Closing the Kindergarten Readiness Gap With Direct Literacy Screening in Primary Care
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New research suggests direct literacy screening during pediatric well visits can complement traditional developmental surveillance and better support kindergarten readiness. Pediatricians have long relied on developmental screening tools during well-child visits to monitor whether children are meeting expected milestones prior to starting kindergarten. But new research suggests that these widely used tools may miss an…
