Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some require test in. It’s only automatic after 2nd.
A friend had their kid with an early September birthday take the test to enter K early and from what they said it assumes the kid had learned the entirety of K content and material almost perfectly. It sounded like they want kids to fail. I would definitely get more info.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some require test in. It’s only automatic after 2nd.
A friend had their kid with an early September birthday take the test to enter K early and from what they said it assumes the kid had learned the entirety of K content and material almost perfectly. It sounded like they want kids to fail. I would definitely get more info.
Anonymous wrote:Some require test in. It’s only automatic after 2nd.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here’s what the MCPS site says : If a child has previously completed the kindergarten year in a public school kindergarten program, the child may be considered as a transfer, although the child's birthdate may not be aligned with the state's age requirements.
Parents/guardians should submit the child's attendance record and any end-of-year transcripts, along with the application, MCPS Form 271-1, Application for Early Entrance First Grade Program, to the school principal for consideration.
From https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/dtecps/earlychildhood/early-entrance.aspx
The words “may” and “consideration” leads me to believe the principal can decide whether to admit to 1st grade or not. Application for Early Entrance also leads me to the same conclusion.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some require test in. It’s only automatic after 2nd.
Pre-pandemic at least they let anyone who completed K in a public school go onto 1st. Maybe the pandemic changed that?
That was not the rule prepandemic. The rule was and is this. You test in for kindergarten if you do not meet the age cutoff.
For first grade you enter at age level. So if your child is kindergarten age level, they go to kindergarten. At the discretion of the school they can move the kid to first grade. A decision is made within six weeks. There is no test, it’s observation.
For second grade forward, kids enter at grade level.
Anonymous wrote:Here’s what the MCPS site says : If a child has previously completed the kindergarten year in a public school kindergarten program, the child may be considered as a transfer, although the child's birthdate may not be aligned with the state's age requirements.
Parents/guardians should submit the child's attendance record and any end-of-year transcripts, along with the application, MCPS Form 271-1, Application for Early Entrance First Grade Program, to the school principal for consideration.
From https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/dtecps/earlychildhood/early-entrance.aspx
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some require test in. It’s only automatic after 2nd.
Pre-pandemic at least they let anyone who completed K in a public school go onto 1st. Maybe the pandemic changed that?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some require test in. It’s only automatic after 2nd.
Pre-pandemic at least they let anyone who completed K in a public school go onto 1st. Maybe the pandemic changed that?
No, they didn't. I have a fall child. We either had to do 6 weeks in 1st for the school to decide or transfer in in second. It may depend on the principal but ours was very against fall kids starting so we stayed private for a few years.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Some require test in. It’s only automatic after 2nd.
Pre-pandemic at least they let anyone who completed K in a public school go onto 1st. Maybe the pandemic changed that?
Anonymous wrote:Some require test in. It’s only automatic after 2nd.