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Opportunity Deferred or Opportunity Taken? An Updated Look at Delaying Kindergarten Entry. Research in Review.
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Marshall, Hermine H. – Young Children, 2003
Discusses assumptions and pressures underlying academic redshirting for kindergartners. Examines teachers' and parents' beliefs about kindergarten readiness. Summarizes research on the effects of the academic and social domains of delaying children's entry into school. Offers suggestions for early childhood educators about how to help families in…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Decision Making, Definitions, Kindergarten
Research in Review. Issues in Kindergarten Policy and Practice.
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Freeman, Evelyn B. – Young Children, 1990
Discusses background information, research, and educational implications related to kindergarten readiness. Topics that receive particular attention are testing, placement, and curricular practices and age of entry into school. (BB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Kindergarten Children