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Even though the state has required developmental screening for pre-K students for years, parents are confused as to why the city has just begun to enforce it. Developmental screening for subsidized and public preschool programs is supposed to identify children who may need extra help, but parents and teachers think the tests come too early. "I don't think the test can give an accurate picture of where a child is," teacher Crystal Salas told the Daily News. The test requires toddlers to play with blocks, draw pictures and identify shapes and colors. Can't they just give the kids the marshmallow test and call it a day?
Parents Oppose Pre-K Testing
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Oppose all you want people, they won't listen to you.
If Crystal Salas "[doesn't] think the test can give an accurate picture of where a child is," her employer needs to give HER a developmental exam. The younger the testing the better (ages 2-3). The earlier the diagnosis for autism or other disease, the better chance there is to cure the child.
I completely agree. My own Preschool and Kindergarten followed these rules for developmental screening, and it worked perfectly fine for all the kids in my class back in the 80s.
You'd have to be seriously mentally incapacitated not to pass them. And I think that's the point.
What kind of classroom is that teacher running?
Exactly. These tests are designed specifically to see where your child is developmentally (e.g., can s/he figure out how four blocks arrange to form a picture) - we're not testing math or spelling here, people!