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ERIC Number: EJ386004
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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How Best to Protect Children from Inappropriate School Expectations, Practices, and Policies.
Bredekamp, Sue; Shepard, Lorrie
Young Children, v44 n3 p14-24 Mar 1989
Describes ways in which well-intentioned efforts to protect young children from inappropriate school practices have had the opposite effect. Readiness testing, retention, transition classes, tracking, and increased entrance age are discussed. Alternative strategies are proposed. (BB)
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Strategies, Elementary School Students, Expectation, Grade Repetition, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Predictive Validity, Primary Education, School Entrance Age, School Readiness Tests, Screening Tests, Transitional Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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