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May, Deborah C.; Kundert, Deborah K. – Executive Educator, 1992
Despite teacher layoffs and program eliminations across United States, extra-year programs before kindergarten or between kindergarten and first grade are booming. Such developmental retentions are costly and could lead to higher incidence of dropping out. Schools should be ready for each child. Early-grade teachers and principals must reject…
Descriptors: Costs, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education
