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Reply to "This age discrepancy due to "redshirting" is ridiculous"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I taught K for one year and first for 11. I know that redshirting an immature kid is worthwhile.(I'm talking about a child who is within three months of the cutoff.) Redshirting a "slow" child does not pay off. [/quote] Unless you also taught middle and high school, you have too narrow a view of redshirting. The young 5 who was redshirted may thrive in 1st and 2nd. Only to flounder in middle or high because he caught up with his age peers years ago, and now feels surrounded by "kids." Or the high schooler who drops out because he's just done with school, whereas keeping him on grade level might have kept him slightly more engaged and slightly more willing to finish school. Longitudinal studies of retaining children do not indicate beneficial outcomes across the board.[/quote]
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