[Fzob]

Those who don't pass the screening will be able to attend kindergarten, but teachers will know the child requires special help to catch up.

They will also know which ones to target for classification. Sort of proactive budgeting. Get em classifiied early to keep those budgets flush.

[summer]

They already know things about these young kids. Any K teacher can tell you which kids are already "at-risk." And, BTW, it's often not too hard to tell. Believe it or not, many kids come from homes with no reading material at all.