The Evidence on Teaching

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2 of 88 decisions · clear everything

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Near-zero in primary and almost entirely correlational in secondary. The causal base is three small trials; what the homework IS beats how much of it there is.

mixedconf: mediumgc: medium
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Homework — effects by age and by dosage · homework · ages 5–18 · structure

Perry and Abecedarian: n=123 and n=111, IQ gains gone by adolescence, attainment effects real but multiplicity-fragile. Too thin to carry the policy built on them.

mixedconf: mediumgc: low
8/836/48connected:Preschool at scale

Perry Preschool and Abecedarian — what the famous studies actually establish · early-childhood · ages 4–5 · structure

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