Since 2000, Vermont has gathered information on the readiness of students entering kindergarten by surveying kindergarten teachers about their students' knowledge and skills within the first six to ten weeks of school. The effort to measure school readiness is a collaborative project of the Vermont Agency of Education (AOE), the Department for Students and Families, and the Department of Health and various surveys for assessing schools' readiness have been conducted since this effort began. The SY2017 Ready for Kindergarten! Survey (R4K!S) marks the second year of deployment of the survey instrument, changes in scoring methods, and criteria used for identification of students as "ready". The survey also includes six indicators for the Physical Development and Health domain. (author abstract)