New York Times – 5/7/10 Private School Screening Test Loses Some Clout by Jenny Anderson At least two schools in Manhattan have dropped the [ERB] exam as a requirement for admission starting this fall, bucking a trend of more widespread use of such tests. More broadly, a powerful coalition of New York schools is contending [...]
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New York Times: Some Private Schools Drop the ERB Test
Friday, May 7th, 2010New York Magazine: Why Kindergarten Admission Tests are Worthless
Friday, February 5th, 2010The cover story of the February 8, 2010 issue of New York magazine discusses how much power the kindergarten admissions test has in determining a child’s future, and how ridiculous that is. The Junior Meritocracy: Should a child’s fate be sealed by an exam he takes at the age of 4? Why kindergarten-admission tests are worthless, [...]
Kindergarten Test Prep for Preschoolers in NYC
Friday, December 4th, 2009According to this article in the 11/20/09 New York Times by Sharon Otterman, more and more parents are sending their kids to test preparation classes to help them get into college kindergarten! Test preparation has long been a big business catering to students taking SATs and admissions exams for law, medical and other graduate schools. But the [...]