PEDIATRICS Vol. 88 No. 5 November 1991, pp. A32
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DREADED TEST FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS

J. F. L. MD

The first shot has been fired in a rebellion against one of the special ordeals of New York life: the frenzied competition among children barely out of diapers for admission to private schools.

. . .the directors of 55 of the city's top-flight nursery schools signed a letter announcing that they were "seriously considering eliminating testing in our schools" of their 4-year-olds seeking admission to private schools through their kindergartens.