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Younger Children Experience Lower Levels of Language Competence and Academic Progress in the First Year of School: Evidence from a Population Study
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Norbury, Courtenay Frazier; Gooch, Debbie; Baird, Gillian; Charman, Tony; Simonoff, Emily; Pickles, Andrew – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2016
Background: The youngest children in an academic year are reported to be educationally disadvantaged and overrepresented in referrals to clinical services. In this study we investigate for the first time whether these disadvantages are indicative of a mismatch between language competence at school entry and the academic demands of the classroom.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Behavior Problems, Language Impairments, Questionnaires
The Effects of On-Time, Delayed and Early Kindergarten Enrollment on Children's Mathematics Achievement: Differences by Gender, Race, and Family Socio-Economic Status
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Yesil Dagli, Ummuhan; Jones, Ithel – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
This study was an examination of the effect of delayed, early, and on-time kindergarten enrollment on children's kindergarten mathematics achievement. Central for this study was to explore if the relationship between the kindergarten enrollment status and mathematics achievement varies by children's gender, race, and family SES status. It used a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Enrollment, Minority Groups, Race
Expanding Schooling Opportunities for 4-Year-Olds
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Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Webbink, Dinand – Economics of Education Review, 2010
We use a novel quasi-experimental strategy to estimate the effect of expanding early schooling enrollment possibilities on early achievement. It exploits two features of the school system in The Netherlands. The first is rolling admissions; children are allowed to start school immediately after their 4th birthday instead of at the beginning of the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Young Children
Academic Performance Gap between Summer-Birthday and Fall-Birthday Children in Grades K-8
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Oshima, T. C.; Domaleski, Christopher S. – Journal of Educational Research, 2006
Much interest exists among parents and researchers regarding the benefits and drawbacks of delaying kindergarten entrance to acquire academic advantage ("redshirting"). How evident is this assumed advantage at the kindergarten level and beyond? The authors evaluated large-scale test data from Grades K-8 to investigate the difference in performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parent Role, Gender Differences, Kindergarten
Date of Birth and Its Effect upon Performance in School over Subsequent Years.
Olson, George H. – 1989
The effects of age at entrance into school on subsequent elementary school performance were studied in a cohort of children who started grade 1 in the Dallas school system (Texas) in fall 1981. Most of the subjects were born on or after September 1, 1974 and before September 1, 1975; the spread of ages was 1 year. A total of 3,028 male and 3,019…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Elementary Education
A Review of the Research and Literature on Emergent Literacy.
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Slegers, Brenda – 1996
In view of the importance of literacy learning, this paper defines emergent literacy and explores how researchers and teachers define it in the 1990s. The paper also attempts to answer the following questions: (1) What is the best way to teach literacy to young children? (2) Is there a correct way to teach it? (3) What does the research say…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy