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> Basing any large educational fork in the road on a 4-year-old taking a test has always struck me as bizarre This is also my problem with the program...
by rkk3 5y ago
> Basing any large educational fork in the road on a 4-year-old taking a test has always struck me as bizarre
This is also my problem with the program...
- gardenfelder 5y agoMy kids took that test at ~age 6. My daughter blew the school away with a score they had not seen, while my son bombed it the first time - we were told he agonized over his answers, so, after working with him to hustle and be prepared to make mistakes, he passed it the next time around. Around here, kindergarten generally starts at age 5 - not 4, and the tests were given in first grade. When I grew up, there was no such thing as "gifted and talented" and I don't think I even heart of an AP course until many years later.
- rkk3 5y agoThe program starts in Kindergarten, the year they turn 5, and they need to take a test to apply the January before they start. Everyone is 4 except for the January birthdays. Not sure what you are referring to but they don't allow older kids to test for it in NYC (the PA program) so if you moved or weren't thinking about this program 9 months before they started kindergarten you missed out.