Standardized Testing

This spring, to ensure the growth and measurement of an excellent academic program we are implementing a new family of standardized tests from the Educational Records Bureau(http://www.erbtest.org/ ). ERB is a non-profit educational service organization meeting student assessment needs since 1927. ERB is committed to developing improved methods of testing student achievement and interpreting individual and group test results to member schools. 

Further, ERB supports strong linkages among students, the curriculum, and assessment practices. SSES will use the Comprehensive Testing Program (CTP4) for Grades 1-8 (March 31- April 4) and the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) for students applying for grades 5th to 8th. Our 5^th -8^th will be given an ISEE pilot exam February 25-28. Unlike the ITBS exams that we have used previously, these tests will compare our students to some of the brightest students in the nation in over 1,500 private and suburban public schools.