused on something else in his room. I never told him his results though he did really well. I was grateful that he seemed t have forgotten all about the test he took in the fall, come January. I'd also suggest scheduling your child's WISC early in the game ( before the other kids) because the kids do talk about the WISC to each other and unlike the WIPPSI, you can't just count on them having no idea " who the nice lady is who wants to play with me and ask me some fun questions" They know and some even tell other kids, what its for. Sad really. Though my kid did very well, I think the whole thing is a bit ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:Scores for our 2nd grader arrived today. Utterly disappointing but am happy for the heads up that we have a lot of work to do. DC was in 70s for all three categories corresponding to 2nd, 3rd and 4th stanines. Obviously better in some areas than others (100% in one subset but 67% in another, for example). We are too laid back with home efforts but will step it up for sure now.

Are most of you sharing the scores with your kids? We struggle with the idea of failure as motivation vs self esteem, etc.

Absolutely not. In 2nd grade? Are you really suggesting that telling your 8-year-old that they have "failed" on a standardized test will motivate them to do better next time? Maybe this would work in 10th grade - my 2nd grader kid would have been devastated to hear this. (I'm a third grade Beauvoir parent). I never even mentioned the test to DC.

Go to the meeting next week. Your fears will be calmed. And your kid's scores will go up next year, trust me.

Yes, I think I agree. As an aside (I'm the 15:27 poster), I certainly wouldn't use the word failure nor did I mean it in the way we had "F"s in school. But I think there is probably some motivation that comes from "if you work harder you'll do better and that translates into more choices." And maybe knowing that she didn't do as well as she could have done helps drive that point home. But I appreciate your comment about failure as a concept not being a motivator at this age. Thanks.

Personally, I would never tell a second grader ERB scores or even allow him to believe he had "failed." not a motivator at that age...

Scores for our 2nd grader arrived today. Utterly disappointing but am happy for the heads up that we have a lot of work to do. DC was in 70s for all three categories corresponding to 2nd, 3rd and 4th stanines. Obviously better in some areas than others (100% in one subset but 67% in another, for example). We are too laid back with home efforts but will step it up for sure now.

Are most of you sharing the scores with your kids? We struggle with the idea of failure as motivation vs self esteem, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:We are a thrift grade family and did not get them yet.

They will come Saturday. Trust me. They are mailed late in day so that all the teachers/ admin can make it out of the building and have one last weekend of peace. P is a master and she will be missed.

So how come the envelopes were postmarked Wednesday 9th? Rather spoils your petty conspiracy theory, huh? If they didn't arrive Thursday, it was your mail service failing you - not Beauvoir.

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Anonymous wrote:DD was given both a percentage and from that we could figure out the stanines from a table in the letter?

Mybquestion is what is a good score? She has 6-8s all exceeds expectations so that is good but is I good enough for NSC or Sidwell?

I remember those days.....

"stellar" is straight 9's( all 9th stanine) in every subset or 15/15 correct, 8/8, 9/9 etc...

" very, very good is some 8th and some 9th stanine. or 12/15, 7/8 correct, etc...

Min requirement for NCS/STA is 6th stanine ( or this used to be "the word") of course, THAT only applies to " otherwise well qualified candidates"

Kids scores usually improve a stanine from 2nd grade to 3rd grade.

get your kid into reading, read to him/her stopping for reflection here and there and try a few math websites ( 15 min a night for a year) IXL math is pretty good.

Good luck

Excellent reply, PP. From experience, STA did contact Beauvoir with questions regarding a 5 my son received. DS was a steller math boy. Beauvoir was right on the issue and cleared up all questions. As a family, we put in more reading sessions together. He's doing extremely well at STA.

P, I love you, thank you for all you did for my son and all of our children. You will be missed.

ERB scoring used to be a lot more informative. In the past, the packet included a table comparing your child's performance against independent school norm and also against suburban schools. For some reason that is not longer included in the packet.

Anonymous wrote:Here is a link to a private school in Oregon that published their stanines on line and graphed the ERB against the IQ, so you can see it :

http://www.oes.edu/us/erb-tests.pdf

Either I am misunderstanding you, or maybe you posted the wrong link. The link you provided doesn't seem to have the graph you describe.