Four-year-olds are crying, putting their heads on their desks or simply refusing to answer the questions during an English proficiency test they’re required to take in transitional kindergarten. The ...

Transitional kindergarten students in ... primary language is a language other than English within 30 days of enrollment. There are different tests for each grade level, from kindergarten through ...

For most Asian-language groups, transitional kindergarten gave students a two-performance-level advantage on English proficiency test scores. Southeast Asian language speakers who attended ...

Chicago Public Schools students who aren’t proficient in English when they enter kindergarten tend to have better attendance and in some cases higher test scores than their peers who are native ...

Pennsylvania is using a new kindergarten-entrance assessment this fall, and a review of the way it’s handling the project points to key challenges states face as they use tests to gauge what ...

There are different tests depending on grade level, from kindergarten through 12th grade ... lower on the assessments and identified as English learners more frequently. A study from the ...