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proud2BlibKansan

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7. Kinda sorta but not really

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:19 AM

Oct 2012

The difference is the amount of testing. As the article says, to meet the mandate this teacher needs to be monitoring progress constantly all day long. When is she going to teach?

The other thing parents should be really concerned about is the dramatic change in kindergarten in the last 15 years or so. No naps. No snack. Only one recess and these babies are in school all day long. Kindergarten is more like 1st grade these days. Much more focus on academics and less on playing, making friends, and art projects. We're turning kids into little academic monsters before they are ready. It's sad.

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Kindergarten teacher details �lunacy� of standardized tests for kids [View all] proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 OP

I have a nephew who is six now. Brigid Oct 2012 #1

It's not a bubble sheet standardized test proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #2

Isn't that what teachers - and schools - have done for, well, ever? enlightenment Oct 2012 #4

Kinda sorta but not really proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #7

Yes, and if you also notice most of the kids entering kindergarden are 6 not 4. Don't agree with Pisces Oct 2012 #11

Huh? Where does this happen? kwassa Oct 2012 #25

It does in my district. I teach K RayOfHope Oct 2012 #34

I teach them art kwassa Oct 2012 #36

There have been many articles and shows (60 min.) about red shirting. Most kindergarden Pisces Oct 2012 #42

Only 4% of children delay kindergarten. kwassa Oct 2012 #45

I just don't get why anyone thinks this is a good thing enlightenment Oct 2012 #13

Kindergarten is now watered down 1st grade proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #14

I'm afraid to ask . . . enlightenment Oct 2012 #15

It's a set of standards that 48 states have adopted. proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #16

Thanks. I'll take a closer look - enlightenment Oct 2012 #17

They stuck some Walt Whitman on the 2nd grade list Nevernose Oct 2012 #31

Well, enlightenment Oct 2012 #18

Common Core focuses on non-fiction text proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #19

Ah - enlightenment Oct 2012 #20

Thanks. I appreciate that! proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #23

Don't look at me . . . enlightenment Oct 2012 #26

I've been asking people randomly. proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #28

It's supposed to be 70% nonfiction Nevernose Oct 2012 #32

A k teacher who just got done with CC as well RayOfHope Oct 2012 #35

Yes it's coming. proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #37

they will be doing it, and it will be mandatory. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #41

except for Texas and Alaska, quelle suprise! CreekDog Oct 2012 #24

Does it really matter that much at young ages? wildeyed Oct 2012 #5

Yes it does because of what we no longer have time for due to all this testing. proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #8

Yes, yes, yes! Sadiedog Oct 2012 #39

It's pretty amazing.. Just today my husband & I were talking about school tests SoCalDem Oct 2012 #6

LOL my dad wouldn't let me go to KU proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #9

My roommate and I went to a sorority rush thingie once.. SoCalDem Oct 2012 #44

costs $$ millions to hire useless paper crunchers to process data - better used $$ for classroom nt msongs Oct 2012 #3

yet another reason why I'm ponying up for a private school. aikoaiko Oct 2012 #10

Makes me glad I'm homeschooling mine. LeftyMom Oct 2012 #30

. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #12

kr HiPointDem Oct 2012 #21

To these "race to the top" freaks force this garbage on private schools??? reformist2 Oct 2012 #22

Of course not. proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #29

Well, then. I say we mandate ALL schools follow same rules, public *and* private! ;) reformist2 Oct 2012 #33

And if ANY of the schmucks here who support this shit show up on this thread Occulus Oct 2012 #27

If they can't handle the stress just drug them 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #38

Thank you for this! Sadiedog Oct 2012 #40

You are very welcome proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #43

every child needs to learn the same things, at the same time, in the same way. piratefish08 Oct 2012 #46