Youngest kids in Kindergartens

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Liz Szabo, Youngest in class get ADHD label. USA TOday, Aug. 17, 2010.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-08-17-1Aadhd17_ST_N.htm
("Although cutoff dates for kindergarten vary by state, the most common date
is Sept. 1, [author of the Michigan State study Todd] Elder says")

My comment: I have been intrigued by cuff--off date in Massachusetts (where
I live). This report set me in motion to find out.


Massachusetts Preschools; Parents helping each other find the best
preschools in Massachusetts. Mar. 10, 2008.
http://massachusettspreschools.org/2008/03/10/kindergarten-readiness/

Quote:

"Most Common Situation: My child is ready for kindergarten but missed the
kindergarten age cut off in my town.

"We were actually surprised by how common this question was. The
Massachusetts public school systems institute age cut offs for kindergarten
attendance that range from the child being five years of age by the August
before kindergarten would begin to as late as November. The problem is that
this kindergarten age cut off, out of necessity, is arbitrary and does not
take into account developmental milestones achieved or academic skills
developed by individual children. * * *


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