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Download full textSaluja, Gitanjali; Scott-Little, Catherine; Clifford, Richard M. – 2000
Understanding the condition of children as they enter school can provide clues to help parents and teachers understand children's performance later in their school career. This information can also provide teachers with essential guidance for individualizing the curriculum to help children learn more effectively. Finally, assessment of the…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
Simner, Marvin L. – 1983
The claim that the incidence of school failure can be greatly reduced by increasing kindergarten entrance age from 57 to 60 months was investigated in three related studies. In the first study, subjects ranging in school entrance age from 57 to 68 months were drawn from five elementary schools in an urban lower socioeconomic area. A total of 114…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Background, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. – 2000
Noting that the persistence of unacceptable trends in kindergarten entry and placement practices narrows the curriculum in kindergarten and primary education, constricts equal educational opportunity, and curtails the exercise of professional responsibilities of early childhood educators, this position statement of the National Association of…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices, Grade Repetition
Hook, Jim; Shaeffer, Peggy – 1993
This report reviews the history of kindergartens in America and in the state of Wyoming, and examines current trends and future directions of kindergarten programs. Wyoming's first kindergarten was established in Sundance in 1891-92. The University of Wyoming began offering courses in kindergarten theory by the mid 1940s, and the kindergarten…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Vecchiotti, Sara – 2001
Based on the view that because kindergarten is caught between early childhood education and compulsory public education, the year is often overlooked as an important time for learning. This paper aims to mobilize interest in kindergarten as an educational issue ripe for research, debate, and policy action. The paper begins by briefly reviewing…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Full Day Half Day Schedules
Peer reviewedHorgan, Mary; Douglas, Francis – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1995
Compares case studies of early childhood education in schools in Germany and Ireland. Both schools emphasize the importance of children's emotional-spiritual development, but while Irish children are already in formal education, German schooling defers beginning of formal learning. Concludes that more teacher interaction with children in German…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Cosden, Merith; And Others – 1993
Over the past 10 years, kindergarten classes have escalated their academic demands in order to prepare children to begin first grade. In tandem with curricular changes, many parents have elected to "hold out" their children from first grade for an additional year, and increasingly, schools are using kindergarten retention in response to…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, English (Second Language), Grade Repetition
de Cos, Patricia L. – 1997
In response to California Legislation that would change the cut-off for the minimum 5-year entrance age from December 2 to September 1, this paper reviews the literature discussing the appropriate age for beginning school. The review includes a brief history of kindergarten and its place in California law; discusses the possible impact of the…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
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
King, Marian J. – 1984
This review discusses the literature on developmental readiness for school. Specifically included are annotations of articles on the following topics: academic failure and grade retention, failure and retention for immaturity alone, the concept of developmental readiness, chronological versus developmental age, testing of developmental readiness,…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedNason, R. Beth – Childhood Education, 1991
Reviews research concerning the effects of retention of kindergarten and first grade students and alternatives to such retention. (BB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Katz, Lilian G.; And Others – 1987
Written by members of a consulting team engaged to evaluate a school district's kindergarten program and make recommendations for the future, this report chronicles the district's progress in coming to more fully understand goals and problems related to kindergarten education. Specifically, the report presents the evaluation team's examination of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education), Cooperation
Morgan, Griffith A. V.; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this study was to obtain and analyze information on the characteristics of the child entering school for the first time in junior kindergarten, senior kindergarten and grade one. A sample of 209 children from different areas in Ontario, Canada, including rural, urban, inner city and metropolitan areas, was studied. Information was…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Data Collection, Family Characteristics
San Diego County Office of Education, CA. – 1991
This information packet contains nine articles that outline current trends in kindergarten retention/exclusion and their negative impact on student outcomes, particularly for high risk students. The 1980s saw increasing numbers of children required to repeat kindergarten, attend a transitional grade before first grade, or wait an extra year before…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, High Risk Students, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
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
