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November 16th, 2003
Progressive Issues

World gone mad… standardized tests for pre-schoolers…

[Unbelievable… just totally unbelievable… what happened to childhood? -Thomas]

Now, Standardized Tests in Head Start
By SARA RIMER

Published: October 29, 2003

IDLAND, Tex. — The new federal emphasis on accountability in education reached Nate Kidder recently in the form of his first standardized achievement test. Nate is 4 years old.

He sat on the edge of his chair in the cafeteria at the West Early Childhood Center, where he is a Head Start child, and chewed his lip. Patricia Stevens, the center’s principal, gave him the 15-minute exam, asking questions on simple vocabulary, letter recognition and math. At one point, she showed Nate a page with four pictures and asked him to point to the one that matched the word “vase.”

Nate Kidder, whose feet barely touched the floor when he sat down, is in the midst of a historic moment in early education: More than half a million 4-year-olds in Head Start programs around the country are taking the same test, which has been mandated by the Bush administration. The largest standardized testing of such young children ever in this country, it has exposed a bitter divide between federal officials and many experts in early education.

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