A federal grant program in the works to help states jump-start kindergarten-entry assessments is renewing debate among early-childhood educators about the benefits and pitfalls of evaluating young ...

In this 2012 file photo, teacher Jessika Evers meets with new kindergartner Delila Ortiz Ponce at Gilbert Park Elementary. Gilbert Park Elementary was one of the schools that piloted the kindergarten ...

COOS BAY — Coos Bay kindergartners started school on Monday, but introductions, classroom visits and the Kindergarten Assessment took place last week. The state-mandated assessment launched last year, ...

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 ...

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 ...

David Douglas officials and supporters joined Earl Boyles Elementary School students in December at a groundbreaking ceremony for the school's early learning wing and neighborhood center. (David ...

The Oregon Department of Education and the Early Learning Division jointly released results Thursday from the 2017-18 kindergarten assessment. This year, for the first time, there is a cohort of ...

ELDERSBURG — Students stood along the edges of an oval rug in Cindy Stone’s kindergarten classroom at Eldersburg Elementary School Tuesday afternoon. “I know we just learned this, but what was the ...

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SALEM, Ore. — Oregon state released results from their kindergarten assessment and found the numbers hadn't changed much from last year. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and the Early Learning ...