The results from this year's kindergarten readiness assessment (KRA), is a preview of how prepared pre-schools are to learn.A new state report shows more students enter kindergarten understanding the ...

As participation in publicly-funded preschool programs steadily grows and pressure ramps up on states to prove that those programs are preparing low-income children for kindergarten, measuring ...

ELDERSBURG — Students stood along the edges of an oval rug in Cindy Stone’s kindergarten classroom at Eldersburg Elementary School Tuesday afternoon. “I know we just learned this, but what was the ...

As states move to expand public preschool programs—and seek to measure their effectiveness—they soon will have new guidance on how to design assessment and accountability systems appropriate for young ...

LAKELAND, FL (WTSP) -- A Lakeland preschool director is speaking out against a new set of standardized assessments for her 4-year-old students, and refuses to administer them at the risk of losing ...

The predictive significance of early childhood behaviors may have been underestimated by up to 50 per cent due to inadequate assessment procedures, a new study suggests. The predictive significance of ...