The Kindergarten Assessment Project test to provide diagnostic instructional information to the teacher on individual student cognitive skills in Communication Arts and Number Understanding is presented. The criterion-referenced test cuts across the domains of social-affective functioning, perceptual-psychomotor functioning, and cognitive-language functioning. Each test item assesses a specific skill objective. Communication Arts goal areas include listening, speaking, reading and writing, and Number Understanding goals include number/numeration, measurement, geometry and money. The 36 test objectives are described with the matching test items and a materials list. The manual includes instructions to the teacher for test preparation, test administration, and completion of records. The complete set of test items and worksheets are organized in goals sections designed to be administered independently or as a whole. Two item types are administered on an individual or small group basis. Examples of Student Record Sheets and Class Profile Sheets are provided. (CM)