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 ...

Has kindergarten become a new pressure point in public education? That’s the worry that’s cropping up more often as states embrace the use of assessments to gauge what children know as they enter the ...

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, ...

Q: I am trying to obtain information regarding what my daughter will need to know for the kindergarten assessment this fall. When I asked her current preschool teacher, the answer was, "Don’t worry; ...

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts education officials are developing plans to test students as soon as they enter kindergarten to determine how prepared they are to start school. Massachusetts Education ...

Lolo DeLeon, shown on his very first day of kindergarten, answered his teacher's questions about letters and letter sounds. He did well and was quick to answer from whom he had learned so much: "My ...

With school in full swing across the United States, the littlest students are getting used to the blocks table and the dress-up corner — and that staple of American public education, the standardized ...

Robin Olafson, middle, a parent volunteer at Indian Hills School, helps Kylee Green, right, a kindergarten student, with a problem. Olafson has two children in the school. On the left is Parker Kelson ...

WEAR is giving a salute to our military. Tonight we honor Master Chief William Norris who served 38 years in the U.S. Navy.He is from Mobile.Thank you for your PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Ms. Boothe's ...