k under pressure
Pressure? This is kindergarten, the happy land of building blocks and
singalongs. But increasingly in schools across Massachusetts and the
United States, little children are being asked to perform academic
tasks, including test taking, that early childhood researchers agree are
developmentally inappropriate, even potentially damaging. If children
don’t meet certain requirements, they are deemed “not proficient.”
Frequently, children are screened for “kindergarten readiness” even
before school begins, and some are labeled inadequate before they walk
through the door.
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Boston Globe
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