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[quote=Anonymous]In general I think you'd be hard-pressed to find evidence for the claim that there's a "big difference" between a 15 month age difference and a 17 month age difference (and, again, sports, scouts, Montessori, Sunday school all function with even broader ranges at this age).

But remember that we're not talking about a randomly-selected group of kids within the range (whatever it is empirically).  So neither the most immature a kid can be at the youngest age nor the most precocious a kid can be at the oldest age will be represented in any given class.  The former kid will be held back for the next cohort and the latter will already be in the cohort ahead.

The older kids in a K classroom are typically kids who are behind and the younger kids are kids who are ahead of the curve in some respect(s).  Broader age ranges can mean narrower developmental ranges.

Local privates (or at least the ones that are hard to get into) want cohorts that work (for the kids and for the teachers) and they put alot of thought and effort both into admissions and into classroom assignments.  This isn't a phenomenon that is imposed on them (they can always refuse to admit older kids to K); it's one that they find choice-worthy.  [/quote]

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