Education Department officials insist that the 32 early elementary schools don’t have to give the kindergarten test yet — though they are required to administer it by this spring. But ...

Positive experiences in kindergarten can improve social and behavioral skills and early test scores ... like plural nouns and three-dimensional shapes shifted down from first grade to kindergarten.

Gallant said the district uses the results of the kindergarten readiness test to improve the ... Beginning to identify colors, shapes, numbers and letters. 488-674: Student identifies most ...

the board read. The first lesson of the day: colors. The students are part of “Transitional Kindergarten,” a one-semester class that introduces social skills and daily routines to students ...