Some schools with all-day kindergarten see a surge in reading scores
BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) — Dozens of schools with all-day kindergarten programs posted big improvements on Idaho's spring reading test — beating the...
BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) — Dozens of schools with all-day kindergarten programs posted big improvements on Idaho's spring reading test — beating the state's overall growth rates. But these results are spotty — much like Idaho's patchwork of kindergarten offerings. As all-day kindergarten becomes a focal point in the state's early literacy campaign, Idaho Education News took a closer look at the spring Idaho Reading Indicator scores, released last week. The findings aren't conclusive, but they provide a few hints about possible correlations between all-day kindergarten and reading scores.