Head Start testing program under scrutiny

Congress is moving to end a standardized test backed by the Bush administration and given to hundreds of thousands of preschool children in Head Start programs every year since 2003. Early childhood experts complain that the exam is developmentally inappropriate and poorly designed. Bush administration officials say the test is necessary to help determine how well the nearly 2,700 Head Start programs in the country are progressing. Read the article at The Washington Post website.