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EJ450523 PS519662
Title: Doing Harm by Doing Good: Iatrogenic Effects of Early Childhood Enrollment and Promotion Policies.Author(s): Meisels, Samuel J.
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v7 n2 p155-74 Jun 1992
Publication Date: 1992
Notes: Special Issue: Research on Kindergarten.
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN1993
Recent emphases
on school readiness and standardized testing have resulted in educational
practices with negative consequences for children. These practices
include a higher school entry age, grade retention, transition programs,
and the practice of enrolling children in kindergarten when they
are six, rather than five, years old. (BC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; *Educational Practices; *Educational
Trends; Enrollment; *Grade Repetition; Kindergarten; Primary Education;
*School Entrance Age; *School Readiness; Standardized Tests; *Transitional
Programs
Identifiers: *Iatrogenic Effects
