“Kindergarten readiness” is a buzzy term, but experts say it’s leading to harmful (albeit well-meaning) approaches. Nearly half of 3 and 4-year-olds were enrolled in school between 2021 and 2022. Some ...

Incoming kindergarteners get an “on-ramp” to elementary school as part of Oregon's Jump Start Kindergarten Program. Four years ago this month, one of the most devastating wildfires in Oregon’s history ...

The findings are based on data from about 8,000 kindergartners who took a state-required Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) in 2018, 2019, and 2021—including 3,200 children who receive care ...

The first day of kindergarten is close and a solid kindergarten readiness checklist can take some of the guesswork out of the transition. Here is what parents are asking about routines, emotions, ...

South Carolina's Kindergarten Readiness Assessment measures children across four areas: Social Foundations, Language/Literacy ...