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The battle over what it really means to be ready for kindergarten
from Southern California Public Radio
From Sept. 13:
In the debate over what constitutes "kindergarten readiness," some educators believe it's important that preschoolers learn basic letters and letter sounds. The U.S. Department of Education's Early Childhood Longitudinal Study uses this approach, for example, to gauge how ready children are for kindergarten. It looks at skills like letter recognition and the ability to sound out words to test early literacy.
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