In combined classes, she added, teachers feel more pressure to prepare kindergarten students for 1st grade. The new report is the fifth in a series that has looked at how California’s transitional ...

The Hechinger Report is a national ... more effective practices in kindergarten by opening the door for educators to employ observation-based assessments, and other strategies for refocusing ...

The union’s report on its survey quotes a number of kindergarten teachers, including one from Charles County: I think it was a ridiculous expectation for K teachers to complete this assessment ...

In our three-year study, we found that many teachers report assessment ... This observation led us to highlight an irony: despite many children entering kindergarten not having the necessary ...

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our newsletter. Nicole Spinks is a ...

The report assesses the preparedness of the kindergarten students ... an assessment of 15 skills for teachers to complete based on their initial observation of children entering school.

A new report reveals a drop in the percentage of students demonstrating kindergarten readiness, falling from 41.9% in ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Alyce by emailing a.collins@newsweek.com A kindergarten teacher has gone viral on social media after sharing how she uses a singalong to help her ...