In Manhattan, Preparing for Kindergarten Admission Test - NYTimes.com

Kayla Rosenblum sat upright and poised as she breezed through the shapes and numbers, a leopard-patterned finger puppet resting next to her for moral support.

Skip to next paragraph

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

Meredith Resnick conducted a test assessment with Simone at Bright Kids NYC.

Readers' Comments

Readers shared their thoughts on this article.

But then came something she had never seen before: a visual analogy showing a picture of a whole cake next to a slice of cake. What picture went with a loaf of bread in the same way?

Kayla, who will be 4 in December, held her tiny pointer finger still as she inspected the four choices. “Too hard,” she peeped.

oy. and I thought boston was insane...