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shared by Tony Baldasaro on 14 Oct 09 - Cached

I have spent the good part of the past 6 years of my professional life analyzing assessment data.  NWEAs, NECAPs (NH’s state assessment), school-based assessments, surveys, etc.  I have studied proficiencies, RIT scores, grade reports and AYP calculations.  I have taught professional development courses on how to use assessment databases and I have met with administrators from other districts to compare our data sets and strategies for improvement.
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shared by Randy Schultz on 29 Sep 09 - Cached

shared by Peter Beens on 01 Sep 09 - Cached

But the two tasks I’ve described are a real test for children, developed in Switzerland. They are phenomenally accurate at predicting full-scale intelligence scores. On 5 and 6 year-old kids, this simple test is virtually synonymous with a 90-minute intelligence test of their full cognitive capacities; the two tests have a 99% correlation. It turns out that kindergartners who are really good at sorting line length and relative weight are the exact same kids who score high on tests of conceptual reasoning, memory, and attention.
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shared by Steve Ransom on 15 Jun 09 - Cached

shared by Steve Ransom on 28 May 09 - Cached

In many kindergarten classrooms there is no playtime at all. Teachers say the curriculum does not incorporate play, there isn’t time for it, and many school administrators do not value it.
- Steve Ransom on 28 May 09
  
  Then you can't really blame teachers here. Policy/curriculum has to change.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Then you can't really blame teachers here. Policy/curriculum has to change.</div>
  
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“We have had a politically and commercially driven effort to make kindergarten a one-size-smaller first grade. Why in the world are we trying to teach the elementary curriculum at the early childhood level?”
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Finnish children similarly have a lengthy and playful childhood, not beginning formal schooling until age 7. Yet Finland consistently gets the highest scores on international exams.
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Crisis in the Kindergarten describes the current state of public kindergartens in the U.S. as “a national disgrace.”
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shared by heather r on 16 Mar 09 - Cached

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