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Download full textKansas State Department of Education, 2016
This booklet provides an overview of the following important topics, which can assist parents in preparations to be made prior to their child's kindergarten entry: (1) Kansas Early Learning Standards; (2) Kindergarten Entry Information; (3) The Kindergarten Transition; (4) Additional Questions You May Have; and (5) Checklist for Entering…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Academic Standards, Student Adjustment, School Entrance Age
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Direct linkMcCoy, Dana Charles; Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons; Fink, Günther – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Past research suggests robust positive associations between household socioeconomic status and children's early cognitive development in Western countries. Relatively little is known about these relations in low-income country settings characterized by economic adversity, high prevalence of malnutrition and infectious disease, and relatively lower…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Enrollment, Young Children
Raffaele Mendez, Linda M.; Kim, Eun Sook; Ferron, John; Woods, Bonnie – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The authors examined long-term outcomes for children who experienced delayed entry to kindergarten or kindergarten retention. They used a cohort of 6,841 students to compare these groups to each other and typically progressing peers. First, the authors compared the groups on demographic and early childhood variables. For the long-term school-based…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Elementary School Students, Equal Education
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
Huang, Francis L.; Invernizzi, Marcia A. – Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The authors investigated whether age at kindergarten entry was associated with early literacy achievement gaps and if these gaps persisted over time. Using the kindergarten age eligibility cutoff date, they created 2 groups of students who represented the oldest and youngest children in a cohort of students in high-poverty, low-performing schools.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, School Entrance Age, Academic Achievement
Barnard-Brak, Lucy – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2009
The current study examined whether the parental practice of delayed kindergarten entrance, also known as academic red-shirting, was associated with gains in academic achievement among children with learning disabilities. Results indicate no significant differences in the academic achievement among children with learning disabilities who were…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Kindergarten
