A friend passed along the following article, from The Tampa Tribune, which outlines changes to Florida’s kindergarten screening test. Students have previously been tested on letter recognition and initial sound, but will now be tested on letter recognition and phonetic word blend. The tests are to be administered in the first 30 days of the school year.
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She has a very strong grasp of the letters and their sounds and is able to work her way through sounding out some words. She is very excited to be able to look at a book and see more than just letters jumbled on the page.
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Did you know?
The cost of a high quality pre-kindergarten program is $12,000 per year…putting quality pre-kindergarten out of reach for most middle class families with young children
Florida alters kindergarten readiness test
August 30th, 2009












