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 http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/standards

The new standards call for kindergarten children to master over 90 skills related to literacy and mathmatics.  Is this necessary for children to succeed in school?[b] Experts know of no research showing that children who read at age five do better in the long run than children who learn at six or seven. The proposed standards will almost certainly add to the stress already afflicting many children in kindergarten and the early grades—stress associated by clinicians with growing problems of aggressive behavior in young children and with burnout by third or fourth grade.[/b]

An added burden for children and teachers is the extensive testing required to assess mastery of these skills.  [b]Alliance research indicates that kindergartens already devote 20 to 30 minutes per day for testing or test preparation[/b].  A Milwaukee teacher reported having to give over 150 tests to her kindergarten children last year.

[b]Effective learning in the early years requires a very different starting point than the one presumed in the core standards. [/b]The federal Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services are working together to develop a fresh look at how children learn best from birth through age eight. [b]New research points to the indivisibility of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. The core standards are based on a narrow and flawed focus on subject matter in isolation, overemphasizing cognitive skills at the expense of all others.[/b][/quote]

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