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Purtell, Kelly M.; Ansari, Arya – AERA Open, 2018
Recent research has shown that the age composition of preschool classrooms influences children's early learning. Building on prior research, this study examines whether the association between classroom age composition and children's learning and development vary based on classroom quality and teacher characteristics using a subset of the Family…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Preschool Children, Educational Quality
Purtell, Kelly M.; Ansari, Arya – Grantee Submission, 2018
Recent research has shown that the age composition of preschool classrooms influences children's early learning. Building on prior research, this study examines whether the association between classroom age composition and children's learning and development vary based on classroom quality and teacher characteristics using a subset of the Family…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Preschool Children, Educational Quality
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Gullo, Dominic F.; Burton, Christine B. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1992
Examined the effect of several variables on children's academic readiness at the end of kindergarten. Results indicated that age of entry into school and number of years in preschool predicted academic readiness. Children who entered preschool by age four scored higher on readiness measures than those who entered at age five. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attainment, High Risk Students, Kindergarten Children
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Umek, Ljubica Marjanovie; Kranjc, Simona; Fekonja, Urska – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2005
As part of a larger Slovene longitudinal study on the impact of the preschool institution on the child's development and his or her school achievements, effects of the age at entry to preschool on children's language were explored. The sample included 82 children, who were divided into two groups depending on their age at entry to the preschool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Context Effect, Preschool Education