New data on children's math and reading skills at kindergarten entry¶

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Description¶

The article presents new data describing children's math and reading skills as they enter kindergarten, intended to characterize academic preparation at school entry. Its title names the two domains — "children’s math and reading skills as they enter kindergarten" — and the abstract frames the data as telling "a story of both declining achievement and shrinking gaps." The page lists the article's topics as Early learning and Equity and links associated working-paper and research-brief versions of the underlying trends analysis.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• The data concern children's academic preparation measured at kindergarten entry in math and reading

Constraints¶

• Only the abstract and metadata were available; the full text is published outside NWEA at the journal link

Target Learners¶

• children entering kindergarten

Target Learning Goals¶

• early math skills
• early reading skills

Related Elements¶

• Companion journal article: Mind the kinder-gap — new data on children's math and reading skills at kindergarten entry

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Key Sources¶

• Christine Pitts, Megan Kuhfeld. (2020). Mind the kinder-gap: New data on children’s math and reading skills as they enter kindergarten. Phi Delta Kappan 102(2). https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/mind-the-kinder-gap-new-data-on-childrens-math-and-reading-skills-as-they-enter-kindergarten/