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 ...

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 ...

Some students enter kindergarten in the Pine Belt and don't know the difference between the front and back of a book. Others may not know their name. But then there are some children who come to ...

Rosedale Elementary kindergartner Brooklynn Corey listens as her teacher tells her to name as many letters as possible on a sheet of paper. (Wendy Owen/Beaverton Leader) Before Rosedale Elementary ...

McMaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. McMaster University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Teachers’ perceptions and judgments of ...