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ERIC Number: EJ298938
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Age of Admission and Trends in Achievement: A Comparison of Blacks and Caucasians.
Langer, Philip; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v21 n1 p61-78 Spr 1984
This study investigated the changing achievement relationships among Black and White students based on ages at entry into first grade. The data indicated that, for both groups, the significantly higher achievement of the oldest students at age 9 disappeared by age 17. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Parent Background, Racial Differences, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Sex Differences, Student Characteristics, White Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress
Note: This article is based on a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New York, NY, March 19-23, 1982).