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Download full textHebbeler, 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
Wolf, James M.; Kessler, Anna L. – 1987
This monograph presents information to help educators consider how to determine the best age for each child to begin his or her formal schooling. Trends in state requirements for school entrance age are described, and research in areas such as mental age, reading readiness, child development, screening instruments, and experimental preschool…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, Child Development
