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Education is changing daily, and ERB strives to keep educators and parents up-to-date on what is happening that may impact your school and your students today, tomorrow, and in the future.

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educators

The latest news and updates for educators and our ERB Member Schools.

What We Learned from the Wild Zebra Pilot

October 20, 2026

What happens after the assessment window closes? For school leaders, the opportunity is to turn assessment insights into meaningful, day-to-day learning experiences.  That’s the idea behind E3n’s partnership with Wild Zebra, an AI learning platform for students in grades 3–8 that connects CTP and Milestones assessment insights with personalized practice. […] read more

Starting the School Year with the “Write” Focus

August 24, 2026

A new school year is upon us, and it’s the perfect time to lean into these guiding questions: “What have we garnered from our summer discussions to lead us toward new initiatives and areas of focus? How can we improve our writing instruction?” The spring results from a writing assessment […] read more

New National Norms are coming to 360 Access: What does that mean?

March 31, 2026

The CTP is an assessment widely used by independent schools to measure student achievement and reasoning abilities. By rigorously analyzing the CTP scores of over 1,300 students, we uncovered a remarkably strong, data-backed link between a student’s CTP performance in middle school and their future performance on college entrance exams. […] read more

How Practice Can Help Mitigate Test Anxiety

March 25, 2026

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

The CTP Test: Our Early Indicator for College Entrance Exams

November 25, 2025

The CTP is an assessment widely used by independent schools to measure student achievement and reasoning abilities. By rigorously analyzing the CTP scores of over 1,300 students, we uncovered a remarkably strong, data-backed link between a student’s CTP performance in middle school and their future performance on college entrance exams. […] read more

How to Practice for the ISEE

November 25, 2025

The ISEE is an important part of the admissions process for many independent and private schools. Test scores provide schools with an objective measure in an inherently subjective process.

The ISEE is often many students’ first experience with standardized testing, and it can feel a bit daunting. The good news is that with a little practice, you can approach the ISEE with confidence. […] read more

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families

The latest news and updates for our families.

Ahead of the Curve: How PEG™ Has Led Automated Scoring for Years

August 29, 2022

What is PEG™? PEG, or Project Essay Grade, is the automated scoring system at the core of ERB Writing Practice.  It was invented in the 1960s by Ellis Batten Page, a former high school English teacher, who spent “many long weekends sifting through stacks of papers wishing for some help.” […] read more

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