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[quote=Anonymous]Most of these studies aren't looking at the same scenario parents on this board are facing.

It's one thing for a public school to tell the parents of a 5 year old he's not ready for K and they should wait a year rather than enroll him now.  If the kid is academically already behind (doesn't know letters of the alphabet, how to rhyme, whatever) and if he spends the next year where he spent the last year (e.g. home, at a babysitter's) odds are he's not going to be significantly more ready.   Under those circumstances, "red-shirting" doesn't help.  Spending longer in a non-educational environment is counterproductive if the goal is to get the child ready for school.

Typical scenario here is more like parents apply for K at a selective private school.  Private schools says, yeah, we'll admit him but we think PreK is a better match (or you should wait a year and reapply for K; we think his current preschool is a better placement for next year).  Under those circumstances, red-shirting may well help.   As someone pointed out already, the choice DCUM parents are facing is typically a "which educational environment/placement makes more sense for this kid next year?" -- not school vs. no school.  [/quote]

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