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Peer reviewedWalsh, Daniel J.; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
A five-year longitudinal study examined initial placement decisions of six Virginia districts with junior kindergarten programs. Relationships between placement into regular or junior kindergartens, and socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, and age are analyzed. Young, poor boys were more likely than members of other groups to be placed in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Ethnicity, Kindergarten Children, Longitudinal Studies
Download full textCosden, Merith; Zimmer, Jules – 1991
This study tested hypotheses regarding the relation of differences in kindergarten entry and rentention that relate to gender and ethnicity. Hypotheses were: (1) the age at which children enter kindergarten would vary as a function of their gender and ethnicity; (2) children who were held out of kindergarten would be in the younger part of their…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Grade Repetition, High Risk Students, Hispanic Americans
