As part of Maryland's ongoing commitment to early learning and school readiness, a comprehensive Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) was administered for the third time. This assessment is part of the Ready for Kindergarten: Maryland's Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System (R4K) that was developed to align to the state's more rigorous PreK-12 College and Career-Ready Standards. This report shares the school readiness results of Maryland's children--statewide, by subgroups, and for each of Maryland's 24 local jurisdictions. Based on Maryland's Prekindergarten standards, the results for this third year are: (1) 43% of entering kindergarteners in school year 2016-2017 are demonstrating that they possess the foundational skills and behaviors that prepare them for the curriculum that is based on Maryland's more rigorous kindergarten standards; (2) 50% of females are demonstrating readiness compared with 36% of the males; (3) 50% of Asian kindergarteners and 53% of white kindergarteners are demonstrating readiness above the state average (43%). American Indian/Alaska Native (26%), African American (37%), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (33%) and Hispanic (27%) kindergarteners are below the state average of kindergarteners demonstrating readiness; (4) Kindergarteners with disabilities (19%), those learning the English language (21%), and those from low-income households (32%) have many fewer students demonstrating readiness than Maryland kindergarteners as a whole; and (5) Children who attended child care centers (51%) and non-public nursery schools (64%) the year prior to entering kindergarten exceed the statewide readiness average. [For "Readiness Matters! The 2015-2016 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Report" see ED572305.]