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EJ520504 PS524763
Title: The Incidence of Delayed School Entry: A Twelve-Year Review.Author(s): Brent, Donna; And Others
Source: Early Education and Development, v7 n2 p121-35 Apr 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 1040-9289
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1996
Examined the
incidence of delayed kindergarten entry in a suburban school district
over a 12-year period. Results indicated that there had been a significant
increase in the number of children who had delayed school entry.
Significantly more males than females delayed kindergarten entry,
and the majority of children delaying school entry had autumn birthdates.
(TJQ)
Descriptors: Age Differences; Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten;
Longitudinal Studies; *Parent Attitudes; *School Entrance Age; School
Policy; *School Readiness; Sex Differences
