Should my child prepare fore ERB testing?
Children applying to pre-K through fifth grade should not prepare for ERB testing, other than being well-rested and arriving for the testing session on time. This is an aptitude test, assessing problem solving ability and skills considered representative of the larger fund of knowledge and abilities that the child has acquired through ordinary interaction with the environment. Tutors who coach children to perform well on these tests are destroying the value of the test as a measure of the child’s ability. A perceptive tester can discern a child’s exposure to the test; this invalidates the results and can prejudice the schools against the child’s application. ISAAGNY strongly advises that no parents consider subjecting their children to this unnecessary process.
