Data point from high performing charter

An interesting data point, from the head of a high-performing inner-city charter elementary school:

 

2/3 of incoming kindergarten kids don't pass our pre level of our assessment, we mean they can't do ONE or more of the following things:

 

•                     Write their first and last name

•                     Rhyme

•                     Identify at least 15 letters

•                     Explain how to read text (left to right, flip pages, etc.)

 

They have had some exposure to books – it's the concrete skills related to books that they're lacking when they enter