Archive for August, 2010
Kindergarten Placement Test
Today I want to tell you about the Kindergarten placement test. My son has just taken this test, and it truly upsets me. The 1st thing that upsets me is they ask my son to count as high as he can, well he can count to 50 easy, when he gets to 29 he can’t remember 30. So they then mark that he does not know his 20′s…. O.K. I can see that they could mark not knowing 30′s but to say as high as he can count is 19, that’s not right. The 2nd thing they did was pointed to body parts, She pointed to her cheek, he said cheek, they marked it wrong of course cause he did not call it a jaw. She pointed to her ankle, he said foot. So it is wrong. Now he is marked saying he does not know any body parts. This again is wrong. They showed him his ABC’s on flash cards. he missed 3 lower case letters. Guess what….. It is now marked that he does not know any of his alphabet. So to all the parents with a little one going into kindergarten, beware the placement test. Also to the people and the government who made these test. This is not right. Something has to be done about the way you test our kids.



