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Changes Over an Eight- and a Nine-Year Period in the Readiness Level of Entering First-Grade Pupils.
Download full textMitchell, Blythe C. – 1974
Data from national entering first-grade populations of 1964 (N=12,225) and of 1972/1973 (N=4275/6653) show an 11-point increase in median raw score on the 102-item Metropolitan Readiness Tests. The increase is shown to be greater at the lower than at the higher ranges of the score scale, with the first quartile increasing by 13 points, the third…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Learning Readiness, Longitudinal Studies
Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr.; Frary, Robert B. – J Exp Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Experimental Teaching
Peer reviewedMoore, Ruth C.; Ogletree, Earl J. – Education, 1973
Since all of the children represented in this study are now in the first grade, results appear to indicate that gains accrued during the Head Start experience have some degree of stability. The level of significance was well beyond the possibility of the findings having occurred by mere chance. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Experience, Grade 1, Intelligence Quotient
Relationships between Readiness Characteristics and Basic Skills Achievement of Rural First Graders.
Liu, Jeanne M.; Brinlee, Patricia S. – 1983
The exploratory investigation was guided by four research questions: (1) what are the similarities and differences in the readiness status between rural and urban first graders; (2) what is the relationship between the readiness status and socioeconomic status of rural and urban first graders; (3) what are the similarities and differences in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Hill, Robert R.; And Others – 1980
This document reports the preliminary results of the Fall, 1980 administration of the Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) to all first grade students in South Carolina. This battery was administered in accordance with the mandate of the 1978 Act 631 of the state legislature. The CSAB is an individually administered readiness battery…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Resources
