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Even a couple months can make a big difference in a student's ability to focus in class, researchers found in the largest study looking at a strict Sept. 1 cutoff birth-date cutoff date for enrollment. Researchers studied ADHD diagnoses for children born in August, the youngest in their classes, compared with those born in September, who became the oldest in their classes.