Let Them Eat Exams! (Tests, Not Toys For Toddlers)
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New York and New Jersey are on an insane mission to give mandatory school-readiness tests to children as young as 4 years old. Why? To get some of Obama’s Race to the Top money. The tests would assess children's language, math, science and literacy skills, and their emotional and physical development, Lisa Fleisher reported in the Wall Street Journal.
The (il)logic of testing kids this young is to get a baseline of each student's skill level when he or she enters the