Kindergarten students may be better at math than we think.   A new study says kindergarten teachers spend a lot of time teaching math concepts — basic counting and geometric shapes — that their students already know. This repetition may not only bore kindergartners, it may depress their test scores at the end of [...]

  A new report on the skills of incoming kindergarteners in Washington state found more than two-thirds were at expected levels for physical abilities, but many fell short on math. It also showed opportunity gaps between different races and genders when children start school.   Overall, nearly 80 percent of kindergarten students showed typical physical [...]