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Strengths and Weaknesses of Bright Urban Children

A Critique of Standardized Testing in Kindergarten

David W. Kritt

College of Staten Island/City University of New York

Patterns of individual scores are used to critique citywide testing of urban children at the beginning of their schooling. Of the 47 children identified as gifted in a citywide assessment, 25 exhibited substantial intra individual differences between skill subscales on a standardized intelligence test. Eighty percent of the children had a perceptual-performance(P) area of strength, and for half of these children, it was the greatest area of strength. Discussion focuses on implications for the education of bright urban children.

Key Words: early childhood • testing • qualitative research • urban education

Education and Urban Society, Vol. 36, No. 4, 457-466 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0013124504263654
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