Overview of ERBs

What are the ERBs?

Why do we administer them?

How do we use the data?

What skill areas are tested?

3rd grade

Auditory Comprehension Reading Comprehension Word Analysis Writing Mechanics Mathematics

What skill areas are tested?

4th Grade

Verbal Reasoning* Auditory Comprehension Reading Comprehension Writing Mechanics Writing Concepts &Skills* Quantitative Reasoning* Mathematics 1 & 2

Understanding the Language of ERBs

Percentile

Average

Stanine PercentileRank

% of Population

1 1-3 4%

2 4-10 7% Below Average

3 11-22 12%

4 23-39 17%

5 40-59 20% Average

6 60-76 17%

7 77-89 12%

8 90-95 7% Above Average

9 96-99 4%

Percentile

Stanine

Average

Understanding the Language of ERBs

Comparison (Norm) Groups: National, Suburban, Independent

ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL CHILD ABOUT A GRADE

Progress or trends over time

Patterns of strengths and weaknesses

Comparison with our observations and classroom performance

Significant change/note is two stanines up or down

Instructional areas we

can improve

Monitoring how we do

in relation to peer

schools

What We Learn from ERBs

Sample Third Grade Parent Report

4th Grade and Beyond Parent Reports

ERBs at MCDS

Week of February 13

Administered in class

Accommodations for students with learning

differences

Communicating test results with parents