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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the WBAL story, and I still can't figure out what on earth they're talking about:

http://www.wbal.com/article/115161/21/study-less-than-half-of-maryland-kindergartners-are-ready-for-the-common-core-curriculum

What "Common Core statistics"? And Maryland could not have introduced the Common Core standards for pre-K three years ago, because there are no Common Core standards for pre-K. Bad journalism.[/quote]

Easy enough to figure out. [b]They test the Pre-K students to see if they are ready for K.[/b] They have done this forever.  Now, though, Pre-K students must be ready to learn in the mind-numbing Common Core way.l

And the reformers absolutely want your 3 year old to develop "grit" and "rigor" so they'll be ready to be on their knees groveling for the third-grade tests.  [/quote]

"They" who? Which students do they test, and what is on the test? Also, which students don't they test? A minimally-acceptable news story would answer these questions. This one doesn't.

Also, what is the "mind-numbing Common Core way"? I look at the Common Core kindergarten standards, here:

http://www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/

and for kindergarten, by the end of the year, kindergarteners are supposed to be able to do such things as "Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood." and "Fluently add and subtract within 5". Do you consider that mind-numbing?

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All the kids at my son's public preschool were tested BY THE TEACHERS for kindergarten readiness USING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MATRIX at the end of the preschool year, and this was 7 years ago.

Don't play dumb. [/quote]

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