According to this article in the 11/20/09 New York Times by Sharon Otterman, more and more parents are sending their kids to test preparation classes to help them get into college kindergarten! Test preparation has long been a big business catering to students taking SATs and admissions exams for law, medical and other graduate schools. But the [...]
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Kindergarten Test Prep for Preschoolers in NYC
Friday, December 4th, 2009NYC now testing preschoolers in public pre-K
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009From the 9/29/09 NY Daily News article, “Parents Puzzled Why Developmental Screening for Pre-K Now Being Enforced,” by Meredith Kolodner: The city is adding the diaper set to the screening process for kids entering the school system – testing all 3- and 4-year- olds in public and subsidized pre-K programs. Developmental screening for prekindergartners has [...]