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Everything Important In Life Depends On Your Ability To Answer This Kindergarten Question
Business Insider ^ | 10/01/2010 | Joe Weisenthal

Posted on 10/01/2010 8:13:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Harvard Professor Raj Chetty and a group of other researchers have performed a much-discussed study (via Gene Expression) that looks at what factors really affect things like income, your likelihood to own a home, and odds of getting married.

The most startling thing they found?

Your score on a very basic kindergarten test is a HUGE predictor. Other educational factors like class size and the quality of your teachers aren't nearly as important.

Given the renewed interest in educational policy in America right now, it's fascinating.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


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SAMPLE QUESTION :



Click above link and the slides for explanation
1 posted on 10/01/2010 8:13:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Since schools are starting to teach whole-word memorization instead of phonics, many kindergardeners will fail this test.


2 posted on 10/01/2010 8:16:32 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cool question.

It tests visual, auditory, speech, reading and comprehension all at once.

“duk” —> “kup”

I like it a lot ;-)


3 posted on 10/01/2010 8:16:53 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Blueflag
But the way I read the question, it tells you to listen for the ENDING sound of cup and the STARTING sound for either "pencil", "duck", or "ship".

Wouldn't the correct answer by "pencil"?

4 posted on 10/01/2010 8:19:31 AM PDT by BlueLancer (I'm getting a fine tootsy-frootsying right here...)
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To: Blueflag

Also um, Pencil and cuP.

if you actually listen and read correctly ;-)


5 posted on 10/01/2010 8:20:07 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Blueflag

If you said ‘duck’, you were wrong.


6 posted on 10/01/2010 8:20:23 AM PDT by dfwgator (Texas Rangers - AL West Champions)
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To: SeekAndFind

When I was a kid our 2nd grade teacher began one ‘test’, first by announcing there were 100 things to do on it. The first item on the test read: “Read all questions before beginning this test.”

The next item read: “Stand up and pat your head...”
The next: “Rub you tummy...”

The test did not give enough time to complete all remaining items - but they were pretty much “Hop in place 25 times..” and so on.

The last item read: “If you followed the first item and read through all questions FIRST - congratulations! Put your head down and rest for ten minutes.


7 posted on 10/01/2010 8:20:43 AM PDT by februus
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To: Blueflag
You failed. cuP --> Pencil.

"Are you smarter than a kindergartener?"

8 posted on 10/01/2010 8:20:58 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
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To: BlueLancer

yeah yeah ... the rush to post got me.

LOL

After I hit POST I went “wait a minute ...”


9 posted on 10/01/2010 8:21:22 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: SeekAndFind

This actually troubles me, because the implication is that they can use this to determine your future career path, like they did in the former Soviet Union, based on tests taken at a early age. Whether you were going to wind up as a factory worker or go on to University was pretty much determined by the time a kid was in the 5th or 6th grade.


10 posted on 10/01/2010 8:22:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Texas Rangers - AL West Champions)
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To: Blueflag
“duk” —> “kup”


11 posted on 10/01/2010 8:23:07 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
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To: SeekAndFind

Kindergarten was the best 3 years of my life!


12 posted on 10/01/2010 8:23:13 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: Blueflag
“duk” —> “kup”


13 posted on 10/01/2010 8:24:09 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
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To: dfwgator

yeah yeah. see my post just above.

I had to fight dyslexsia before it was cool to be diagnosed.

ti sessem htiw ruoy dnim.

I actually caught the error right after I pressed “POST”

A mind is a terrible thing.


14 posted on 10/01/2010 8:24:11 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Blueflag
“duk” —> “kup”


15 posted on 10/01/2010 8:24:39 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
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To: Lazamataz

I deserve all the abuse I get.

;-)


16 posted on 10/01/2010 8:24:55 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Blueflag
“duk” —> “kup”


17 posted on 10/01/2010 8:25:14 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
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To: Lazamataz

How rude!

but funny ...

But you’d hit it anyway.


18 posted on 10/01/2010 8:25:50 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Blueflag
“duk” —> “kup”


19 posted on 10/01/2010 8:25:57 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
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To: Blueflag
“duk” —> “kup”


20 posted on 10/01/2010 8:26:36 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The battle lines are drawn: On one side, are Dems and Repubs. On the other, the Tea Party (us).)
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