Author: Brigitte Marrs, Mayor's Commission for Children, for SGFNN

The Mayor’s Commission for Children presented the Readiness for Kindergarten 2018 Continuation Study findings  at 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 23 at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce. This study is conducted approximately every four years. This year, the study was prepared by Dr. Melissa Duncan Fallone from the Dixon Center for…

The Mayor’s Commission for Children is again working with Missouri State University to conduct the Kindergarten Readiness Study.  All Springfield kindergarten classes are participating in this assessment, which is administered to a random selection of students. This marks the fifth year that the Mayor’s Commission for Children has initiated this…