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Shaeffer, Margaret B.; Hook, James – American School Board Journal, 1993
Extra-year programs for children in kindergarten and first grade are not cost effective and have a tendency to keep children out of school. What does work is a developmentally appropriate curriculum for the primary grades that emphasizes integrated learning across the curriculum, small group instruction, and mixed-age grouping. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Grade 1, Grade Repetition
