New data from the Kentucky Department of Education shows that Russell County was well above state averages when it comes to Kindergarten Readiness.
Kentucky’s Common Kindergarten Entry Screener, the BRIGANCE Early Childhood Kindergarten Screen III, provides a quick and accurate assessment of a child’s development in five areas: Academic/Cognitive, Language Development, Physical Development, Self-Help and Social-Emotional Development.
For Russell County, 68.3% were kindergarten ready compared to the state’s 46.8%. 79.8% of Russell County children performed average/above average in language development while the state average was 74% and 81.6% performed average/above average in the social emotional area with the state average being 77.1%.
