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Download full textEducation Commission of the States, 2010
Compulsory school attendance refers to the minimum and maximum age required by each state in which a student must be enrolled in and attending public school or some equivalent education program defined by the law. The vast majority of states include an added clause providing for pupils to be released from compulsory attendance requirements upon…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, School Entrance Age, Attendance, State Legislation
Deming, David; Dynarski, Susan – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2008
Forty years ago, 96 percent of six-year-old children were enrolled in first grade or above. As of 2005, the figure was just 84 percent. The school attendance rate of six-year-olds has not decreased; rather, they are increasingly likely to be enrolled in kindergarten rather than first grade. This paper documents this historical shift. We show…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Enrollment, Kindergarten, Grade 1
