What is kindergarten readiness?
Kindergarten readiness is a snapshot of a child’s development at the time they enter kindergarten. Knowing and understanding a child’s current skills as they enter kindergarten is valuable to teachers, so they know how to best support them academically, socially, and emotionally. Research has shown that teachers’ perceptions of children’s academic readiness significantly impact later educational outcomes. 1 Teacher evaluations of children’s approaches to learning, math, and science are strong predictors of success throughout elementary education.1 In addition, assessing kindergarten readiness helps equip teachers with the information schools need to meet a child’s unique needs.