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Peer reviewedGredler, Gilbert R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
G. Gredler defends his use of the cumulative retention rate to address the question of school readiness. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Primary Education, Research Methodology, School Entrance Age
Peer reviewedGredler, Gilbert R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
The author refutes the findings of a study (EC 124 401) indicating a birthdate effect on readiness level and suggests that school psychologists and others should stop blaming chronological age for reading failure. (CL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Reading Failure
Peer reviewedPhye, Gary D.; Halderman, Barrett – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
The authors, while supporting the view expressed in EC 124 402 that decisions on school readiness should not be determined by birthdate, express concern over statistics used in the study. (CL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Disabilities, Primary Education
Peer reviewedDiPasquale, Glenn W.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
Findings supported the theory that children born late in the year are significantly more likely to be referred for academic problems in the primary grades than are children born early in the year. (CL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Primary Education
Peer reviewedGredler, Gilbert R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
Reviewed are foreign and American studies on the relationship between school entrance age and reading readiness; and presented is the author's contention that children should be automatically admitted to kindergarten and first grade, with the school responsible for appropriate individualized instruction. (CL)
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
