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EJ402845 PS516896
Title: Changes in Kindergarten: Why Here? Why Now?Author(s): Walsh, Daniel J.
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v4 n3 p377-91 Sep 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN1990
Identifies
and analyzes policy trends in Virginia kindergartens. Trends discussed
are: the school-entry age is being raised; two new grade levels
are being introduced (prior to first grade); children are flunking
kindergarten at a rapidly increasing rate; the use of screening
tests for entry into kindergarten is becoming common; and the kindergarten
curriculum is becoming narrowly academic. (RJC)
Descriptors: *Educational Policy; Educational Principles; Elementary
Education; *Elementary School Curriculum; *Kindergarten; *Trend
Analysis
Identifiers: Policy Analysis; *Virginia
