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Month of Birth, Early Academic Achievement, and Parental Expectations of University Completion: A New Test on Sticky Expectations
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Fabrizio Bernardi; Manuel T. Valdés – Sociology of Education, 2025
Previous studies have shown that educational expectations of individuals with high socioeconomic status (SES) are relatively unaffected by low academic performance, a phenomenon called "sticky expectations." However, this result might be biased by endogeneity and reverse causality between academic achievement and educational…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Birth, Academic Achievement, Parent Aspiration
School Starting Age and Cognitive Development. Working Paper 191
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Dhuey, Elizabeth; Figlio, David; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Roth, Jeffrey – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2018
We present evidence of a positive relationship between school starting age and children's cognitive development from age 6 to 18 using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and large-scale population-level birth and school data from the state of Florida. We estimate effects of being old for grade (being born in September versus August) that are…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Cognitive Development, Educational Attainment, Grade Repetition
Setting a Good Example? Examining Sibling Spillovers in Educational Achievement Using a Regression Discontinuity Design. Working Paper No. 217-0219-1
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Karbownik, Krzysztof; Özek, Umut – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2019
We identify externalities in human capital production function arising from sibling spillovers. Using regression discontinuity design generated by school-entry cutoffs and school records from one district in Florida, we find positive spillover effects from an older to a younger child in less affluent families and negative spillover effects from a…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Siblings, School Districts, Socioeconomic Status
School Starting Age and Cognitive Development
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Dhuey, Elizabeth; Figlio, David; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Roth, Jeffrey – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019
We present evidence of a positive relationship between school starting age and children's cognitive development from ages 6 to 18 using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and large-scale population-level birth and school data from the state of Florida. We estimate effects of being old for grade (being born in September vs. August) that are…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Scores
The Incidence of Delayed School Entry: A Twelve-Year Review.
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Brent, Donna; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1996
Examined the incidence of delayed kindergarten entry in a suburban school district over a 12-year period. Results indicated that there had been a significant increase in the number of children who had delayed school entry. Significantly more males than females delayed kindergarten entry, and the majority of children delaying school entry had…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Longitudinal Studies
Trends in Kindergarten and First Grade, Fall 1989. Survey Report and Recommendations of the Early Childhood Advisory Committee.
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Hitz, Randy; Massoni, Betty – 1989
Findings of a recent Oregon Department of Education survey of elementary school principals are reported. In fall, 1988, questionnaires were mailed to 789 elementary school principals in the state. A total of 694 responded. The survey was designed to provide insight into important trends in kindergarten and first grade. The following topics were…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Trends, Grade Repetition, Grade 1