Using nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2011a), this study examined how many public schools used kindergarten entry assessments and for what purposes, what types of public schools used kindergarten entry assessments, and whether the use of kindergarten entry assessments was correlated with student early learning assessment scores in reading and math in spring of the kindergarten year. (author abstract)