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Issue 2 June 2018 [epasr.penpublishing.net](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ ](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ISSN: 1949-4289](ISSN: 1949-4289) (Print)  \nInvestigation of School Readiness and Academic Development of Elementary Students Firstly Enrolled at School with '4+4+4 Education Regulation' in Turkey  \nAli Ekber Sahin & Cigdem Is Guzel  \nTo cite this article  \nSahin, A.E. & Guzel, C.I. (2018). Investigation of School Readiness and Academic Development of Elementary Students Firstly Enrolled at School with '4+4+4 Education Regulation' in Turkey. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 13(2), 104-127. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2018.143.6  \n\n| Published Online | July 23, 2018 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Article Views | 11 single - 26 cumulative |\n| Article Download | 29 single - 45 cumulative |\n| DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2018.143.6](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2018.143.6) |\n\nPen Academic is an independent international publisher committed to publishing academic books, journals, encyclopedias, handbooks of research of the highest quality in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, Science and Agriculture. Pen Academic created an open access system to spread the scientific knowledge freely.  \nFor more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net)  \nThis document downloaded from [70.167.252.66](70.167.252.66) [2 times] Sterling / United States on Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:23:32 +0300  \nPen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey  \nTelephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net)  \nInvestigation of School Readiness and Academic Development of Elementary School Students Firstly Enrolled at School with “4+4+4 Education Regulation” in Turkey  \nAli Ekber Şahini  \nHacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey  \nÇiğdem İş Güzel ii  \nHacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey  \nAbstract  \nSetting the age for starting elementary students at 60 months old has been a hotly debated topic in Turkey since the Grand National Assembly passed an education reform bill as Law No. 6287, known to the public as the “4+4+4 regulation.” At the outset of its implementation, students who started first grade in school year 2012–2013 had an age distribution in the range of 60 to 84 months. The present research aims to determine the effect of this age difference among students in the same grade level on their subsequent development. Thus, the study is a longitudinal and causal comparative research since comparison of the two age groups on both readiness for the school and the academic development throughout the four assessments within six months intervals was investigated. The results indicate that students younger than 69 months are disadvantaged against their older peers in all the specified fields and subfields during all the periods studied.  \nKeywords: Academic development, Academic success, Age Distribution, 4+4+4 educational regulation, School readiness  \nDOI: 10.29329/epasr.2018.143.6  \ni Ali Ekber Şahin, Prof. Dr., Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary Education, Division of Primary Education, Turkey.  \nii Çiğdem İş Güzel, Assist. Prof. Dr., Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary Education, Division of Primary Education, Turkey.  \nCorrespondence: [cigdem.isguzel@hacettepe.edu.tr](cigdem.isguzel@hacettepe.edu.tr)  \nThis document downloaded from [70.167.252.66](70.167.252.66) [2 times] Sterling / United States on Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:23:32 +0300  \nIntroduction  \nThe Law on Amendment of Elementary Education and Training Law and Along with Some Other Laws (Law No. 6287), ratified in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on March 30, 2012 and implemented after publication in the Official Gazette on April 11, 2012, has necessitated regulation in three fields in the Turkish education system. 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