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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Relative age within a class

Overview

  • Influence: Relative age within a class
  • Domain: Classroom
  • Sub-Domain: Classroom climate
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: It is common to group children into chronological age-based cohorts established by distinct cut-off dates: children with birth dates that fall before the cut-off are included in the cohort, those born after the cut-off must wait until the next cohort. The differences in age within an annual cohort is termed relative age.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 1
  • Number of studies: 8
  • Number of students: 3,347,259
  • Number of effects: 8
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.45
  • Robustness index: 2

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Dissertation Maynard USA Is there an Academic Benefit to Participating in Extracurricular Activities? A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis 2013 Relative age within a grade 8 3,347,259 8 0.45
TOTAL/AVERAGE 8 3,347,259 8 0.45
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