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I remember a lot of discussions about this when I was a college freshman, around 2 am, usually involving mood-altering substances. Further proof that the Common Core standards are developmentally inappropriate for young children![/quote]

I agree.   Any standard for kindergarten that states a 5 year old is expected to answer a question is developmentally inappropriate.   Kindergarteners are not old enough to be able to sensibly answer a question!   They should just be playing with blocks and trucks and trains and dolls.[/quote]

I do not think they should be playing but the point of the topic is special needs.  My child with receptive language issues knows the anwser but cannot always anwser because of it.  So, by the method he fails.  Standards are fine but how they are implemented is the issue. [/quote]

The kindergarten standard is that by the end of kindergarten, children should be able to answer a question about an important detail in the text that has been read aloud to him.

For example, my earlier example of of "What did the caterpillar eat to make him feel better?"  the answer is "a nice green leaf."

This is a completely reasonable standard for a 6 year old child (or almost 6 year old child) at the end of kindergarten!

If a child is unable to answer such a question, that child hasn't met the standard.   It doesn't mean he is bad.   It does in fact mean he has failed to meet that standard.

But you KNOW that.   You KNOW your child has receptive language issues.   You know that your child isn't working yet at the grade level standard expected by the end of kindergarten.

Your problem and argument is with the perceived requirement that all children must be instructed on grade level, even if they aren't working at grade level, and "use their grit" to get by.

This is a separate issue from lowering the standards to be easy enough that all children, even those with severe learning disabilities, be able to master them.

You call it an "implementation" issue, but it is more than that -- there is a federal requirement that all children be instructed on grade level, and that is where your biggest problem lies.[/quote]

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