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Aragon, Stephanie – Education Commission of the States, 2015
Policymakers across the nation continue to push for expanded free and compulsory school age requirements. More states are considering granting students earlier access to a free education so that they can begin their academic pursuits earlier in life. Similarly, every year a number of states consider extending the upper limit for compulsory school…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, School Attendance Legislation, School Entrance Age, Dropouts
Balladares, Jaime; Kankaraš, Miloš – OECD Publishing, 2020
Early years are a critical period for skill development. In this sense, the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) programmes have an important role in promoting children's learning during this period. This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of ECEC programmes by analysing the relationship between students' ECEC attendance and their later…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education
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Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Larson, Stephanie Howard – Education Next, 2017
Redshirting gives younger athletes an additional year to develop skills and extends their playing eligibility, since colleges allow these freshmen five years to attend and compete. On the other end of the student age spectrum, many parents of preschoolers have bought into this concept, choosing to delay their child's entry into kindergarten for a…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, Preschool Children
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Lenard, Matthew A.; Peña, Pablo A. – Education Economics, 2018
There are sizable and pervasive academic achievement gaps between minority and non-minority students in the United States. Non-minority students -- particularly boys -- are more likely to enroll in school one year after they become eligible, a practice known as 'redshirting.' Consequently, non-minority students are on average more mature than…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Public Schools, Minority Group Students, Maturity (Individuals)
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Towers, Katherine – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
Recent medical advancements have resulted in improved survival rates for "preterm" children, born before 37 weeks gestation. However, this population remains vulnerable to adverse physiological, neurological and emotional outcomes. Research suggests that the professionals involved with them as they enter and progress through school, such…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Holistic Approach
European Commission, 2016
This publication provides concise information on the duration of compulsory education/training in 43 European education systems covering 38 countries participating in the European Union's (EU's) Erasmus+ programme (28 Member States, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, Full Time Students, Part Time Students
Nebraska Department of Education, 2021
This booklet is in response to commonly asked questions from parents about preparing for, and entering kindergarten. Some questions parents ask are about district policy. Nebraska has over 200 individual school districts, each having their own board, superintendent, and policies. The Nebraska Department of Education provides guidance and…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Educational Policy, School Districts
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Zimmerman, Emily – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: This study examined the extent to which children born preterm (< 37 weeks) and/or who have low birth weight (< 2,500 g) catch up with their full term peers in terms of their language abilities at early school age (= 5 to < 9 years). Method: A systematic literature search identified empirical studies that fit the inclusion…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Phonological Awareness, Meta Analysis, Grammar
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Chittle, Laura; Horton, Sean; Dixon, Jess C. – High Ability Studies, 2018
Relative age effects (RAEs) explain the (dis)advantages individuals experience as a result of when they are born relative to a pre-determined cut-off date. Within an interuniversity setting, academic timing (AT) may moderate the RAE pattern due to some student-athletes having eligibility years that do not correspond with their birth years. The…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Age Differences
Shapiro, Anna – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
Much of the literature estimating disproportionality in special education identification rates has focused on socioeconomic status, race, and gender. However, recent evidence suggests that a student's school starting age also impacts the likelihood they receive special education services, particularly in the early grades. I build on the evidence…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Special Education, Disproportionate Representation, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Baïdak, Nathalie; Sicurella, Agathina – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2019
This report provides information on the structure of mainstream European education systems, from pre-primary to tertiary level for the 2019/20 school and academic year. It includes national schematic diagrams and a guide to reading the diagrams. It also contains a map visually showing the main organisational models of primary and lower secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Compulsory Education
Sicurella, Agathina – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2019
This report provides information on the structure of mainstream European education systems, from pre-primary to tertiary level for the 2018/19 school and academic year. It includes national schematic diagrams, an explanatory guide and a map showing visually the main organisational models of compulsory education. They also reveal that there are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Compulsory Education
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Nikolay Popov – International Perspectives on Education and Society, 2019
The aim of this chapter is to present a brief review of the main trends in the reforms of school structures in Europe that have happened over the past 25 years. The review comprises school systems in 38 European countries: the European Union member states, the European Free Trade Association countries, and some countries in South-Eastern Europe.…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Educational Change, Educational History
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Sahin, Ali Ekber; Is Guzel, Cigdem – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2018
Setting the age for starting elementary students at 60 months old has been a hotly debated topic in Turkey since the Grand National Assembly passed an education reform bill as Law No. 6287, known to the public as the "4+4+4 regulation." At the outset of its implementation, students who started first grade in school year 2012-2013 had an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Educational Legislation, Educational Change
Jordan E. Greenburg – ProQuest LLC, 2021
With increased rigor and accountability standards in elementary school, the kindergarten curriculum has similarly become more demanding. These increased demands have augmented concerns that young children may not be able to cope with the demands of formal schooling. One way to address concerns about school readiness is by altering a child's…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, School Readiness, Elementary School Students
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