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ger-324	Repko-Erwin, Melia Eileen	Was Kindergarten Left Behind?: Examining U.S. Kindergarten as the New First Grade in the Wake of No Child Left Behind	2017	17	.pdf	application/pdf	9936	617	53	Connecting NCLB’s increased emphasis on standards and accountability to issues of kindergarten readiness, the role of academics, play, and developmental appropriateness in kindergarten, and changes in kindergarten literacy instruction Reading the literature under the guidance of these questions, I was able to connect NCLB’s increased emphasis on standards and accountability to: 1) issues of kindergarten readiness; 2) the role of academics, play, and developmental appropriateness in kindergarten; and 3) changes in kindergarten literacy instruction.	cache/ger-324.pdf	txt/ger-324.txt