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Download full textBrunette, Tracy; Crouch, Luis; Cummiskey, Chris; Dick, Anna; Henny, Catherine; Jordan, Rachel; Merseth, Katherine; Nabacwa, Rehemah; Pressley, Jennifer; Weatherholt, Tara – RTI International, 2017
This paper describes a 2016 pilot study undertaken in Uganda to document the real repetition rate in Primary 1 classes and to examine the relationship between repetition in Primary 1 and attendance in pre-primary education. The study explored knowledge and practice about the age of entry for children into pre-primary education and Primary 1. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Access to Education, Grade 1
Direct linkNgware, Moses W.; Oketch, Moses; Ezeh, Alex C.; Mutisya, Maurice – International Review of Education, 2013
Late school entry is driven by several factors, one of the key ones being the cost barrier to schooling. Policies such as free primary education (FPE) that advocate for universal coverage are therefore partly aimed at removing the cost barrier. The Kenyan Government, like many in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), introduced FPE in 2003 with the aim of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBreznitz, Zvia; Teltsch, Tamar – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
Examined school entrance age effect on academic achievement and social-emotional adjustment among 137 fourth graders. Found that differences between 73 oldest and 64 youngest subjects, identified in first grade, persisted in part to fourth grade. Younger subjects scored lowest in mathematics and oral and silent reading comprehension; were slower…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment
Freisen, Don – Principal, 1984
Recent statements by educators and child development specialists support the contention that a child's developmental maturity is the key predictor of success in school. Possible modifications of student placement policies are considered, including establishment of transitional programs for kindergarten graduates not fully ready for first grade.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Check Lists, Elementary Education
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
Beattie, Clive – 1970
This paper reviews literature and research on the effects of age of initial entry into schooling, citing over 20 studies from the 1930's through the 1970's relating entrance age to academic success and personality development. Studies investigating the effect of early entry into first grade on academic achievement have indicated that not only…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Early Admission
Hilderbrand, John A.; And Others – Florida Educational Research and Development Council Research Bulletin, 1983
The first part of this document presents the results of a survey of early entrance testing procedures in 25 Florida districts and details teacher ratings of 486 first-grade and 154 kindergarten students whose entrance test results had permitted them to enter kindergarten a year earlier than other students with birthdays between October and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Costs, Cursive Writing, Early Admission
Hebbeler, Kathleen; And Others – 1980
This report presents findings from the first year of a pilot program permitting kindergarten age students to enter school at the first grade level (K-1 program for 5-year-olds). The purposes of the study were: (1) to compare the academic and social behavior of the early admissions (EA) students with that of the regular first graders; (2) to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Early Admission
