EVALUATION: A Follow-up Study of the Preschool Readiness Experimental Screening Scale (The PRESS)

Abstract

A follow-up study of the Preschool Readiness Experimental Screening Scale (the PRESS) was conducted to determine whether the PRESS is a valid indicator of school readiness. Teacher ratings and Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) scores were obtained at the end of kindergarten for 170 children who had been administered the PRESS before entering kindergarten. When the PRESS scores were compared with the teacher ratings and the MRT scores, the PRESS seemed a valid indicator of school readiness. A modified rating system for interpreting PRESS scores is also proposed.