ACCORDING TO N.E.A. (1958), ONLY ONE IN EVERY FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD EXCEPTIONS TO AN ARBITRARY ADMISSION SCHOOL AGE, AND ADMISSION WAS USUALLY DUE TO PARENT INITIATIVE. A FIELD DEMONSTRATION OF EARLY ADMISSION WAS INITIATED IN WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA (TO LAST FOR TWO YEARS), TO ASSURE THAT THE TESTED PROCESSES AND FAVORABLE RESULTS OF EARLY…

A 4-YEAR STUDY DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EARLY ADMISSION TO SCHOOL FOR MENTALLY ADVANCED CHILDREN. APPROXIMATELY 800 CHILDREN WERE SCREENED TO LOCATE THE 36 CHILDREN WHO ENTERED KINDERGARTEN BEFORE THE USUAL TIME. CRITERIA FOR EARLY ADMISSION INCLUDED AN INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT APPROXIMATELY 130 OR HIGHER, SOCIAL MATURITY AT…