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Early Entrance to Kindergarten and "Redshirting": Implications for Kindergarten Achievement Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort
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Wilson, Hope Elisabeth – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2020
While states have developed policies around a cut-off date for kindergarten entrance, some parents chose to have their child enter kindergarten before this date (Early Entrance) as an acceleration technique, or hold the child back from entering, a practice termed Redshirting, to allow for greater maturity and increased achievement in relation to…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Early Admission, Acceleration (Education), Kindergarten