Based on Maryland's 2017-2018 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) results, nearly half of all entering kindergarten children show foundational skills indicating they are fully ready for kindergarten, more than a third are approaching readiness, and 18% have emerging readiness skills. Results for the 2017-2018 school year show a slight increase from the administration of the KRA in 2016-2017. This technical report presents information on: (1) School Readiness Results for School Year 2017-2018; (2) New KRA Legislation and Weighting; (3) Weighting for State Level Results; (4) Local School Systems Administrating KRA on all Students (Census Administration) versus Representative Sampling; (5) School Readiness Based on Demographic Categories; (6) Reporting and Interpreting of KRA results; (7) What the KRA Results Represent; (8) Availability of the 2017-2018 School Readiness Report; (9) Background of Maryland's School Readiness Initiative; (10) Maryland's Assessment System of Measuring School Readiness; (11) Alignment of KRA Standards with the Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards; (12) KRA Item Types; (13) Administration of the KRA; (14) Use of Data and Accountability; (15) Accessibility for Special Populations; (16) Teacher Professional Development; (17) Validity and Reliability Data; (18) Measurement of the Internal Consistency of the KRA--Cronbach's Alpha; (19) KRA Item Reduction and Standard Setting; and (20) Standard Setting Validation. [For "Readiness Matters: Equity Matters. 2017-2018 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Report" see ED589988.]