Anyone else have a kindergartner behind in school?

Is anyone elses kindergartner behind in their classes? They are talking about getting my child into special classes because she cannot read and this makes no sense to me…arent they suppose to learn to read in kindergarten? why do they expect so much of a child who has never gone to school before? and has only been in school for 1 month…i feel like such a bad mom because my 5 year old cannot read…