The practice round was rough. When Florida implemented a new Kindergarten Readiness test last fall — designed to determine if the state's thousands of Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) programs ...

Researchers have found that a readiness test can predict kindergarteners' success in school ... Teacher-rated school readiness items in a kindergarten sample: Outcomes in first grade.. School ...

Pennsylvania teachers are using the test this year with all entering kindergarten students. In its study of how Pennsylvania piloted the assessment in 2012 and 2013, Public Citizens for Children ...

Study finds that children with poor academic readiness are nine to 10 times more likely to have low reading scores 18 months later Starting kindergarten can be a challenging time for children as many ...

Much of the activity on kindergarten-readiness tests has flowed from the priority that the U.S. Department of Education under President Barack Obama has placed on improving early-childhood education.

Test scores from the first and third VPK tests given during the year, (known as pre and post assessments), would be calculated into the score, along with the kindergarten readiness test results ...

Kindergarten students in Petal School District apparently knew a lot. They scored second in the state on this fall's kindergarten readiness assessment, earning an average score of 564 out of 900.