Teachers at Orlando Day Nursery in Florida have always evaluated how well their 4-year-old prekindergartners—most of them poor and African-American—could recognize letters, isolate sounds in words, ...

Youngsters in Florida’s pre-kindergarten program this month will take a new test of early literacy, language and math skills, sitting one-on-one with their teachers to answer questions and point to ...

A majority of Mississippi kindergartners are ready for first grade after making significant progress during the year, annual test results show, and the percentage of those who are not ready has ...

What's the word "sidewalk," without the word "side"? Most adults know it's "walk." But some 4-year-olds are stumped by this question, which is part of a new required test for children in the statewide ...

My 4-year-old Tulsa Public Schools pre-K student daughter has now been in school about a month. She's had her first school fundraiser packet sent home (cookie dough), her first school book order form ...