Not exact matches
While P.S. 130 has strong
test scores, TriBeCa parents were concerned about the school's stricter rules, including a requirement that students must wear uniforms, and parents also worried their children would have trouble making friends because 70 percent
of incoming
kindergarteners at P.S. 130 do not speak English as a primary language.
Earlier this year, she wrote a brave and moving letter about cheating children out
of the fun
of learning, entitled: Why I am refusing to give the FAIR
test to my
Kindergarteners.
By the end
of the year, 96 percent
of kindergarteners reached or exceeded the proficient mark on the same STEP
test.
All
of this enacted to bribe
kindergarteners to sit longer at desks to learn more so that they can take a stupid
test.
On the STEP (Strategic Teaching and Evaluation
of Progress)
test, developed for high - risk children by the University
of Chicago, 91 %
of kindergarteners were at or above grade level.
Two - thirds
of incoming
kindergarteners in Mississippi lack early reading skills, according to
tests given the students.
(Mo.) A single readiness
test can be used to identify
kindergarteners at risk
of falling behind early because the need for additional social, emotional or behavioral support, according to research from the University
of Missouri.