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Early Entrance Kindergarten Testing

In order to enroll in kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year, children must be 5 years old by August 31st, 2025.

If your child was born between Sept 1 - Dec 31, 2020 and misses the kindergarten cut-off, she/he  is eligible to participate in Early Entrance Kindergarten testing to determine kindergarten eligibility for the '25-26 school year. Children whose families are seeking early entrance to kindergarten must participate in the early entrance assessment. 

Testing will be offered on June 3-5, 2025

Please complete this form to sign up for testing - 25-26SY EARLY ENTRANCE KINDERGARTEN TESTING JUNE 2025

 

Important information about testing:

    •    Families who sign up for testing will receive an email with their testing date/time within 2 weeks of completing the google form. Additional confirmation emails will be sent out by May 5th, 2025.

    •    The test is held at our Community Education Office which is located at our Oak campus at 7501 East Oak St, Scottsdale 85257.

    •    The cost of the test is $100. Please bring check or money order made out to Scottsdale Unified School District.  The cost of the test is not refundable regardless if the student passes the assessment or not. 

    •    In order to verify your child’s date of birth, please bring a copy of your child’s birth certificate or passport on your testing day. ***TEST WILL NOT BE ADMINISTERED WITHOUT THIS***

    •    The test takes about 45 minutes and parents will wait in the lobby while students are participating in the test. 

    •    Please arrive at least five minutes early since we do have appointments back to back

    •    Students who arrive more than 10 minutes late will not be able to participate in testing and may be eligible to reschedule if there are dates available. 

    •    Parents will receive a letter via email with test results within 3 days Please let me know if you have any questions. 

***Please be aware that if your child passes the assessment and  are wanting to enroll in a school that is NOT your home school, there may not be availability for open-enrollment if the school is at capacity for kindergarten. 

Please contact the school to see if they are accepting open enrollment for kindergarten.  

If you are not sure what school is your "home school", please enter your address in the school locator here - https://www.susd.org/Page/461 (https://www.susd.org/Page/461)

If you have any questions, please email earlylearning@susd.org
Thank you.