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Download full textPurtell, 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
Direct linkPurtell, 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
Sherrod, Lonnie, Ed.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Ed. – 2002
This document is comprised of the four 2002 issues of a publication providing a forum for scholarly reviews and discussion of developmental research and implications for social policies affecting children. The topics featured in each of the issues are: (1) "The Effects of Welfare Reform Policies on Children" (Pamela A. Morris); (2) "At What Age…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Emotional Development
Peer reviewedMay, Deborah C.; Kundert, Deborah K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Examines school readiness practices, along with the conceptual problems with the ways that "readiness" and "at risk" are defined. Analyzes methodological problems, delayed school entrance, and focuses on studies that examined future school retention rates, later use of special education services, and drop-out rates. Offers suggestions for best…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Children, Definitions, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedProctor, Theron B.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Describes early admission as the first step in adjusting formal educational programing to meet the educational, social, and emotional needs of intellectually advanced children. Emphasizes the benefits to the child and potential benefits to society of meeting the intellectually advanced child's needs, advocating that school systems establish early…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Children, Cognitive Ability, Early Admission
Peer reviewedShepard, Lorrie A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Reviews both the technical and policy aspects of readiness testing in local school districts. Summarizes policy context, motivations behind the tests, and consequences. Discusses the types of readiness tests and developmental screening measures misused as readiness tests, along with evidence of these measures' substantive and technical validity.…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Children, Elementary Education, School Entrance Age
