Age of entry, sex, and academic achievement in elementary school children
PsycholoKy in 111e Schools
Volume 24. Orfobrr I987
AGE OF ENTRY, SEX, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
JOHN D. SWEETLAND AND PHILIP A. DE SIMONE'
Port Washington Public Schools
It was hypothesized that children who enter school at a relatively early age do less
well on standard measures of school achievement than do their older peers. One
hundred fifty-two children born in 1970 and atte
