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Students were divided into groups of younger and older school entrants based on the difference between the year of birth and the year of school entry.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Differences in school achievement between students who were younger and those who were older when they entered school in subjects covered by the curriculum for respective grades were examined among fourth\u2010 and eighth\u2010grade students. Two achievement measures were used for each subject\u2013objective test results obtained during a national examination and final school marks appointed by teachers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among fourth\u2010grade students, older school entrants on average performed slightly better than the younger ones in all the subjects, irrespective of the achievement measure used. However, these differences in achievement are very small, and the effect of school entrance age on achievement is very weak. In the eighth\u2010grade sample, younger and older school entrants did not differ in their achievement in the majority of subjects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Students who are older when they enter school perform slightly better than their older classmates in the lower grades of primary school, but these differences in achievement are very small and are probably no longer present by the end of primary schooling.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/bjep.12000","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,4]],"date-time":"2012-10-04T08:16:53Z","timestamp":1349338613000},"page":"651-663","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["The relation between school entrance age and school achievement during primary schooling: Evidence from\n                    <scp>C<\/scp>\n                    roatian primary schools"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"83","author":[{"given":"Marija","family":"Sakic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar Zagreb Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Josip","family":"Burusic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar Zagreb Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Toni","family":"Babarovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar Zagreb Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,4]]},"reference":[{"issue":"102","key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","first-page":"673","article-title":"Uspje\u0161nost predvid\u0111anja obrazovnih postignu\u0107a u\u010denika osnovnih \u0161kola Republike Hrvatske [Prediction of educational achievements of primary school pupils in the Republic of Croatia]","volume":"4","author":"Babarovic T.","year":"2009","journal-title":"Dru\u0161tvena istra\u017eivanja"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/h0045390"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/qje\/121.4.1437"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","volume-title":"Early years education: An international perspective","author":"Bertram T.","year":"2002"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/0141192950210105"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_7_1","volume-title":"Vanjsko vrednovanje obrazovnih postignu\u0107a u osnovnim \u0161kolama Republike Hrvatske \u2013 u\u010denici 4. i 8. razreda [The external evaluation of educational achievement in croatian primary schools \u2013 fourth and eighth grade students]","author":"Burusic J.","year":"2008"},{"issue":"102","key":"e_1_2_6_8_1","first-page":"605","article-title":"Odrednice uspje\u0161nosti osnovnih \u0161kola u Republici Hrvatskoj: Rezultati empirijske provjere. 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