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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]K teacher here. i had two or three 7 year olds in my K class last year[/quote]

Did their age benefit them academically or behaviorally?  Or was it a detriment?[/quote]

I am more curious about how having kids who should be second grade in kindergarten impacted the five year olds who were correctly placed according to their ages.

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Here is why all 5 year olds, barring a recommendation or diagnosis from a doctor should be required to attend school.

"In early childhood classrooms, where a month or two age difference can make a big difference, teachers perceive the youngest children in the class as having more attention struggles, and behavioral struggles, than the older children, irrespective of the child’s actual age.”

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/10/469929700/a-late-birth-date-could-boost-the-risk-of-an-adhd-diagnosis

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/03/youngest-kids-in-the-class-get-adhd-diagnoses.html

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Actually this shows up in countries where redshirting isn't allowed or is very uncommon. There are multiple repeat studies showing the same heightened risk of ADHD diagnosis associated with a young age regardless of whether there is redshirting or not. Interestingly, the only country studied where it wasn't repeated was Denmark, where parents have greater discretion as to when they enroll their kids and there tend to be greater age ranges in the classrooms. In the Danish study, the study authors speculated that allowing greater parental discretion as to starting age ameliorates the ADHD risk. (They also theorized that the lack of a tie to age could also be cultural resistance to medication.) The Danish study is just one study but it was a fairly large one.  I do think it is pretty clear from the studies thus far that barring redshirting won't fix or even help the problem of ADHD and relative age.[/quote]

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