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 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 ...

Useful new report from NAEYC outlines key considerations in implementing Kindergarten entry and other large scale assessments for young children. It’s a very thorough and informative piece and is, ...

STAMFORD — Parents who remember a trip to the pediatrician as the only required pre-kindergarten evaluation may be surprised to hear that today their kids are assessed on everything from literacy to ...

As federal pressure for accountability standards moves into the preschool arena, it is important for states to rapidly develop processes that align preschool standards with K-12 standards and evaluate ...

The aim of this study was to examine in detail levels and patterns of physical activity in preschool children and the effects of gender and BMI on this activity. Two hundred and fifty-three children ...

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 ...