Table 4.2. Early childhood school readiness definitions, assessments, and interventions for children not meeting expectations, by state: 2018
| State | State has a statutory definition of school readiness |
State has developed language regarding the assessment of readiness for kindergarten students |
State has programs and interventions for students scoring below grade level on kindergarten-grade 3 assessments |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States1 | 14 | 33 | 44 | |
| Alabama | No | No | Yes | 2 |
| Alaska | No | Yes | Yes | 3 |
| Arizona | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Arkansas | No | Yes | Yes | |
| California | No | No | Yes | 4 |
| Colorado | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Connecticut | No | Yes | Yes | 5 |
| Delaware | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 |
| District of Columbia | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Florida | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Georgia | No | No | Yes | |
| Hawaii | No | No | No | |
| Idaho | No | No | Yes | |
| Illinois | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Indiana | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Iowa | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Kansas | No | No | Yes | |
| Kentucky | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Louisiana | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Maine | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Maryland | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7 |
| Massachusetts | No | Yes | No | |
| Michigan | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Minnesota | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Mississippi | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Missouri | No | No | Yes | |
| Montana | No | No | No | |
| Nebraska | No | Yes | No | |
| Nevada | No | No | Yes | |
| New Hampshire | No | No | No | |
| New Jersey | No | No | Yes | |
| New Mexico | No | Yes | Yes | |
| New York | No | Yes | Yes | |
| North Carolina | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| North Dakota | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Ohio | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Oklahoma | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Oregon | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Pennsylvania | No | No | Yes | |
| Rhode Island | No | Yes | Yes | |
| South Carolina | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| South Dakota | No | No | Yes | |
| Tennessee | No | No | Yes | 8 |
| Texas | Yes | No | Yes | 9 |
| Utah | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vermont | No | No | Yes | |
| Virginia | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Washington | No | Yes | Yes | 10 |
| West Virginia | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | |
| Wyoming | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 1 National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for the column. | ||||
| 2 Assistance programs are available at each school for at-risk students performing below state standards. | ||||
| 3 Interventions are available to students who are in a priority school. | ||||
| 4 Interventions available in grades 2 and 3. | ||||
| 5 Interventions available in kindergarten-grade 3 for schools participating in the intensive reading instruction program. | ||||
| 6 Interventions available in grade 3 for students who have been previously retained. | ||||
| 7 Interventions are available in grade 3. | ||||
| 8 Intervention is available beginning in grade 3 for students who score below proficient in reading, language arts, and mathematics. | ||||
| 9 Intervention is available beginning in grade 3 | ||||
| 10 Kindergarten through grade 4 interventions are available in any school where more than 40 percent of the tested students are not proficient. Grades 3 and 4 interventions are available for schools below 40 percent. | ||||
| NOTE: The information in this table was collected from state statutes, rules and regulations. A profile was sent to each state for review and modification, as needed. | ||||
| SOURCE: Education Commission of the States, 50-State Comparison: State Kindergarten-Through-Third-Grade Policies, retrieved September 7, 2018 from https://www.ecs.org/kindergarten-policies/. Data Source |