school-ready

From school +‎ ready.

school-ready (comparative more school-ready, superlative most school-ready)

1. Having the required emotional, behavioral, and cognitive skills needed to start school.
   • 1988, United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Investment, Jobs, and Prices, Employment in the Year 2000: A Candid Look at Our Future‎:

     I think what now must be recognized is that to successfully educate many of these children - because the families are no longer performing the function they once did of delivering a school-ready child at age 5.

   • 1993, Carol A. Ryan, Paula A. Sline, Barbara J. Lagowski, How to Get the Best Public School Education for Your Child‎, page 69:

     But even an erroneous or honest but misguided reading of test results can mean a year-long detour for an otherwise school-ready child.

   • 2012, Nikki Bush, Graeme Codrington, Future-proof Your Child: Parenting The Wired Generation‎:

     To be 'school ready' implies that a child has reached a certain stage in his or her development where it is felt that benefit will be gained from formal education. However, a child does not become school-ready alone.