Educational Records Bureau (ERB) is an educational services

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that offers assessments for both admission and achievement for

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and selective public schools for Pre K-grade 12. ERB was founded in 1927, and is headquartered in

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with over 2000 independent school and public school members globally.

Leadership

The organization is governed by a dedicated board of trustees.

Testing/assessment programs

ERB was mentioned in a ''New York Times'' article in 2011 after about 7000 (or 17%) of tested students had incorrect scores due to an error in use of a scoring key. Commenting on the effect in the New York Times, David F. Clune, president of ERB, stated, ''“It is a lesson we all learn at some point — that life isn’t fair.”'' Errors in scoring had affected a smaller number of students at other testing organizations, most notably with an error in the scoring of 4000 students in the October 2005 administration of the SAT.

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