The practice round was rough. When Florida implemented a new Kindergarten Readiness test last fall — designed to determine if the state's thousands of Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) programs were ...

--- Whether you make $10,000, or $10 million a year, Florida says your 4 or 5 year old is entitled to a free program called voluntary Pre-Kindergarten, also known as VPK. The goal is to give kids a ...

Small changes could be coming to the controversial Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten evaluation system. Contact 5 first told you Monday, some teachers say it's flawed. Now the state is hoping to work toward ...

Lakeland, FL -- How young is too young when it comes to assessing our kids' performance at school? A Lakeland pre-K has filed a petition asking state lawmakers to put the brakes on a new law that ...

Here are two closely related topics for in-depth hearings when the Florida Legislature begins preparing for its post-election (thank goodness) 2019 annual session: The assessment test for the state's ...