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EJ342574 EA520513

Title: Synthesis of Research on School Readiness and Kindergarten Retention.
Author(s):
Shepard, Lorrie A.; Smith, Mary Lee
Source: Educational Leadership, v44 n3 p78-86 Nov 1986
Publication Date: 1986
Notes:For related articles, see EA 520 512-515 (this issue).
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1987
Target Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers; Researchers

Summarizes school readiness and retention research issues, including youngest first graders' performance, entrance age policies, voluntary decisions to wait an extra year, assessment of children's readiness, and the negative effects of kindergarten and first-grade retention. Concludes that age disadvantages are seldom serious and usually disappear by the third grade. Cites 52 references. (MLHH)

Descriptors: *Age Differences; *Cognitive Development; *Grade Repetition; Kindergarten; Primary Education; *School Readiness; *Testing; *Young Children