Piece in today's Wall St Journal. Some ed group I never heard of is proposing a world wide test for 5 year olds, so we can compare the effectiveness between kindergartens in various places. Right.
The kids don't get taught to read until first grade. I didn't get good at reading till half way thru third grade. What kind of test can you run on kids that cannot read the questions and haven't even learned how to write (Print!) their names yet. And we are going to do this world wide? In every important language?
I always thought the purpose of Kindergarten was to get the kids used to being away from home for half the day, and to give 'em some experience in making friends and playing together. Important socializing, but how do you grade socializing? By how well the kids know the Alphabet Song?
Is this a bunch of ed majors looking for something to get funding for?
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