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EJ606466 EA537210

Title: A Children's Garden No More.
Author(s): Bracey, Gerald W.
Source: Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n9 p712-13 May 2000
Publication Date: 2000
ISSN: 0031-7217
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV2000

"America's Kindergartners," a National Center for Education
Statistics report, suggests that kindergarten is becoming increasingly academic. Children's scores on the 1998-99 Early Childhood Study-Kindergarten reflected their mothers' educational and racial/ethnic backgrounds. Two-thirds of black and Hispanic kids fall into the lowest general-knowledge quartile. (MLH)

Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior; Attention Span; Kindergarten;
*Mathematics Achievement; *Minority Groups; *Reading Achievement; *School Readiness; Student Behavior; *Young Children
Identifiers: Department of Education; *National Center for Education Statistics