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Meisels, Samuel J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1992
Recent emphases on school readiness and standardized testing have resulted in educational practices with negative consequences for children. These practices include a higher school entry age, grade retention, transition programs, and the practice of enrolling children in kindergarten when they are six, rather than five, years old. (BC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Enrollment
Cramond, Bonnie – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
This article describes one set of parents' decision to enroll their child in school early. Problems finding someone to test their child and other institutional and social obstacles are described. Tips to guide the decision-making process are offered and the parents' attitudes a year after their daughter's enrollment are presented. (PB)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Decision Making, Early Admission, Elementary Education
Lyytinen, Heikki; Aro, Mikko; Eklund, Kenneth; Erskine, Jane; Guttorm, Tomi; Laakso, Marja-Leena; Leppanen, Paavo H. T.; Lyytinen, Paula; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Richardson, Ulla; Torppa, Minna – Annals of Dyslexia, 2004
Children at risk for familial dyslexia (n = 107) and their controls (n = 93) have been followed from birth to school entry in the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal study of Dyslexia (JLD) on developmental factors linked to reading and dyslexia. At the point of school entry, the majority of the at-risk children displayed decoding ability that fell at least 1…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Child Development, At Risk Persons, Young Children
O'Brien, Marion – 1991
Three types of intervention strategies are helping children make a successful transition into kindergarten: early intervention programs, school survival skill training, and delayed school entry. Early intervention programs are early childhood and preschool programs such as Head Start. The overall long-term effectiveness of such programs has…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Strategies
Crosser, Sandra – 1998
Educators commonly recommend that children born during the summer months, especially boys, be given an extra year to mature before entering kindergarten so that they will not suffer from the academic disadvantages of being among the youngest children in a class. Terms such as "academic red-shirting" and "graying of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Enrollment, Individual Development, Kindergarten

de Lemos, Marion M. – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1977
The appropriate age for starting school is discussed in relation to the ideas of Piaget, Hunt, and Moore. (SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories

Proctor, 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
Crosser, Sandra – 1999
Educators commonly recommend that children born during the summer months, especially boys, be given an extra year to mature before entering kindergarten so that they will not suffer from the academic disadvantages of being among the youngest children in a class. Terms such as "academic red-shirting" and "graying of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Enrollment, Individual Development, Kindergarten

Moore, Raymond S.; Moore, Dennis R. – Childhood Education, 1973
Research cited supports the conclusion that early childhood education should not be taken out of the home and placed in schools and day care centers. The risks of speeding up children's learning, the value of mothering and the contradictions between research and practical application are examined. (ST)
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Educational Change
Lam, Y. L. Jack – Education Canada, 1983
The fundamental task in revitalizing public education and in fostering teacher professionalism means modifying the basic mandate. Trends in preschool and adult education suggest a need to extend the traditional age range downwards as well as upwards, thus lessening worry about teacher lay-off, half-empty school buildings, and school closures. (BRR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Preschool Education

Shepard, 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

Howes, Carollee – Developmental Psychology, 1990
A longitudinal study of 80 toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners found that children who entered early in low quality care had the most difficulty with peers in preschool. Lives of parents who used low quality care were characterized by complexity and use of less appropriate socialization practices than those used by other parents. (RH)
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Family Characteristics

Karweit, Nancy – Elementary School Journal, 1988
Addresses issues in the organization and delivery of preprimary instruction: attendance, the basis for program entry, and the effects of alternative curricula and length of school day on student achievement. Limitations of existing studies are described, and the problem of the increasingly academic nature of preprimary curricula is discussed. (RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Curriculum, Developmentally Appropriate Practices

May, Deborah C.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education, 1995
This study examined effects of delayed school entry on later elementary school grade retention and special education service rates. Students (n=279) who delayed school entry were most often male and were placed in special education programs in significantly higher proportions than nondelayed-entry students. No significant effect of delayed entry…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Grade Repetition, High Risk Students, Males

Bellisimo, Yolanda; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1995
Examined the prevalence of holding age-eligible children out of kindergarten in a single northern California county, and the changes in the phenomenon over time. Found a significant decline in the frequency of holding out for both boys and girls, but that boys are held out more often than girls and that holding out is positively associated with…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, High Risk Students, Kindergarten, Parent School Relationship