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[quote=Anonymous]"What is going on in their home life to make them so unprepared?

The article in the first post said that the standards have changed and, I guess, that means that the readiness tests have become more difficult to "pass"......

Granted, many kids are unprepared, but you need to also consider that the standards are inappropriate for many children--not just those from disadvantaged homes. Kids develop at different speeds. For example, do all kids learn to walk at the same time? Talk at the same time? Well, they are not all prepared to read and do math at the same time. Historically, kids ages six and seven are ready to read and do math. However, the people writing the standards have determined that kids at five should ALL do those things. This is not a good idea. It will damage our education system."

To first PP - Crappy stuff. If all kids came from homes able to step in where needed to support them we would not have much of an issue. But you need to take the lack of resources at home as a fact and figure out what is needed to work around that. Until magic wands are invented at least....

To second op - sounding out really simple words and adding to 5 is too much for a 5 year old by the end of K??? I just do not believe that. DD is in a focus school and the large majority of her classmates were able to do both by end of the year. That is just anecdote obviously but where are the studies saying the typical 5 (really 6 by end of k) year old cannot handle introduction of math and the early reading building blocks?[/quote]

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