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 ...

Petal School District Assistant Superintendent Dede Smith is happy with how the district's kindergartners scored on the state's fall kindergarten readiness assessment — the primary purpose of which is ...

Dexter said she has about 20 volunteers, who work either as kindergarten teachers or as teachers at the district's Early Learning Center, who will administer the assessments. The deadline for ...

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 ...

Delila Ortiz Ponce, a kindergartner at Gilbert Park Elementary in the David Douglas school district, answered kindergarten readiness questions for her teacher, Jessika Evers, when taking the new state ...

JACKSON, MS (WDAM) - The Mississippi Department of Education released the results of of its fall 2018 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment on Friday. The percentage of Mississippi students scoring ...

The results of the 2014-2015 Oregon Kindergarten Assessment were released Wednesday. This is the second year the state has collected a snapshot of children’s skills and knowledge when they first enter ...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon state released results from their kindergarten assessment and found the numbers hadn't changed much from last year. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and the Early Learning ...