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- Title
Edad Relativa y Resultados Escolares en Educación Primaria en la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria.
- Authors
González-Vallinas, Paula; Librero, Julián; Peiró, Salvador; Fabián, José Luis San
- Abstract
In this paper, we explore the impact of birth month on the academic achievement in Spanish Language and Mathematics of primary students in grades 2, 4, and 6 in Cantabria County, in the academic years of 2009-2014. The findings show that students born in lateautumn months scored lower than their classmates, suffering, therefore, from the disadvantage of being relative younger. In general, results show that students born at the end of the year have worse academic performance and an increased probability for low student achievement, after controlling gender, grade repetition, and average school results. We insist on the importance of modifying compulsory school age grouping as well as applying a flexible date exam policy (evaluation criteria) to ensure that relative outcomes for younger children are not impacted by birth month.
- Publication
Education Policy Analysis Archives / Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas / Arquivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas, 2018, Vol 26, Issue 141/142, p1
- ISSN
1068-2341
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14507/epaa.26.2926