And you thought your Kaplan LSAT class was rough.
New York City’s four- and five-year-olds have no sympathy for you. There, nearly a dozen test-preparation agencies have cropped up aimed at training tots for kindergarten entrance exam, according to a recent story in the New York Times. New York’s gifted-public schools and private schools often require the tests, which ask youngsters questions about shapes, numbers, pictures and words.
And where there is testing, there are pushy parents willing to doll out the big bucks to prepare their children for them.
One of the test-prep programs Bright Kids, has about 200 students receiving tutoring, most of them for the gifted exams, which receiving tutoring which can cost up to $145. The agency has 80 children on a waiting list for a weekend “boot camp” program.
A student works on a question about which object doesn't belong - Courtesy The New York Times