Kindergarten retention and transition classrooms: Their relation...

Kindergarten retention and transition classrooms: Their relationship to achievement Psychology in rhe Schools Volume 31. January I994 KINDERGARTEN RETENTION AND TRANSITION CLASSROOMS: THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ACHIEVEMENT JOANNE M. DENNEBAUM AND JANET M . KULBERG University of Rhode Island This study examined the relationship between extra-year programs and later school achievement. Ninety-five children were identified as being either retained in kinder- garten, placed in a transition