Posted on 07/07/2014 1:06:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Test Yourself
Are you smart enough to get into private kindergarten? Take this test from Bright Kids NYC and find out how you fare on AABL practice questions.
Question 1 of 5
The educational services company ERB's Admission Assessment for Beginning Learners (AABL) will be given for the first time in October and is a significant departure from the previous, IQ-like test most New York City private schools required for the past 45 years.
While the new test is much cheaper for families — it's $65, rather than $568 for the old test, because the new test is taken by iPad rather than by a trained examiner — experts believe many parents will shell out even more on classes and books to prepare their toddlers for it.
"These are subjects that were not previously tested," said Emily Glickman, president of Abacus Guide Educational Consulting, who advises parents on private school admissions.
"The AABL is supposed to identify a child's ability and achievement," Glickman said. "That achievement part — how much you learned — is totally new. You usually think of an achievement test as something you take in high school. It's not something you think of for preschoolers."
So far, only Horace Mann and Riverdale Country School have announced plans to use the new exam, but experts believe more may follow.
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And those kids grow into Democrat politicians or bigtime Democrat donors.
Oh, I see.
You're a N00b.
Just got 31 on your test.
That was funny. :)
Just got 31 on the test.
Tax-chick hit 49, but then she’s a battle tested veteran.
;>)
RE: I dont think children worldwide would recognize pictures of an American grocery store conveyor and associate that with the text, which mentioned a cashier but not a conveyor.
OK, ignore question number 5, what about the first 4 questions? Aren’t they generic enough such that they will be culture neutral?
I didn’t bother with that private (or public) school crap.
Not that anyone gives a damn, but I just taught my kids to read when they were three (and they were fluent well before they turned 5) and taught them math that got them years ahead of their grade levels.
It wasn’t hard, but you do have to be willing to TOTALLY DISREGARD the methods that Big Education uses these days, and go back about 50 years. Then it’s easy.
I can’t get this post to load ... and it looks interesting...
No, Illegal Is Not Like the N-Word: Suppressing language does not change objective reality. ^
07/07/2014 1:06:13 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind
The tiles aren’t in sequence. Each line is a set. each set had all three shapes and all three shading patterns. The square and half shade patter at missing from line 3.
Really had for kid of any age under 12, unless you are tutored to know what they mean by “sequence” where a bright but not Mensa grade kid could figure it out. You can tell who’s smart. They are the people who are selling both tests and test prep.
RE: No, Illegal Is Not Like the N-Word: Suppressing language does not change objective reality.
That was a separate thread. I realize that thread does not have a ‘reply’ button, please inform the mods.
me too 4/5
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