The focus of this brief is on the value of using the construct of ?Ready to Learn? as an Oregon benchmark and as an agency key performance measure. Oregon takes a high-level look at its young children every 2 years using the Kindergarten Readiness Survey. Kindergarten teachers use a variety of measures to collect information to rate their children?s development. Six Developmental Dimensions are the indicators of school readiness: Physical Well-Being; Language Use; Approach to Learning; Cognition and General Knowledge; Motor Development and Social/Emotional Development. Demographic variables of interest include the following: gender, ethnicity, English as a second language, and preschool history.