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Peer reviewedMay, Deborah C.; Kundert, Deborah K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Examines school readiness practices, along with the conceptual problems with the ways that "readiness" and "at risk" are defined. Analyzes methodological problems, delayed school entrance, and focuses on studies that examined future school retention rates, later use of special education services, and drop-out rates. Offers suggestions for best…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Children, Definitions, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedProctor, Theron B.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Describes early admission as the first step in adjusting formal educational programing to meet the educational, social, and emotional needs of intellectually advanced children. Emphasizes the benefits to the child and potential benefits to society of meeting the intellectually advanced child's needs, advocating that school systems establish early…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Children, Cognitive Ability, Early Admission
Peer reviewedShepard, Lorrie A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Reviews both the technical and policy aspects of readiness testing in local school districts. Summarizes policy context, motivations behind the tests, and consequences. Discusses the types of readiness tests and developmental screening measures misused as readiness tests, along with evidence of these measures' substantive and technical validity.…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Children, Elementary Education, School Entrance Age
Glewwe, Paul; Jacoby, Hanan – 1993
This study investigated why the primary school enrollment of children in poor countries is often delayed despite the prediction made by human capital theory that schooling will begin at the earliest possible age. Using data from the 1988-89 Ghana Living Standards Survey household questionnaire, the study examined the age of enrollment,…
Descriptors: Body Height, Child Health, Children, Developing Nations
Gajraj, Suren; Schoemann, Klaus – 1991
Worldwide enrollment in primary education has grown from 332 million in 1960 to 593 million in 1988. Despite this increase, a sizable proportion of primary school-age children in developing countries are not enrolled in school. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 56 million students are enrolled in primary education, but 38 million (49%) of the region's…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Developing Nations, Educationally Disadvantaged
