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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody with a brain wants their kid to be the youngest so this is a game that always has losers.[/quote]
Many people would prefer this. [/quote]

Being on the older side:

It makes them more socially mature when can help navigate school situations easier.

All top students end up on accelerated tracks so they just end up at the very highest or beyond accelerated track.

An extra year of AP classes in high school can save a year of college tuition.

Depending on the sport, it can give them an extra year to train and grow before college recruitment.

This idea that kids need to struggle is probably true, however you let them struggle on a highest accelerated track rather than the standard track.[/quote]

What makes you assume younger kids will not academically achieve?  So, you hold the, back, pay an extra year of preschool to pressure them to speed up to skip a year of college.  Why skip a year of college?

They aren’t more mature.  They are less mature if they are older with younger kids. [/quote]

Just as an example, my kid was already 2 years ahead academically and then we redshirted and now 3+ years ahead academically.  It didn’t slow him down at all because he would always need acceleration.  What the class covers would never be helpful.[/quote]

What, do you have your kid tested?   What is with mothers claiming their five year old are 2 years ahead academically?   With regard to what exactly ?  Then keep a kid back with kids a year younger so he could be the big smart kid ?

“ It’s  not what the class covers.”    No kidding, it’s kindergarten.   Unless he was socially awkward and that might be the case there would be no reason to repeat preschool.   If he was in fact two years ahead, and I’m not sure what that means at this age, the preschool would say he needs to move on.  [/quote]

Yes, reading level, math skills, and writing were tested.  Those were conservative estimates, reading level is currently 5-6 grade levels ahead.  Kid gets pulled out for advanced individual work regardless of the specific grade level work that the other kids are covering.[/quote]

Who tested and why at such an early age.    Many kids can learn to read quickly and test well.  That doesn’t mean holding them back a year.  It makes no sense.  [/quote]

Reading testing was standard in K at our school.  Writing and math were not standard in K but due to observed abilities.  They become standard later in our elementary though.

The academics had nothing to do with redshirting in our case.  Kid is far ahead in core subjects but everything in elementary and middle school is pretty basic anyway.  We are letting our kid have a great childhood and not pushing him into adulthood earlier than needed.  Both parents have elite educations and careers and will put this kid on the same path.  The academics would be easy with or without redshirting.[/quote]

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