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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that this testing is encouraging preschool teachers to "teach to the test" rather than provide activities that are developmentally appropriate, because preschools and day care centers are going to be rated on how well the children do on the Kindergarten Entrance Assessment.  BTW, I found out at an OSSE meeting that they have been tracking children from preschools for the past 2 years (they've been assigning them numbers).  [/quote]

Teaching to the assessment is only an issue if you've got a poorly designed assessment.  If you have an assessment that measures the right skills, and uses the correct increments, then a quality program is going to lead to better outcomes, both on the test and in Kindergarten.

The KEA is new, and most people haven't seen it, but ECE PMF's have been around for several years.  The question needs to be "how good is the KEA?" not "Oh my GOD, there are assessments in PK!"  [/quote]

I agree with you--I guess I'm just not very trusting of DCPS, though I do feel better knowing that Teaching Strategies (of the Creative Curriculum) is the designer of the test.

I'm not happy, though, that child care centers are going to be scrutinized based on the results. A center who accepts children with developmental delays, many impoverished children, children with emotional issues, etc, may suffer as a result of their children not doing well on the exams--through no fault of the center.[/quote]

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