Outcomes - how well are Montessori children prepared?
Pinewoods children in Kindergarten and above are well prepared for the world around them and the years in front of them. While what is most special about Pinewoods is the peaceful atmosphere in the classroom and the mutual respect of the children for each other and the teachers, our students perform well academically, scoring within 90th-100th percentile for age and grade level. That mutual respect lays a foundation for independent exploration academically. Pinewoods' curriculum regularly has kindergartners reading chapter books, doing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, etc.
Mean Percentile Median Percentile
Basic Reading Skills
Kindergarten 97% 99%
Elementary 98% 95.6%
Reading Comprehension
Kindergarten 93% 98%
Elementary 90% 89%
Written Expression
Kindergarten 99.9% 99.9%
Elementary 98% 99.2%
Math Calculation
Kindergarten 97% 100%
Elementary 88% 93%
Math Reasoning
Kindergarten 83% 84%
Elementary 87% 87%
What do we mean by "Pinewoods' children are well prepared for the world around them?"
The Montessori curriculum was compared to the traditional classroom in a recent study published in Science. The study compares outcomes of children at a public inner-city Montessori school with children who attended traditional schools. Results indicate that Montessori education leads to children with better social and academic skills.