Redshirted students may have potentially lower lifetime earnings because they enter the labor force a year later¶
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q2 i? Redshirted students can have potentially lower lifetime earnings than on-time peers because they enter the labor force one year later. → Kindergarten redshirting: What families should know 2026
Evidence¶
Kindergarten redshirting: What families should know 2026¶
Kindergarten redshirting: What families should know. (2026). NWEA. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/kindergarten-redshirting-what-families-should-know/
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The fact sheet presents this as a potential long-term cost, citing Schanzenbach and Larson's Brookings article; it hedges with "potentially l ower lifetime earnings" and prints no effect size.
"Additionally, there can be potentially l ower lifetime earnings3 because they enter the labor force one year later than their on-time peers."
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Related Claims¶
- Redshirting kindergartners likely carries costs that outweigh its academic benefits — a broader claim this one bears on
- Redshirted students' early-grade academic advantage over on-time peers fades as students move through school — related
- Multiple non-academic competencies (leadership, sports-related skills, work habits, prosocial behavior, locus of control) appear to predict students' later success in higher education and the labor market — related
- Kindergarten redshirting rates have remained around 5% of kindergarteners for roughly two decades — related
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Redshirted students may have potentially lower lifetime earnings because they enter the labor force a year later |
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Redshirted students may have potentially lower lifetime earnings because they enter the labor force a year later |
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