Kindergarten teacher details ‘lunacy’ of standardized tests for kids

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45. Only 4% of children delay kindergarten.

according to this study:

http://cepa.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/bassok%20reardon%20redshirting%20march%202012.pdf

Abstract

Kindergarten “redshirting”—the decision to delay a child’s kindergarten entry—may have consequences not only for the redshirted child but for other children whose grade cohort is affected. We use nationally-representative data to estimate the prevalence of redshirting, its relationship to observable characteristics, and its impact on the composition of kindergarten cohorts. We find that only 4 percent of children delay kindergarten, a lower number than typically reported. Male, white and high SES children are most likely to delay kindergarten. However, we find no evidence that delayed entry is related to children’s social or cognitive skills prior to school entry. Given the low redshirting rates nationwide, redshirting has only modest effects on the magnitude of national kindergarten-entry achievement gaps.

Keywords: school readiness, kindergarten, academic redshirting

I have never even heard of redshirting happening in my school, and we have a high-achieving school system.

I will have to ask the kindergarten teachers.