As participation in publicly-funded preschool programs steadily grows and pressure ramps up on states to prove that those programs are preparing low-income children for kindergarten, measuring ...

Useful new report from NAEYC outlines key considerations in implementing Kindergarten entry and other large scale assessments for young children. It’s a very thorough and informative piece and is, ...

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STAMFORD — Parents who remember a trip to the pediatrician as the only required pre-kindergarten evaluation may be surprised to hear that today their kids are assessed on everything from literacy to ...

An Oakland Assemblyman has proposed legislation to create new kindergarten readiness standards in state-funded preschools, saying the bill would give low-income students and those learning English an ...

Early childhood assessments help identify developmental strengths and challenges, but not all tools work equally well across cultures and contexts. A new review compared 33 screening and assessment ...

Early childhood marks a critical window for the emergence of mental health disorders, with anxiety, depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and ...