Educational Records Bureau

Educational Records Bureau (ERB) is the only not-for-profit educational services organization offering assessments for both admission and achievement for independent and selective public schools for Pre K-grade 12.

Founded in 1927, ERB's mission is to create testing and learning solutions that help schools develop improved curriculum, teaching, and learning through diagnosis of assessment results that address essential learning standards.

ERB is headquartered in New York City and has over 2000 independent school and public school members globally.

Membership is available to public and private schools (see www.erblearn.org for information about becoming a member).

The organization is governed by a board of trustees who are ultimately responsible for the organization. Members in 2011 were:

Dr. David Magill, Director, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

Marlene Shaw, Head of School, St. Mary’s Episcopal School

Dr. Daniel E. Waters, Superintendent, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District

Reveta Bowers, Head of School, Center for Early Education

Miguel J. Brito, Headmaster, St. Philip’s Academy

Dr. Lourdes Cowgill, President, Pine Crest School

Dr. Thomas Kelly, Head of School, Horace Mann School

Dr. T.J. Locke, Head of School, Isidore Newman School

Dr. Cheryl Maloney, Superintendent Weston Public Schools

Debbie Reed, Head of School Polytechnic School

Dr. Gary Richards, Superintendent Wilton Public Schools

Dr. Keith Shahan, Executive Director Independent Schools Association of the Central States

Rebecca Upham, Head of School Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

Andy Watson, Head of School Albuquerque Academy

Testing fees is the largest single source of revenue for ERB. In 2009 revenue from fees paid for its testing programs was $14,299,243 according to its filings on its publicly available IRS tax forms 990.

In 2009 ERB granted $49,205 in financial aid to assist in admission test fees for 520 New York area students via the Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York.

The second largest source of revenue was investment income of $1,163,458, followed by membership dues of $500,670.

Test preparation and administration constitute ERB's greatest expenses, with these costs being both internal and in fees paid to outside contractors (e.g. Educational Testing Service).

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