Concern: The standards are complex and extensive, and there is little guidance for teachers to implement them in Kindergarten classrooms.
On the one hand, yes, the standards are “complex” in the sense that they are communicated in a complicated document that represents high-level goals for student learning. Furthermore, they do not prescribe how a teacher should actually teach each standard, which speaks to the issue of little guidance.
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