In the not-too-distant past, the kindergarten classrooms at Pleasant Grove Elementary in Heflin, Ala., looked much the same as classrooms for older children. Desks were arranged in rows. Children ...

A federal grant program in the works to help states jump-start kindergarten-entry assessments is renewing debate among early-childhood educators about the benefits and pitfalls of evaluating young ...

In this 2012 file photo, teacher Jessika Evers meets with new kindergartner Delila Ortiz Ponce at Gilbert Park Elementary. Gilbert Park Elementary was one of the schools that piloted the kindergarten ...

A look at KEA data from the last several school years shows relatively steady rates of students marked as overall "ready" for ...

Teachers such as Jessika Evers, pictured in 2012, meet with the new kindergartners like Delila Ortiz Ponce at Gilbert Park Elementary. Such meetings are used to gauge the readiness of children for ...

Kindergarten Readiness Assessments involve two tests: one at the beginning of the school year to see if students are ready for kindergarten and one at the end. Mississippi schools seemed to be better ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – For the first time, a Franklin County nonprofit has access to data that could be an important step in addressing the kindergarten readiness crisis. More than half the kids in ...

A rigorous new kindergarten curriculum and assessment program in Montgomery County public schools has produced data showing significant gains in reading skills among the district's 9,000 ...

(Reuters Health) - Boys whose teachers find them antisocial in kindergarten may have lower income as adults than their classmates who don't have behavior problems, a Canadian study suggests.

Preschool Promise is celebrating some positive academic data from last year while trying to find new ways to work with Dayton-area families this year despite a COVID-related enrollment decline. At a ...