The Bracken School Readiness Assessment the test being replaced by NNAT had trouble producing diverse classrooms in the gifted program.

WSJ: Big Change in Gifted and Talented Testing

One third of Providence children live in poverty, and two-thirds of kindergarten-age children enter school already behind on national school readiness benchmarks.

WSJ: RI city wins $5M Bloomberg prize with word gap fix

Head Start's family support approach recognizes that school readiness is a partnership between teachers and families, creating opportunities for parents to get the training and support they need to take a leadership role in the program, and in their children's education.

WHITEHOUSE: Home ? Early Childhood Education

We should expand programs where registered nurses visit expectant and new mothers and help them learn how to care for themselves before the baby is born and what to do after - programs that have helped increase father involvement, women's employment, and children's readiness for school.

CNN: Obama's Father's Day speech

Version 2.0 continues the Gates emphasis on successful high-school completion and college-readiness for disadvantaged young people and adds a parallel thrust toward college completion.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In a report published Thursday by the World Economic Forum and the French business school INSEAD, Sweden placed first in a global ranking of countries in terms of their readiness for tech business, compared with a second place ranking in 2009.

FORBES: Magazine Article

College-readiness figures like the ones my opponent cites look only at 17-year-old high-school graduates who satisfy minimal entrance requirements for four-year colleges.

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