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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/southern-education-foundation-children-poverty_n_6489970.html

Think these kids are all ready to read in K?  [/quote]

It is certainly a problem that low income children are at a disadvantage, in more ways than one.  That is a different issue than "are 5/6 yrs old developmentally ready to read in K".

Most of our experiences are anecdotal.  In MoCo MCPS, for example, I think most kids do end up reading at least at a K level by the end of K.  Do these kids develop at a different rate than other kids around the country?  And actually, there are other kids from other areas that can read by end of K, too.

I don't know what the % is between those that can read by the end of K and those that can't.  Certainly, there is a larger % of kids from low SES that don't read by the end of K, but again, that is not about being developmentally ready, but more about not having enough exposure at home.

So the question, then, becomes if these kids from low SES had early intervention, like Head Start, good PreK programs, would those kids be able to read by end of K?    I wonder how many of such kids are able to read by end of K.  This then takes us back to the question of "are kids developmentally ready to read by end of k?" but some can't because they are not given the exposure to do so?   For example, if a toddler is always strapped to a stroller and never given the chance to exercise those legs muscles and practice walking, then presumably, those kids wouldn't learn to walk until much later.  Are they developmentally ready to walk? Yes.  Are they given the opportunity to learn?  No.[/quote]

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