Educators

More Than Academics: The Value of Measuring Student Well-Being and Social-Emotional Growth in Schools

By Jen Reisinger / August 6, 2024

Why is it important for schools to understand student well-being and their social-emotional competencies? Mental Health Consultant Jen Reisenger weighs in on our blog. […] read more

Using the Check-In Survey to Enhance Student Growth

By Tom Rochon / July 29, 2024

ERB launched its Check-In Survey in 2022. As important as it is to monitor academic progress, the extent to which a student is able to learn fully to their potential will likely remain a mystery without also understanding how they experience the school culture. […] read more

The Power of ISEE Data at The Pingry School: A Nearly Century-Long Partnership with ERB

By ERB Team / July 26, 2024

At The Pingry School in New Jersey, ISEE is a critical tool to help staff identify the students most likely to thrive from a vast applicant pool, support enrollment, and refine admission processes that promote fairness and equity. […] read more

MyERB: Introducing the New ERB Member Experience

By ERB Team / July 11, 2024

Launched in May 2024, MyERB makes it easy for members to access the information and tools they need for assessment administration, data interpretation, account management, event registration, and much more. […] read more

The Power of Evidence-Based Problem-Solving to Improve Student Outcomes

By ERB Team / April 16, 2024

Dave Hersh, CEO of Character Lab, recommends educators use five steps to collect evidence for problem-solving and ultimately improving student outcomes. […] read more

Navigating the Middle East Conflict and Assessing Mission Success

By Tom Rochon / March 28, 2024

As with any challenge to the value and integrity of schools, this is an opportunity to reaffirm our core commitments as educators. Teaching about the Middle East is part of the educational mission of schools […] read more

Spring Cleaning: Taking the Time to Reflect on the School Year

By Tom Rochon / March 19, 2024

Spring is an ideal part of the year to sequester some good thinking time in order to reflect on what has worked well during the past year, along with what could have gone better. Be unsparing. Take notes. Then set it aside for at least the first half of the summer. […] read more

Making Sense of Your Assessment Data: How ERB Supports Schools

By ERB Team / March 14, 2024

In addition to assessments and measures of student well-being and social-emotional skills, we offer a range of resources and services to help educators and families extract actionable insights from assessment data. […] read more

Spring 2024 CTP Norms Updates: What to Expect This Reporting Cycle

By Adrienne Hu / March 1, 2024

Comprehensive Testing Program (CTP) norms are updated annually for each reporting cycle (fall and spring). These “rolling norms,” as they are often called, are calculated after gathering three years of data, and in the fourth year, deleting the earliest year and adding data from the most recent administration. […] read more

You’ve Collected Your School’s Assessment Data. Now What?

By ERB Team / March 1, 2024

At ERB, we want to help you not only collect data from assessments and other measurement tools but also analyze and interpret those data to inform your decision-making. So, where do you start? […] read more

Latest Reading

Mike Flanagan Named CEO

The Enrollment Management Association (EMA) and The Educational Records Bureau (ERB) are excited to announce the selection of Mike Flanagan as the CEO of the new organization that will be formed by their merger.  Mike is a recognized leader in the independent school community and will bring more than 30 years of experience in nonprofit association and educational technology leadership to the new organization.  […] read more

Learning Growth Among Students in NAIS Schools Before, During, and Since the COVID-19 Pandemic

Among NAIS member schools that are also ERB members student learning has made a substantial recovery from the COVID disruption. Assessment data from the 2023-2024 school year show that the pace of student learning approximates pre-pandemic rates of growth in ELA and has exceeded pre-pandemic growth in Math. […] read more

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Tips for Every Section of the ISEE

As for any assessment, best demonstrating your knowledge on the ISEE also requires a strong set of test-taking skills, such as time management and answer choice elimination. Test-taking, like any skill, can be learned and improved through practice.  […] read more

1 + 1 = 3 is around the corner!

We are pleased to announce that the ERB and EMA boards have signed an affiliation agreement to make our merger official. This signing followed a unanimous vote by each board to approve the merger this fall. […] read more

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ERB and EMA continue to progress on their path to merge.