Their preparedness for kindergarten varies accordingly. Increasingly, schools are using kindergarten readiness assessments, ...

In addition to Pine Island, the local districts of Hayfield and Triton also will be included in the pilot program.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A child's handwriting on a whiteboard is seen in a kindergarten class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, ...

Teachers' perceptions and judgments of student skills are key to measuring children's academic progress. But educators' own biases can distort these perceptions and judgments. For example, research in ...