DATE OF BIRTH, BACKWARDNESS AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATION

S ummary . An examination of previous work on the relation of season of birth to educational backwardness suggests that an undue preponderance of Summer‐born children might be found in special schools for the educationally subnormal. This suggestion is verified for a population of 265 children drawn from such schools. Two possible reasons for this effect are considered, that of differential entry to infant school, and the ‘age‐group‐position’...