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craiczarry · **on:** Sep 11, 2018

Research on the use of standardized group-administered paper-and-pencil achievement tests with young children

a. indicates that the reliability and the validity of these tests is unquestionable.
b. shows that these tests are the most accurate and valid means for assessing the achievement of young children.
c. shows that these tests are excellent measures of school readiness.
d. has demonstrated that children show increased levels of stress when taking these tests.

Question 2

Willer and Bredekamp (1990) propose a redefinition of readiness emphasizing that

a. we need to ensure that children enter school ready to succeed and that schools are ready to help all children succeed.
b. we need to ensure that children enter school ready to learn and that schools are ready to assess childrens readiness for success.
c. children develop at individual rates and readiness is mostly a function of time.
d. readiness is a special inherent condition within each child.