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Improving Parental Engagement For Kindergarten Readiness: An Improvement Science Study, Sarah Johnson May 2024

Improving Parental Engagement For Kindergarten Readiness: An Improvement Science Study, Sarah Johnson

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Every child deserves the opportunity to come to school ready to learn with the skills needed to take on the content in kindergarten. Students, who are not ready for kindergarten, have a higher chance of needing additional support services with academics and behavior (Fitzpatrick et al., 2020). In Kentucky, less than 50% of the kindergarten students were considered kindergarten ready based on the 2022 Kindergarten Readiness data (Kentucky Department of Education, 2023). In the district where this study took place, 43% of students were determined to be kindergarten ready (Kentucky Department of Education, 2023). Knowing the implications and long term …