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[quote=Anonymous]PALS testing in kindergarten actually does break down reading into its building-blocks skills to see where a child is doing well, and where a child needs some help in order to progress in their reading. And it's not high-stakes, not is the ultimate arbiter of a student's capabilities.[/quote]

Teachers are mandated to test with PALS. However, every hour spent testing is an hour not learning. It's too high a price to pay. Some schools and many countries do not test Kindergartners. Guess what - they learn to read beautifully.  Take the generation of parents today. They were not tested in Kindergartner the way their own kids are tested today. Guess what - the parents of today learned to read, too, without all the testing.

Taxpayers are throwing away a lot of money on testing. Have we closed the achievement gap? No, why are schools throwing a lot of $ into testing? Wouldn't $ be better spent on reducing class size, enrichment learning, field trips, more books for the libraries, more IAs in classes?[/quote]

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