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 ...

Results from the first administration of Idaho’s new Reading Indicator show strong performance among third grade students while establishing a new statewide baseline as students and educators adjust ...

Petal School District Assistant Superintendent Dede Smith is happy with how the district's kindergartners scored on the state's fall kindergarten readiness assessment — the primary purpose of which is ...

A rigorous new kindergarten curriculum and assessment program in Montgomery County public schools has produced data showing significant gains in reading skills among the district's 9,000 ...

Philip S. Cicero is a retired superintendent of Lynbrook public schools and an adjunct professor of education at Adelphi University. There's a new testing movement on the horizon in New York State's ...

Oregon’s achievement gap between white students and children of color shows up in kindergarten, according to scores out Thursday. Harrison Park teacher Donna Shinagawa quizzes incoming kindergarten ...