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Author: Knutson, David
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1. Mayer, Susan E.
Knutson, David
Does Age at Enrollment in First Grade Affect Children's Cognitive Test Scores?
JCPR Working Paper 23, Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University/University of Chicago, December 1997.
Also: http://www.jcpr.org/wpfiles/newchild.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Joint Center for Poverty Research
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; Family Background and Culture; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; School Entry/Readiness

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We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Mother-Child Files to estimate the effect of age at enrollment in first grade on eight to eleven year old children's cognitive test scores and behavior problems. We find that children who enroll in first grade at a young age score higher on cognitive tests and have fewer behavior problems than children of the same age who enroll at an older age. This is mainly because children who enroll earlier have had more schooling than their same-aged peers who enrolled later. We also find that among children with the same amount of schooling, those who enrolled at a younger age have higher verbal scores than those who enrolled at an older age. This is because they were exposed to schooling at a younger age. We assess the extent to which early gains in test scores attributable to enrolling at a younger age decline as children progress through school and the extent to which the benefit of early enrollment is due to family background characteristics.
Bibliography Citation
Mayer, Susan E. and David Knutson. "Does Age at Enrollment in First Grade Affect Children's Cognitive Test Scores?" JCPR Working Paper 23, Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University/University of Chicago, December 1997.
2. Mayer, Susan E.
Knutson, David
Does the Timing of School Affect How Much Children Learn?
In: Earning and Learning: How School Matters. S. E. Mayer and P. E. Peterson, eds. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution and Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1999: pp. 79-102
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; Family Background and Culture; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; School Entry/Readiness; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Mother-Child Files to estimate the effect of age at enrollment in first grade on eight to eleven year old children's cognitive test scores and behavior problems. We find that children who enroll in first grade at a young age score higher on cognitive tests and have fewer behavior problems than children of the same age who enroll at an older age. This is mainly because children who enroll earlier have had more schooling than their same-aged peers who enrolled later. We also find that among children with the same amount of schooling, those who enrolled at a younger age have higher verbal scores than those who enrolled at an older age. This is because they were exposed to schooling at a younger age. We assess the extent to which early gains in test scores attributable to enrolling at a younger age decline as children progress through school and the extent to which the benefit of early enrollment is due to family background characteristics.
Bibliography Citation
Mayer, Susan E. and David Knutson. "Does the Timing of School Affect How Much Children Learn?" In: Earning and Learning: How School Matters. S. E. Mayer and P. E. Peterson, eds. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution and Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1999: pp. 79-102