As participation in publicly-funded preschool programs steadily grows and pressure ramps up on states to prove that those programs are preparing low-income children for kindergarten, measuring ...

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 ...

LAKELAND, FL (WTSP) -- A Lakeland preschool director is speaking out against a new set of standardized assessments for her 4-year-old students, and refuses to administer them at the risk of losing ...

As states move to expand public preschool programs—and seek to measure their effectiveness—they soon will have new guidance on how to design assessment and accountability systems appropriate for young ...

Nine years after Florida voters approved universal pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-olds, it's impossible to know if voters got the high-quality voluntary program they demanded. The state touts that ...

For years, Florida’s pre-K program has been judged on how its young graduates did on a “readiness test” given when they started kindergarten. More than 40 percent of the the state’s pre-K providers ...

Wake County officials unveiled a plan Wednesday to expand tuition-free pre-kindergarten offerings to thousands of 3-year-olds living within 200% of the poverty line. Right now, that would be about ...