<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Testing for Kindergarten &#187; Articles</title> <atom:link href="http://testingforkindergarten.com/category/articles/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com</link> <description>Your guide to raising a plenty smart child!</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:27:49 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><meta name="generator" content="WordPress" /> <item><title>Charter Schools:  Getting Your Child on the List in L.A., By Gene Maddaus</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/charter-schools-getting-your-child-on-the-list-in-l-a-by-gene-maddaus</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/charter-schools-getting-your-child-on-the-list-in-l-a-by-gene-maddaus#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:46:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=1031</guid> <description><![CDATA[To read this article at the LA Weekly website, CLICK HERE. On a weekday evening in early spring, about 40 parents crammed into a classroom at Larchmont Charter elementary school. They perched on kindergarten chairs, or sat on the floor, or stood in the hallway, craning their necks. Larchmont is one of the most desirable [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/charter-schools-getting-your-child-on-the-list-in-l-a-by-gene-maddaus/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Children With Autism Are Connecting via Transportation, By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/children-with-autism-are-connecting-via-transportation-by-christine-haughney</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/children-with-autism-are-connecting-via-transportation-by-christine-haughney#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:39:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=1002</guid> <description><![CDATA[August 13, 2011 I loved reading about how young children with autism are learning and connecting via transit museums. It appeared in today&#8217;s NY Times. If you&#8217;d like to read the article at the NY Times site, CLICK HERE. If you are interested in autism, please check out my interview with Julie Azuma, who started [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/children-with-autism-are-connecting-via-transportation-by-christine-haughney/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Push for A’s at Private Schools Is Keeping Costly Tutors Busy, By JENNY ANDERSON</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/push-for-a%e2%80%99s-at-private-schools-is-keeping-costly-tutors-busy-by-jenny-anderson</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/push-for-a%e2%80%99s-at-private-schools-is-keeping-costly-tutors-busy-by-jenny-anderson#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:04:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=980</guid> <description><![CDATA[June 7, 2011 Siddharth Iyer spent eight Mays cramming for finals, first at Stuyvesant High School and then at Columbia University. Nine years later, it is still crunch time for Mr. Iyer, a top tutor at Ivy Consulting Group, as his clients face a deluge of end-of-year exams. “He’s been prepping my son all week,” [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/push-for-a%e2%80%99s-at-private-schools-is-keeping-costly-tutors-busy-by-jenny-anderson/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>More Preschoolers Test as Gifted, Even as Diversity Imbalance Persists, By SHARON OTTERMAN</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/more-preschoolers-test-as-gifted-even-as-diversity-imbalance-persists-by-sharon-otterman</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/more-preschoolers-test-as-gifted-even-as-diversity-imbalance-persists-by-sharon-otterman#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:39:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=978</guid> <description><![CDATA[This article appeared in the New York TImes on June 21, 2011. To read it there, CLICK HERE. The number of gifted preschoolers in New York City is on the rise, but they mostly live in the city’s middle-class and wealthier districts. That’s the picture of next year’s kindergarteners who qualified for gifted programs, according [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/more-preschoolers-test-as-gifted-even-as-diversity-imbalance-persists-by-sharon-otterman/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>More City Preschoolers Are Perfect, Test Scores Show, By SHARON OTTERMAN</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/more-city-preschoolers-are-perfect-test-scores-show-by-sharon-otterman</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/more-city-preschoolers-are-perfect-test-scores-show-by-sharon-otterman#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:37:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=976</guid> <description><![CDATA[This article appeared in the NY Times on July 28, 2010. To read it there, CLICK HERE. The number of prekindergarten students acing the city’s gifted and talented test spiked this year, with 1,000 4- and 5-year-olds reaching the 99th percentile, the highest possible, on the nationally scaled exam, the Department of Education said on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/more-city-preschoolers-are-perfect-test-scores-show-by-sharon-otterman/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control?  By PAUL TOUGH</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/can-the-right-kinds-of-play-teach-self-control-by-paul-tough</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/can-the-right-kinds-of-play-teach-self-control-by-paul-tough#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:05:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=964</guid> <description><![CDATA[Published: September 25, 2009 This article first appeared in the New York Times on September 25, 2009. To read the article at the Times website, CLICK HERE. “Come on, Abigail.” “No, wait!” Abigail said. “I’m not finished!” She was bent low over her clipboard, a stubby pencil in her hand, slowly scratching out the letters [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/can-the-right-kinds-of-play-teach-self-control-by-paul-tough/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Blanks for the Memories. What&#8217;s Your Earliest Childhood Recollection? Scientists Delve Into Brain Circuitry for Answers</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/blanks-for-the-memories-whats-your-earliest-childhood-recollection-scientists-delve-into-brain-circuitry-for-answers</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/blanks-for-the-memories-whats-your-earliest-childhood-recollection-scientists-delve-into-brain-circuitry-for-answers#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:02:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=960</guid> <description><![CDATA[May 31, 2011 Blanks for the Memories. What&#8217;s Your Earliest Childhood Recollection? Scientists Delve Into Brain Circuitry for Answers, by Melinda Beck This article appears in the Wall Street Journal today. To read it at the Journal&#8217;s web site, CLICK HERE. A rowdy cousin … an Eeyore T-shirt … a dog-shaped balloon. Why we remember [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/blanks-for-the-memories-whats-your-earliest-childhood-recollection-scientists-delve-into-brain-circuitry-for-answers/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Too Young for Kindergarten? Tide Turning Against 4-Year-Olds, By WINNIE HU</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/too-young-for-kindergarten-tide-turning-against-4-year-olds-by-winnie-hu</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/too-young-for-kindergarten-tide-turning-against-4-year-olds-by-winnie-hu#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 00:58:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=954</guid> <description><![CDATA[May 27, 2011 This article appeared in the New York Times on May 27, 2011. If you would like to read it at the NY Times website, CLICK HERE. Erin Ferrantino rarely has to consult the birthday chart in her kindergarten classroom to pick out the Octobers, Novembers and Decembers. This year, there was the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/too-young-for-kindergarten-tide-turning-against-4-year-olds-by-winnie-hu/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Zombie Prevention: Your Child’s Sleep By JANE E. BRODY</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/zombie-prevention-your-child%e2%80%99s-sleep-by-jane-e-brody</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/zombie-prevention-your-child%e2%80%99s-sleep-by-jane-e-brody#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 13:55:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=950</guid> <description><![CDATA[May 23, 2011 This article appeared in the New York Times on May 23. If you would like to read it at the New York Times website, CLICK HERE. I have an important question — actually, several related questions — for all parents of school-age children: Do you know how much your children sleep? Do [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/zombie-prevention-your-child%e2%80%99s-sleep-by-jane-e-brody/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fast-Tracking to Kindergarten? by KATE ZERNIKE</title><link>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/fast-tracking-to-kindergarten-by-kate-zernike</link> <comments>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/fast-tracking-to-kindergarten-by-kate-zernike#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 13:25:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Karen Quinn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://testingforkindergarten.com/?p=943</guid> <description><![CDATA[May 15, 2011 This article was published in the New York Times on May 15, 2011. If you would like to read the article at the New York Times website, CLICK HERE. ON command, Eze Schupfer reads aloud the numbers on a worksheet in front of her: “42, 43, 12, 13.” Then she begins to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://testingforkindergarten.com/articles/fast-tracking-to-kindergarten-by-kate-zernike/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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