Two great questions this month: How to use positive guidance without being permissive, and how to talk with administrators about standardized testing in KINDERGARTEN. (You can also view this video here.)
Positive Guidance: Punishment or Consequences?
Roots and Wings: Giving Choices and Setting Boundaries
Time as a Natural and Logical Consequence
Panel Discussion: Rewards, Positive Reinforcement, or Just Plain Bribery?
Standardized Assessment in Kindergarten? (5:45)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in the Age of Testing{Harvard Education Letter}
Where We Stand on Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation {NAEYC}
Joint Position Statement, NAEYC & NAECS/SDE
Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School {Alliance for Childhood}
Kindergarten Testing is Out of Control{EmaxHealth} (This contains some great quotes from Alliance for Childhood and NAEYC.)
Standardized Testing and Its Victims {Education Week} (Alfie Kohn can be a polarizing source, but I think he makes great points here and you could use them as some of your talking points, particularly numbers 5 and 7 in your specific situation.)
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