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 ...

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently released assessment results dealing with kindergarten and pre-kindergarten readiness. Mississippi’s average scale score through 33,265 ...

Study earns ESSA Tier 3 (Promising Evidence) designation Independent research reinforces what educators see every day: ...

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 ...

Note: This is a corrected version of this story. State education officials say recently released fall scores from Mississippi's kindergarten readiness test show students who attended public or private ...