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The Education Gadfly Show: Early warning: Kindergarten readiness skills are trending downward

Michael J. Petrilli David Griffith Adam Tyner, Ph.D. Megan Kuhfeld
10.23.2019
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On this week’s podcast, Megan Kuhfeld, a research scientist at NWEA, joins Mike Petrilli to discuss her recent, sobering findings about the reading and math skills of children entering kindergarten. On the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines how “stereotype threat” affects the results of cognitive ability tests.

Amber’s Research Minute

Oren R. Shewach et al., “Stereotype threat effects in settings with features likely versus unlikely in operational test settings: A meta-analysis,” Journal of Applied Psychology (May 2019).

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For more on NWEA’s research on kindergarten readiness skills, please see the following papers:

Megan Kuhfeld et al., “Trends in Children’s Academic Skills at School Entry: 2010–2017,” NWEA Collaborative for Student Growth (September 2019).

Megan Kuhfeld et al., “Trends in Children’s Academic Skills at School Entry: 2010 to 2017,” retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University (September 2019).

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Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States. An award-winning writer…

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David Griffith is the Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on a variety of subjects, in addition to co-hosting the Institute's weekly podcast The Education Gadfly Show. A native of Portland, Oregon, David holds a bachelor’s degree in politics and philosophy from Pomona College and a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown…

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Adam Tyner is national research director at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he develops, executes, and manages new research projects. Prior to joining Fordham, Dr. Tyner served as senior quantitative analyst at Hanover Research, where he executed data analysis projects and worked with school districts and other education stakeholders to design custom studies. He has also spent several years leading classrooms,…

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Megan Kuhfeld is a research scientist at NWEA.

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