Does the school cutoff date cause the disadvantage for children born in July and August?
Abstract Compulsory education systems usually specify a cutoff date regulating the precise age for entry into primary school. Existing literature from the USA and Europe has demonstrated that children born just before the cutoff date are disadvantaged in academic performance and has formalized this...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-04-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Chinese Sociology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-018-0075-8 |