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Reply to "Long term affects - good or bad - of holding back from kindergarten"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I'm not saying this applies to every child, but there is a lot of research out there suggesting that even through high school, children at the younger end of the grade level are at a measurable academic disadvantage. Again, this is at the statistical/macro level and may or may not bear on your decision about your child, but it is certainly food for thought. I believe Malcolm Gladwell addressed this in the book Outliers, although I have read it elsewhere since. [/quote] Citations, please. (As far as I know, Malcolm Gladwell was talking about hockey.) What's more, if you're just looking at test scores, then you shouldn't compare the test scores of (for example) 7-year-old first-graders to 6-year-old first graders. You should compare the test scores of 6-year-old first graders to 6-year-old kindergartners. [/quote]
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