An Evaluation of Readıness For Elementary Education of 6 Year-Old Children From Different Socio-Economic Backgrounds

Abstract

This study aims at the evaluation of readiness for elementary education of 6 year old children from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The subjects of the study are 143 children with the following distribution: 47 from families of lower socioeconomic standing, 46 from the middle class and 50 from affluent families. Each subject underwent evaluation by the Metropolitan Readiness Test, involving 6 sub-tests: Test 1. Word Meaning, Test 2. Sentences, Test 3. Information, Test 4. Matching, Test 5. Numbers and Test 6. Copying. The tests provide an assessment of the levels of reading readiness status, number readiness status and total readiness status of the children. The data obtained were evaluated through the One Way Anova-Scheffe statistical method. Significant differences were found between socioeconomic status and school readiness levels.