Students who are a year older than their peers when they start kindergarten are 2.1% more likely to attend college and 3.3% more likely to graduate from college, according to a study. Researchers compared the academic accomplishments of students born in August and September — because of most school-registration rules, the students born in September were more likely to start school one year later.
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