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Sending kids to kindergarten later, a double-edged sword
With
the
increase
in
urbanization,
working
mothers
find
it
difficult
to
manage
a
child
and
a
career,
often
leading
to
the
neglect
to
the
former.
Kindergarten
happens
to
be
a
relief
in
such
cases.
While
the
trend
of
holding
kids
out
of
kindergarten
until
they're
older
is
growing,
a
new
research
shows
that
older
kindergärtner
fare
better
academically
largely
because
they
learn
more
before
starting
school,
not
because
age
improves
aptitude.
Darren
Lubotsky,
a
University
of
Illinois
economics
professor
who
co-author,
also
said
that
academic
advantages
are
short
lived
and
come
at
the
expense
of
delaying
entry
into
the
workforce
and
other
costs.
According
to
the
study,
older
students
post
higher
test
scores
than
younger
peers
during
the
first
few
months
of
kindergarten,
but
their
edge
soon
fades
and
nearly
vanishes
by
eighth
grade.
"If
it
were
true
that
older
kids
are
able
to
learn
at
a
faster
rate,
then
the
differences
in
test
scores
should
get
bigger
as
kids
progress
and
the
material
gets
more
difficult.
But
we
really
see
the
opposite," Lubotsky
said.
The new study is a challenge to decades of research linking age to academic achievement that has led states to push back kindergarten entrance age deadlines and convinced more parents to start children later than the once-traditional age of 5.
Though
older
students
have
an
early
edge
based
on
an
extra
year
of
skill
development,
the
study
maintains
that
older
and
younger
students
learn
at
the
same
pace
once
they
enter
school,
based
on
a
review
of
federal
education
data.
"Kids
learn
at
lot
before
kindergarten,
especially
if
they're
in
preschool.
One
way
to
think
about
it
is
that
the
oldest
kid
in
kindergarten
has
about
20
percent
more
life
experience.
But
once
they
start,
they
basically
learn
at
the
same
rate,"
Lubotsky
said
Based
on
the
findings,
Lubotsky
said
that
parents
and
lawmakers
need
to
weigh
costs
and
benefits
as
they
consider
when
to
start
kids
in
kindergarten."Older
kids
may
do
better
at
first,
but
there's
a
tradeoff.
They're
also
a
year
in
school
behind
other
kids
their
own
age.
At
the
end
of
the
line,
somehow
that
year
will
catch
up
to
them.
They
start
work
a
year
later,
and
parents
have
an
extra
year
of
child-care
costs
if
they
delay
entry.
So
it's
not
free,"
he
said.
The study also showed that wide age gaps caused by holding kids back from kindergarten have both positive and negative effects on younger students.
Children
and
child
psychology
are
delicate
topics
to
deal
with.
Research
in
the
subject
continue
to
reveal
various
stunning
facts.
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