Escalating Academic Demand in Kindergarten: Counterproductive Policies.

Shepard, Lorrie A.; Smith, Mary Lee

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Publication Date: 1988

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Escalating Academic Demand in Kindergarten: Counterproductive Policies.

Shepard, Lorrie A.; Smith, Mary Lee

Elementary School Journal, v89 n2 p135-45 Nov 1988

Policies such as raising of entrance age, readiness screening, and kindergarten retention are intended to solve the problem of inappropriate academic demand by removing younger or unready children from the regular classroom. Research evidence does not support the efficacy of these policies. (RH)

Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Grade 1, Grade Repetition, Kindergarten, Primary Education, School Entrance Age, School Readiness Tests

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