Family Reading Corner: Kindergarten, here we come! ELIZABETH STILWELL. Correspondent. More than 1,000 5-year-olds (and their families) will start kindergarten in Tompkins County this fall.

More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, according to a new study.

But let’s look at the pre-common-core kindergarten standards in a few states and see how much reading they require: (Also, it’s worth noting that previous standards can be tough to find at ...

More than 50% of students from low-income families score “well below” the expected reading level when they start public kindergarten, according to the analysis of data from the 2023-24 school ...