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 ...

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 ...

Preparing students for the move from one grade to the next can't happen in a rushed month before school ends or over the ...

Kids First, a city of Aspen early childhood resource center, has released a community needs assessment report detailing ...

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 ...

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 ...