The Alabama legislature passed a long awaited “first-grade readiness” bill Thursday, which would require students who did not complete kindergarten to take a test to enter the first grade. If signed ...

MONTGOMERY — The Legislature on Thursday sent Gov. Kay Ivey a bill to require young public school students to attend kindergarten or take a first-grade readiness test to skip kindergarten.

The Math Readiness Test covers the topics of algebra, analytic geometry, trigonometry, exponentials, logarithms, and more. We recommend working through the exercises in these resources: Another option ...

MONTGOMERY — A bill requiring a first-grade readiness test or kindergarten attendance for the state’s young pupils is back in the Alabama State House, this time with newfound Senate support.

Spring 2026 registration: For students who have submitted the Math Readiness Test and would like to improve their math placements, an on-campus Proctored Math Placement Test will be offered on Tuesday ...

Rep. Pebblin Warren, D-Tuskegee, speaks during a debate in the Alabama House of Representatives on gambling legislation on Feb. 15, 2024 in the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. The House ...

Alabama children would have to attend kindergarten or take a test to show their "readiness" for first grade, under legislation advanced by a state House committee on Wednesday. Rep. Pebblin Warren ...

A bill that would require children in Alabama to either attend kindergarten or pass a first grade readiness assessment test saw approval from the State House on Tuesday. Under existing law, children ...

MONTGOMERY — The Legislature on Thursday sent Gov. Kay Ivey a bill to require young public school students to attend kindergarten or take a first-grade readiness test to skip kindergarten.