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Download full textBillman, Jean – 1988
Using tests that are neither reliable nor valid, school districts are currently categorizing large numbers of children as unready for entrance into kindergarten and first grade. Parents are being asked to wait a year before sending their children to public school classes or to place them in a pre-kindergarten class. Other children complete…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary School Curriculum, Grade Repetition, Kindergarten
