Learner readiness and special instruction: a study of learner readiness and special instruction in the Bakersfield City School District, Bakersfield, California

The purpose of this study is to compare a locally supported advanced kindergarten experience and no advanced kindergarten experience as they affect the reading ability of boys and girls with comparable intelligence quotients, chronological ages, kindergarten experience, cultural deviation, and bilingual development, using children from geographic areas with high percentages of children participating in the Aid for Dependent Children Program.