Tipping Point partnered with First 5 Center for Children’s Policy to develop a policy brief for the state of California on the advantages of developing a strategy to collect and use kindergarten readiness data across the state. This would improve school outcomes and direct funding for early childhood programs in the most effective way.

Readying Our State: How Kindergarten Readiness Inventories Can Benefit California
PUBLISHED: Mar 20, 2020
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