Re: NYC private schools that don't test in early grades?

["ElsaHaas" <ElsaHaas@si.rr.com>]

Thanks! I can't find anything definitive on the websites for Dalton and
Horace Mann, but on the Fieldston website it says that they give the
Gates-McGinitie reading test at the beginning of second grade. Here's the
link: http://www.ecfs.org/ethicalculture/academics/sss.aspx . I was
surprised - I had the impression they were way over on the progressive side.


Elsa

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Dalton
Fieldston
Horace Mann
 

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Subject: [arn-l] NYC private schools that don't test in early grades?

Can anyone tell me (quickly) the names of a few private schools in NYC
(the more prestigious the better, but any will do) that don't start
routine standardized testing until after third grade (or don't test at
all)?

I need this for an organization I run called the Partnership for
Accurate Homeschooling Information (PAHSI). I want to be able to name a
few of these schools in a conversation with a Department of Education
official, and I don't know many of them off the top of my head.

The school switchboards are mostly closed for the summer right now. I
called the Parents League of NY, but they're pretty much shut down until
September, too. 

Thanks,
Elsa Haas