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Woodruff, Bobby J. – 1980
This study of eighth graders investigates the effects of Kindergarten attendance on (1) Basic Skills Test (BST) performance and (2) the incidence of grade retention (non-promotion). To accomplish the first purpose, over 64,000 eighth grade pupils in the public schools of Tennessee were administered the BST. On each answer sheet of the BST pupils…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Experience
