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Download full textJones, Eric D.; Southern, W. Thomas – 1987
This paper (1) presents a critical analysis of the literature on school readiness and school failure; (2) discusses the problems that ill conceived policies based upon readiness studies present to the education of learning disabled, regular class, and gifted children; and (3) offers guidelines for policies and programs. Methodological issues…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Early Admission, Educational Needs, Gifted
Simner, Marvin L. – 1983
The claim that the incidence of school failure can be greatly reduced by increasing kindergarten entrance age from 57 to 60 months was investigated in three related studies. In the first study, subjects ranging in school entrance age from 57 to 68 months were drawn from five elementary schools in an urban lower socioeconomic area. A total of 114…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Background, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
