Dr. Sara Bode (far right) high fives Juri Sleet, 4, after she and Crystal Webb, a kindergarten readiness coordinator, talk with Sleet's grandmother, Quintina Davis (left), about the literacy screening ...

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 ...

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 ...

For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office.

COOS BAY — Coos Bay kindergartners started school on Monday, but introductions, classroom visits and the Kindergarten Assessment took place last week. The state-mandated assessment launched last year, ...

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 ...

The Oregon Department of Education and the Early Learning Division jointly released results Thursday from the 2017-18 kindergarten assessment. This year, for the first time, there is a cohort of ...

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 ...

Kindergarten teachers in Frederick County Public Schools have wrapped up their first year of testing under a new state exam and can now advise officials on how it could improve next year. The ...

David Douglas officials and supporters joined Earl Boyles Elementary School students in December at a groundbreaking ceremony for the school's early learning wing and neighborhood center. (David ...

While there's growing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. Here's ...