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Why aren't parents the best judge (in public school) when it comes to accelerating children in that same, very specific, very limited circumstance? If they can choose to hold out a year, why not allow them to accelerate a year? What makes parents the best judge at delay but not the best judge at acceleration?[/quote]

Take it up with your state board of education -- or the board of trustees of your private school, if you're in private school.[/quote]

Huh. So you think it makes perfect sense for parents to be the best judge for retaining, but not accelerating.

And parents who think parents are the best judge for accelerating should take it up with the authorities. Yet people here get all angst ridden when parents vent about a growing trend of other parents retaining, often for no specific reason.

Interesting.[/quote]

You're the one who wants a change from the status quo. So you're the one who should push for the change from the status quo.[/quote]

My children are in grades appropriate for them, so I'm not particularly worried about it. I do find this discrepancy fascinating though. 
You seem somewhat hostile about it. That's interesting too.[/quote]

I am impatient with people who want to complain about Problem X but want other people to do the work it takes to fix Problem X.[/quote]

I don't want people to do anything except admit the inconsistency. And also, explain why a parent is the best judge for whether a child should start school at 5 or 6, but not whether their child should start instead at 7, or 8. Or skip K completely. At what age do parents stop being the best judge and the school begin to be the best judge? Is it the same age for both retention and advancement? Parents arguing for (and against) redshirting often say parents are the best judge. What does that mean? Why in this case and not in others? [/quote]

There is an easy answer.  If a parent hold a child back, the child misses no academic content.  If a child skips a year then there is a risk of missing content.  The school will then be responsible for remediation.  Also, there are many parent who would happily send a 4 year old to k instead of paying for an additional year of preschool, which would likely result in a bunch of kids too immature to start.[/quote]

You do realize the cost of preschool for many is very expensive and not affordable to many.  We were forced to hold back our September child.  He enjoyed academics so we basically homeschooled him that year.  He progressed enough that he skipped k. And went to 1st this year.   No remediation.  He was more than prepared and happy to skip k. Given he preferred the stronger academics. [/quote]

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