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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, this is where we are at now in our country. Claiming 4-year-olds are too stupid for kindergarten. I can't believe anybody is gullible enough to be for the Common Core.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-education-standards-20150601-story.html

The Common Core can't speed up child development

Recent evaluations of the state's preschoolers have determined that only 47 percent are ready for kindergarten, compared to 83 percent judged ready last year. This drastic drop isn't the result of an abrupt, catastrophic decline in the cognitive abilities of our children. Instead it results from a re-definition of kindergarten readiness, which now means being able to succeed academically at a level far beyond anything expected in the past. For example, a child entering kindergarten is now expected to know the difference between informative/explanatory writing and opinion writing. The concern is that preschoolers without that knowledge will not succeed at meeting the new higher-level Common-Core standards. However, I think a more pressing concern is: Why do we have educational standards that are not aligned with even the most basic facts of human development? Clearly these test results show that the problem is with the standards, not the children.

http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0615/most-young-students-arent-ready-for-kindergarten-according-to-common-core.html

Most young students aren’t ready for kindergarten, according to Common Core

According to Common Core testing statistics, which were just released on May 19, less than half of Maryland’s kindergartners are actually ready to take the Common Core tests that schools are required to use as an assessment tool.

The Capital Gazette and WBAL 1090 have reported that only 47% of Maryland kindergartners have the basic skills needed in math, language, and literacy in order to understand the Common Core tests for their age level.[/quote]

Interesting.  [b]Except there are no "Common Core tests" in Kindergarten[/b].  [/quote]

How do you know this?[/quote]

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