Patterns of First-Graders’ Development at the Start of Schooling: Cluster Approach Based on the Results of iPIPS Project
Journal: Voprosy Obrazovaniya/ Educational Studies Moscow
Year: 2018

The first school year is very important in terms of the further educational trajectories of pupils. Information about the range of individual needs and abilities of children and prognosis of their educational achievements allow the educational system to improve school adaptation and teaching approaches. This study presents the results of an assessment of 7778 first-graders from four Russian cities (Moscow, Naberezhnye Chelny, Tambov and Sevastopol). The children’s results from cognitive (mathema