Don’t Turn Kindergarteners Into Test-Taking Minions
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Channel 9′s Lori Brown found out that the state is requiring districts to develop tests for every subject taught in kindergarten.The state law requires Orange County to develop 15 different tests for kindergarteners.The subjects 5-year-olds will be tested on will range from physical education to art.Most kindergarteners will be required to take seven of the tests.“Turning a child into a test taking minion at the age of 6 or 7 is not good for a child,” said parent Kathleen Oropeza.
That is absolutely horrifying. State Legislators who think that is a good idea should first have their head examined, and then drummed out of office when they are up for reelection.
On a similar note, there are schools in Iowa, starting this school year will start teaching kindergarteners how to code. I kid you not.
All of this on top of standards that are developmentally inappropriate.
This is not the Kindergarten of my childhood, and it is no wonder that child psychologists, child Don’t Turn Kindergarteners Into Test-Taking Minions | Truth in American Education:
State Representative Gordon Denlinger earlier this month filed legislation that would repeal the Common Core State Standards in the Keystone State.From a press release that he sent out:“On Nov. 21, 2013, by a vote of 3-2, the Commonwealth’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) adopted key revisions to Pennsylvania Core Academic Standards in lieu of national Common Core standards. While