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There is research that has been posted that supports this. There is actually quite a bit of research on this in professional books and journals.

Please post links to some of the research that supports the idea that children aged 5-6 shouldn't be at the emergent-reader level. [/quote]

You go find research that supports it.  I posted information about the research that says there is no value to it.  And, you are right, I only posted articles about it, but there are enough articles to understand it.  As I said, my own experience supports my conviction that it is correct.  What supports yours?  Oh, yes, 93% of Montgomery county kids can do it. But, guess what?  [b]It doesn't appear to hold over the years.[/b]  Maybe, those K students would have benefited from waiting.    As posted earlier, you can teach a twelve year old to drive.  A twelve year old can learn to drive.  But, should he  
 
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Yes, it's down to 70% by grade 2. Not an argument for developmental inappropriateness.

And again -- if you make the assertion, then you should provide the supporting research. But nonetheless, here is a link to that research from New Zealand:

http://web.uvic.ca/~gtreloar/Articles/Language%20Arts/Children%20learning%20to%20read%20later%20catch%20up%20to%20children%20reading%20earlier.pdf

It doesn't say what you say it's saying. It's based on a comparison of two non-comparable groups. And the authors themselves characterize the design as "non-experimental" and strongly qualify the results.[/quote]

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