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Direct linkHughes, Jan N. – School Psychology Review, 2010
In this article, the author comments on Dominguez, Vitiello, Maier, and Greenfield's (2010) article on identifying quality in preschool education. Dominguez et al. have conducted a methodologically sophisticated study describing the growth of learning behavior among Head Start children. By doing so, they contribute to a growing body of evidence…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Student Relationship
Peer reviewedPediatrics, 1995
Notes that school readiness screening tests can vary greatly in sophistication, and can easily be incorrectly applied and interpreted. Suggests that normal development is highly variable during kindergarten and first grade and that school programs should be flexible and adaptable to individual characteristics. (HTH)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Developmental Delays, Grade 1, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedShepard, Lorrie A.; Smith, Mary Lee – Elementary School Journal, 1988
Policies such as raising of entrance age, readiness screening, and kindergarten retention are intended to solve the problem of inappropriate academic demand by removing younger or unready children from the regular classroom. Research evidence does not support the efficacy of these policies. (RH)
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Grade 1
Download full textFerguson, Phil – 1992
Extra-year school readiness programs, which serve as "developmental kindergartens" or "junior first grades," are well-intentioned transition programs between kindergarten and first grade that are intended to serve children judged to be at risk for early school failure. Despite their good intentions, these programs are…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Grade 1, Individual Differences, Kindergarten
Fadden, Constance Joan – 1988
This report offers answers to four basic questions about children's readiness for school: (1) What does being ready for school mean? (2) How can practitioners best identify and assess readiness? (3) How important is readiness? and (4) How do children who are ready get ready, and how do children who are not yet ready become ready? It is argued that…
Descriptors: Definitions, Grade 1, Identification, Individual Differences
Hilderbrand, John A.; And Others – Florida Educational Research and Development Council Research Bulletin, 1983
The first part of this document presents the results of a survey of early entrance testing procedures in 25 Florida districts and details teacher ratings of 486 first-grade and 154 kindergarten students whose entrance test results had permitted them to enter kindergarten a year earlier than other students with birthdays between October and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Costs, Cursive Writing, Early Admission
Stroud, Judith E. – Dimensions, 1992
Discusses the philosophy behind the effects of placing at-risk kindergarten children in transitional first grade classes and suggests alternative practices. (BB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Intervention, Educational Philosophy
