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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6:19 I have no idea what you're saying. I wrote public, but it could have been a private teacher. There are definitely teachers out there who want good test scores and an easy class and will recommend kids get held back if a parent comes to them wavering about the decision. I've seen it firsthand more than once. It would be interesting to rate elementary schools on scales of how old these children are because [b]some of the schools with high test scores just tend to have a lot of redshirted kids.[/b]  I still no matter what would not hold back an April child or even a June child for that matter. The oldest child I know has a July birthday and is very short. My child is one of the oldest and I feel he'd fit in better socially with kids who are a little older than him. Most of the boys in class like to goof around more than he does so a more immature child would probably fit in better socially.[/quote]

I have no idea if what you are saying is true, but assume it is.  If so, so what?

You are saying that schools with high test scores (i.e. with kids who have successfully been able to master the curriculum) have a lot of kids who were held back a year.

Wouldn't that mean that holding kids back a year was a good decision, then, if it allowed more kids to successfully master the curriculum?   
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