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Direct linkErhart, Amber C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
By the end of the kindergarten, students are expected to possess early academic skills as well as the social maturity to be successful in first grade. Students leaving kindergarten without these readiness skills are sometimes held back in first grade or referred for a special education evaluation in later grades if they fail to make adequate…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Predictive Validity, Screening Tests
Download full textKafer, Krista – Heritage Foundation, 2003
The author reacts to the impending reauthorization of the Head Start program by questioning evidence of its long-term impact and making several recommendations for reform: (1) Strengthen Head Start school readiness standards; (2) Guarantee civil rights protections for faith-based providers; (3) Encourage state innovation and improvement; and (4)…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth, Children
