Madison's Kindergarten Climate & Student Support

Andy Hall:

A drop in Hispanic children's scores is largely responsible for fewer students beginning kindergarten with the skills needed to succeed in Madison schools.

Just 26 percent of Hispanic children in this year's kindergarten class passed a screening test designed to show whether they were ready to start school, down from 29 percent four years ago, according to Madison School District data.

That drop led to a decline in the overall percentage of Madison students ready for kindergarten - from 62 percent to 58 percent.

While educators across the country focus on helping such children catch up with their classmates, two emerging efforts in Dane County will aim to get at the root of the problem by helping children be ready to enter kindergarten:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 18, 2007 6:20 AM
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