school-ready
school-ready adjective: having the required behavioral, emotional and cognitive skills needed to start school.
Adjective
school-ready (comparative more school-ready, superlative most school-ready)
- Having the required behavioral, emotional and cognitive skills needed to start school.
- 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
- 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
Forms of school-ready
| comparative | more school-ready |
|---|---|
| superlative | most school-ready |
Origin of school-ready
From school + ready.
Questions about school-ready
- What does school-ready mean?
- School-ready means having the required behavioral, emotional and cognitive skills needed to start school.
- What part of speech is school-ready?
- School-ready is an adjective.
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