Those early differences can have critical implications for whether students ultimately reach proficiency by third grade — a critical academic benchmark closely tied to long-term educational success.

Kindergarten screenings help ensure children are ready for school and may identify if extra support is needed. These screenings assess skills such as self-care, language, and motor skills to help ...

With school in full swing across the United States, the littlest students are getting used to the blocks table and the dress-up corner - and that staple of American public education, the standardized ...

EXCLUSIVE: The state’s youngest school students face more rigorous testing from the moment they enter the classroom so teachers can measure their capabilities in literacy and numeracy. The Saturday ...

One out of every 25 kindergarteners will be getting a new fall assessment this year. The Minnesota Department of Education ...

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 ...

The Oregon Kindergartner Assessment, administered every fall by kindergarten teachers such as myself, may have been a good idea in theory. Let's see how students are doing as they enter kindergarten ...