When right-wing legislators and the state’s teacher’s union agree on something, it’s probably worth sitting up and taking notice. That seems to be the case when it comes to standardized testing of pre ...

The results from this year's kindergarten readiness assessment (KRA), is a preview of how prepared pre-schools are to learn.A new state report shows more students enter kindergarten understanding the ...

It seemed a straightforward enough goal: define what it means for a child to be ready for kindergarten. But when a bill to establish a kindergarten readiness standard was introduced in the Legislature ...

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently released assessment results dealing with kindergarten and pre-kindergarten readiness. Mississippi’s average scale score through 33,265 ...

The push to expand pre-kindergarten programs is on. Last school year, public pre-K programs received their biggest-ever boost in state funding. Enrollment in state pre-K programs nationwide increased ...