The only thing about kindergarten that hasn't changed is what it takes to get in. "I always say kindergarten is what first grade used to be," said Jennifer Basey, a kindergarten teacher at Woodrow ...

For 20 kindergartners at Parr’s Ridge Elementary School, the morning is packed with singing and dancing, playing an alphabet game with sticks, and cutting big oval shapes out of paper. And while these ...

Pennsylvania is using a new kindergarten-entrance assessment this fall, and a review of the way it’s handling the project points to key challenges states face as they use tests to gauge what students ...

Maryland has come up with a new test for its nearly 67,000 kindergarten students called Ready for Kindergarten, or R4K.Mobile users tap here for videoIt's not the test that's causing concern among ...

Back in 2014, I ran a post titled, “A very scary headline about kindergartners,” which started this way: Rob Saxton is Oregon’s deputy superintendent of public instruction. Jada Rupley is the early ...

A bill sponsored by a Carroll County delegate limiting the number of kindergartners subject to state testing moved a step closer to becoming law Friday. Del. Haven Shoemaker’s bill regarding ...

If all goes according to plan, public school testing will drum out any vestiges of creativity by the start of first grade. Credit: Erin Althea It was the fourth week of school—day 21, to be exact—when ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A teacher recently raised concerns about testing with school board members, her concern focuses on kindergartners and the impact of too much testing. At Wednesday’s Knox ...

Gov. Rick Snyder's proposal to boost third-grade reading includes one plan sure to rankle some: Testing kindergartners to gauge the effectiveness of the state's investment in preschool programs. "The ...

The health care system in California could save nearly $1.3 million a year with few adverse public health effects if it discontinued universal tuberculosis skin testing of children entering ...

Next fall, thousands of kids in the metro will be entering school for the first time. The state of Nebraska says kids must be 5 years old by July 3 to enter kindergarten without testing, but kids with ...

WEBVTT MARYLAND HAS COME UP WITH A NEW TEST WHICH NEARLY 67,000 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WILL TAKE. IT IS CALLED READY FOR KINDERGARTEN. IT IS NOT THE TEST CAUSING CONCERN FOR SOME TEACHERS. IT IS THE ...