This bibliography includes materials that address themselves to the problems arising in setting up "junior kindergartens" to enroll children 4 years of age. It is restricted to preschool education within a public school setting and does not deal with the question of day care centers and private nursery schools. The bibliography is…

This document reviews research findings on criteria used to determine age of entry into first grade. Criteria discussed include chronological age, mental age, I.Q., sex, and physical development (teething, visual development, etc.). In general, the research reviewed supports later entry, especially for children with below average intelligence. For…

This paper describes the scope and findings of a separately published comprehensive review of research on optimum age of entry into first grade, covering the literature from 1915 to 1976. (Not included was research on reading, the gifted, mentally retarded, and materials in popular journals.) Findings noted the inadequacy of chronological age as a…