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hrmjustin

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Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:55 PM Jun 2014

Private School Tests in Flux in New York City, Causing Fuss

SOPHIA HOLLANDER

Getting a child admitted into a New York City private school has never been easy. Now parents have fresh reasons to fret.

Three months after an association of New York private schools said there would be no consistent standardized-testing component for the first time in nearly half a century, a new assessment has emerged, adding to parents' uncertainty about which, if any, of the tests their children should take.

Incomplete and conflicting information from the schools—many of which are still evolving their policies—hasn't helped.

Since 1966, members of the Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York required kindergarten applicants to submit a standardized-test score commonly known as the ERB.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/private-school-tests-in-flux-in-new-york-city-causing-fuss-1402625762

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