Proficiency by grade 3 is linked to long-term academic and life outcomes, making early identification of struggling students key.

Starting Kindergarten is a major milestone on a student's academic path, but not all students have an equal starting point. Those early differences can have critical implications for whether students ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes -— skills the students have already mastered ...

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

Kindergarten entry assessments—quick tests that are given to incoming students and are intended to help teachers tailor their instruction to a child’s specific needs—are used in close to ...

Oregon’s achievement gap between white students and children of color shows up in kindergarten, according to scores out Thursday. Harrison Park teacher Donna Shinagawa quizzes incoming kindergarten ...