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Tests for kindergartners on their first days in school: Oregon piloting a system to screen every pupil's readiness

by Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian

Five-year-old Lolo DeLeon didn't hang back on his first day of kindergarten atGilbert Park Elementary in Southeast Portland. 

After watching his teacher summon a few other students one by one to answer a series of questions, Lolo stepped forward and asked to go next. 

His teacher, Lindsay DeFazio, pointed to a capital M and asked the boy to name the letter. He did. Same with T. 

But C wasn't as easy. 

"Kuh," Lolo said. 

"That's the sound," DeFazio said. "Do you know the name?" 

"Cat?" Lolo asked. 

She smiled warmly and ran him through many more letters and sounds, more than half of which he