Is Kindergarten the New First Grade?

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bassok, Daphna ^a   Latham, Scott ^a   Rorem, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic content; early childhood education; kindergarten; school readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996499570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23328584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332858415616358     Document Type: Article

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