Study: Delaying kindergarten has few longterm benefits
Study: Delaying kindergarten has few longterm benefits
- March 25, 2026
- Jade Jenkins, education and CPIP co-director, EdSurge, March 25, 2026
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Jade Jenkins, an associate professor of education at University of California, Irvine, found in a report that forced redshirting brought pros and cons. It helped math and reading scores in third through fifth grades, and students with forced delays into kindergarten also had a 4 percent increase of being identified as academically gifted. However, the same report found students had a 6 percent drop in disability identification. According to Jenkins’ research, it benefitted lower-income, white students but brought no benefit to Hispanic students.
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