As a result, they say kids were being overidentified as English learners simply because the test was too hard for them. Why now: The state is in the midst of expanding transitional kindergarten to ...

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 ...

the study shows that those who attended transitional kindergarten earned better overall scores on the California English Language Development Test than students who did not. Transitional kindergarten ...

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 ...

Mansel’s students started taking tests just three weeks ... quizzes per week in writing, English, math, science, and social studies. The school’s other kindergarten teacher designs most ...

The DIBELS test is intended for kindergartners ... UTK stands for universal transitional kindergarten. English language learners will still be required to take the DIBELS to assess their skills ...

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 ...

The percentage of enrolled students who took the kindergarten readiness assessment dropped from 93% to 78%, and the percentage who took the third-grade English Language Arts test dropped from 95% ...

Four years ago, kindergarteners began taking tests called the "Oregon Kindergarten Assessment." Five-year-olds take up to four academic assessments: recognizing lowercase and uppercase letters ...

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 ...