One of the first times New Orleans kindergarten teacher Molly Mansel gave her class a computer-based standardized test last fall, the 30 5-year-olds didn’t know how to take it. The children, raised in ...

Several weeks before the official start of the coming school year, 18 kindergartners-to-be wearing big-kid backpacks filed into Maria Surface’s snug, sunny classroom at Beaverton’s Vose Elementary ...

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 ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - On Wednesday, March 11, parents will gather at the Public Museum to learn more about the kindergarten choices available in Grand Rapids Public Schools. Parents can learn about ...

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 ...

Thousands of Houston ISD students will gear up to take their first assessments of 2025 this week, although the tests notably won't impact their grades. State-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles ...

Test scores among Fayette kindergarten through eighth graders fell after school buildings shut down due to the coronavirus and students learned from home. Alex Brandon AP Test scores among Fayette ...

While running for governor, Greg Abbott faced a charge that he wanted to mandate standardized testing of 4-year-olds enrolled in half-day pre-kindergarten classes. Not so, we found, but Abbott did ...

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 ...