school-ready

comparative more school-ready · superlative most school-ready

1. Having the required behavioral, emotional and cognitive skills needed to start school.

   But even an erroneous or honest but misguided reading of test results can mean a year-long detour for an otherwise school-ready child.

   1993, Carol A. Ryan, Paula A. Sline, Barbara J. Lagowski, How to Get the Best Public School Education for Your Child, page 69

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   I think what now must be recognized is that to successfully educate many of these children - because the families are no longer performing the function they once did of delivering a school-ready child at age 5.

   1988, United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Investment, Jobs, and Prices, Employment in the Year 2000: A Candid Look at Our Future

   To be 'school ready' implies that a child has reached a certain stage in his or her development where it is felt that benefit will be gained from formal education. However, a child does not become school-ready alone.

   2012, Nikki Bush, Graeme Codrington, Future-proof Your Child: Parenting The Wired Generation