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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone successfully appealed the MCPS early entrance into kindergarten assessment exam to get your child into kindergarten?

MCPS has an age cutoff for 5-years old by September 1, but will test kids that turn 5 between September 2nd to October 15th. My daughter will turn 5 on September 15th, two weeks after the cutoff. She has been in the school aged room of her daycare for about six-months because they thought she was ready to move up. We were all shocked when we found out she didn’t pass the exam. She is social-emotionally mature, can independently complete multi-step directions, passed the mathematics and letter naming parts of the early entrance exam, but did not pass the reading/writing part. Has anyone successfully appealed MCPS to get your child into kindergarten? What supporting documentation did you submit? Are there any buzzwords/phases that are helpful to use? Is it worth mentioning her older sibling already attends the school? Any help is greatly appreciated! My daughter is ready to start school and these technicalities are heartbreaking for her continued education. [/quote]

The test expects the child to already know how to read practically which is stupid. No actual kindergartener could pass the test. And they make it impossible to contact anyone and I am almost 100% positive that the email that they send you too is bullshit[/quote]

The point of the test is not to find kids who theoretically could handle kindergarten a bit early if given the chance. The point is to identify the very small number of kids who are so advanced that their learning will be actively harmed by being forced to wait another year. Thus, it measures mastery of end of kindergarten objectives. They don't care about what statutory age kindergarteners can or can't do. The point is to identify the extreme outliers, not the "kind of bright." Many parents don't seem to get this. [/quote]

This.  A girl in my DC’s pre-K class missed the cutoff by 2 days and by all accounts she knew her letter sounds, etc. better than my DC and many of the other kids in the class.  But she wasn’t actually reading yet so didn’t pass the test. [/quote]

I don’t see what is so bad about waiting another year. My daughter can read above first grade curriculum standards but I’m thankful for the additional year we have in preschool. We’re using that to ensure she is the top student in her grade when she does finally start.[/quote]

She still might not be the top student. My son didn't start reading until 1st grade, but once it clicked he was in the top reading group, indistinguishable from the early readers (and ahead of some, who only read early because they were in overly academic preschools).[/quote]

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