NYT: Private School Screening Test Loses Some Clout

MAY 6, 2010 (NYT) -- For legions of 4- and 5-year-olds and their parents, the test known as the E.R.B. is the entree into the world of private schooling, its pressure and price a taste of the expensive years to come.

But parents who grumble about a test that they fear could determine their children’s educational future now have company: some of the private schools themselves.