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EJ382617 PS516160
Title: Escalating Academic Demand in Kindergarten: Counterproductive Policies.Author(s): Shepard, Lorrie A.; Smith, Mary Lee
Source: Elementary School Journal, v89 n2 p135-45 Nov 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Notes: Thematic Issue: Early Childhood Programs in Public Schools
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1989
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: *Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Grade 1;
*Grade Repetition; *Kindergarten; Primary Education; *School Entrance
Age; *School Readiness Tests
Identifiers: Developmentally Appropriate Programs; *Escalating Curriculum;
*Screening Programs
