The Evaluator

ERB News and Updates

“A Busy Fall at the ERB Offices”
November 2007

in this issue:
President’s Remarks at the Annual Conference
CTP 4 Going Online
Free Demo of the WPP
Nine Ways to Catch Kids Up
Individualized Math Instruction based on CTP 4

Dear Colleague,
You may have noticed that you haven’t received our quarterly newsletter, the Evaluator, in a while. That hasn’t been for lack of material or desire to reach out to our members; we have just been focusing on bringing our news and information to you in more convenient ways. We hope that you are receiving timely e-mails from ERB about matters as they arise. The focus of our quarterly e-newsletters will now be to recap information from the previous quarter, as well as update you about things on the horizon.

We would like to thank you for all of you for your continued support of ERB. We hope that you all have a safe, healthy, and Happy Thanksgiving!

President’s Message at the Annual Conference

Our annual conference in October was a wonderful event! This was perhaps one of the most successful conferences in recent history, judging by the high level of professional development, unique and timely material covered, and positive feedback from attendees.

We would like to thank all of our speakers, but a special note of thanks should go to our member schools that presented in our “Member Spotlight Sessions”: The British American School of Chicago, The Pine Crest School, Sidwell Friends School, and St. Mark’s Episcopal School. Attendees found practical hands-on case studies to be some of the most worthwhile sessions at the conference. We encourage more of our members to submit proposals for presenting at the conference. We would be proud to host a platform for your ideas and methods that you would like to share with your colleagues.

I would like to share my opening comments from the conference for all ERB members. I believe it captures the essence of why we are in this profession, and reminds us why our calling is perhaps society’s most important social work.
Read the Full PDF here

CTP 4 Going Online

ERB is seeking your participation in a spring 2008 study to compare its online version of the CTP 4 with the paper and pencil test. By participating in the online testing, your school will benefit from immediate score reports and can save up to 20% on basic scoring compared to the paper version.

Click here for more information on how you can participate:
Read the full PDF here.

Free Demo of the WPP

Dave Clune The Writing Practice Program features new updates and upgrades, including more engaging tutorials, an Editor’s Corner, and Grammar Exercises. Other new features include Teacher Comments (teachers can post comments directly on a student’s essay), Improved spell check, and Student Revision opportunities so students can re-submit improved essays!

For a Free Trial, go to WPPOnline.com, and enter:
username: demoProctor
password: test

Nine Ways to Catch Kids Up

Dave Clune Marilyn Burns, Founder of Math Solutions Professional Development, shares nine essential strategies for successful math interventions. These insights will provide helpful tactics for dealing with those students most in need of remediation. They will enable you to tackle not only “facts and skills” with these students, but also the deeper level of understanding that enables true adeptness at mathematics.

Read the full PDF here.

Math Instruction based on CTP 4 Content and Skills

Dave Clune Are you looking to meet the enrichment or remediation needs of your students? YourTeacher.com is the perfect solution for students needing help or challenges in math. Tied to the content and skills covered by ERB’s CTP 4 (Levels 7-10), YourTeacher.com contains a library of over 450 online math lessons. Each online lesson includes: