Abandoning E.R.B. Test May Also Put End to a Status Symbol

Winnie Hue & Erik Spencer:

When other preschool parents bragged that their children had aced the admission test for New York City private schools with a top score of 99 in every section, Justine Oddo stayed quiet. Her twin boys had not done as well.

"It seemed like everyone got 99s," recalled Ms. Oddo as her sons, now 7, scampered around a playground near Fifth Avenue. "Kids you thought weren't that smart got 99s. It was demoralizing. It made me think my kids are not as smart as the rest of the kids."

Her sons' scores? Between them, they had one 99 and the rest 95s, which would still put them in the top 5 percent of all children nationwide.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 29, 2013 12:20 AM
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