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Being Fair with Kids

School Leaders Need to Assess the Potential Impact of Their Decisions
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The current practice of having children begin school within a twelve-month cohort is unfair but can be ameliorated by incorporating a dual-entry system. Such a reform effort will dramatically reduce failure, improve student achievement at all levels, while reducing expenditures. Many students are penalized from maximizing their academic potential simply by being born at the wrong time of the year. Not only is there a significant decline in achievement for students born in the second half of the year but they also experience higher rates of failure which negatively impacts self-esteem and reduces future success. Meanwhile, more capable students experience unfairness because of the school's extraordinary effort at helping their failing students. With so much focus on the weak, many strong students are held back from achieving their potential. Parents agonize over when to begin their child's formal education but lack data for making informed decisions. Educators understand the issue intuitively but decision makers lack data for justifying reform. These informational needs are now available.
Preface CHAPTER 1: Fairness to Students CHAPTER 2: Low Expectations Provide for Mediocre Education CHAPTER 3: Birth Rather Than Worth Counts Too Much CHAPTER 4: Relative-Age-Effect in Education CHAPTER 5: The Annual, Single-Entry Date CHAPTER 6: A Critical Decision Moment CHAPTER 7: Grade Level of Achievement CHAPTER 8: It Is What It Isn't CHAPTER 9: Student Achievement by Birth Month CHAPTER 10: Getting Older Doesn't Make It Go Away CHAPTER 11: Education's Glass Ceiling CHAPTER 12: Teacher Gender and Fairness to Boys CHAPTER 13: Social Promotion CHAPTER 14: Accommodating Our Best And Brightest CHAPTER 15: A Global Perspective CHAPTER 16: The Finland Solution: Less Is More CHAPTER 17: New Zealand Solution CHAPTER 18: Getting Down To 'Brass Tacks' CHAPTER 19: Getting Practical CHAPTER 20: Dual-Entry Is Not New CHAPTER 21: Conclusion References
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