Delayed Entry into Kindergarten

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes and examines the critical aspects of the current educational system in the United States. It provides a review of the literature pertaining to school readiness, delayed entry into kindergarten and parent education programs. It concludes by discussing overarching legal requirements regarding entrance to formal education in the State of California. The paper follows by describing the regulations of a school district and the role of a local preschool in an affluent community in Southern California: Mission Viejo. It presents demographic information regarding this community as well as pertinent information about the actual rates and attitudes in the city regarding delayed entry into formal education.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Statement of the Problem
Literature Review
Methodology of the Proposed Intervention
Mission Viejo, California
Local Preschools and Parents
Aims of the Intervention
Method
Recruitment
Description of the Intervention & Procedures
Training Sessions
Pacific Preschool Skills Assessment Development Scale
The Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory
Parenting Stress Index Short Form
Parenting Efficacy for Helping Children Succeed in School
Parental Beliefs Regarding Delayed Entry Questionnaire
Analysis
Pilot Study
Appendix

From the Paper:

"Parents are choosing to K-Shirt their age appropriate, academically prepared children due to social immaturity (B. Bruce, E. Fineberg, L. Way, personal communication, 2005; Emond, 2005; Holloman, 1990; Meisels, 1992;). The risk is that at the age of 18, the State of California will allow any child to drop out of high school. The K-shirted child could attain the age of 18 by the summer prior to their junior year in high school. As most states allow dropping out of school by the age of 16, this issue of immaturity can arise anywhere. However, in this proposal we are examining a specific population of parents who are only looking at a small amount of data around the first few years of schooling. The drop out age is raised only to inform readers that there are other aspects of immaturity to be considered."

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