In Montgomery County public schools, the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills test, or DIBELS, is used as a screening tool for kindergarten through second grade students, said Ann Bedford ...

Transitional kindergarten student Melina Rodriguez, right, is ready as her friend Mia Portillo is comforted by her mother Daisy Salazar, left, as students assemble for the first day of school at ...

As the end of the school year approaches, Houston ISD students will begin to take a series of state standardized tests and other end-of-year assessments starting next week. Unlike previous years, many ...

To the editor: As a former kindergarten teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District and National Board Certified teacher, I completely agree with educators and parents who oppose using the ...

Earlier this summer, the curriculum and assessment company Amplify reported that 70% of kindergartners and first graders were ...

Transitional kindergarten students clap to songs with their teacher on the first day of school at Lenicia B. Weemes Elementary in Los Angeles last August. (Al Seib / For The Times) To the editor: As a ...