Description:
Since 2010, at least 14 states have passed new legislation to establish or amend school readiness assessments of young children. Currently, at least 34 states and the District of Columbia have some form of school readiness assessment statute or regulation. Typically, states assess children at the beginning of the kindergarten year through use of a state-approved assessment. Below is a brief summary that includes recent school readiness assessment legislative updates since 2010. Also included are an updated chart of state kindergarten readiness assessment actions (Appendix A) and an additional chart that provides a list of states with school readiness assessment statute and regulation language. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Publisher(s):
Country:
United States
State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):
Arizona;
Delaware;
Iowa;
Kentucky;
Louisiana;
Mississippi;
Nevada;
New Mexico;
Ohio;
Oklahoma;
Oregon;
South Carolina;
Texas;
Washington