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Survives the gold standardIndependent, durable, rigorousThe debunked shelfCheap winsFor parents at homeFamous numbers, deflatedWhere we admit ignoranceThe terrain
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Your situation · from the applicability layer — absence means “not yet assessed,” never “doesn’t apply”
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Not at school: the largest randomised trials find nothing on reading, maths or cognition. A small effect on laboratory executive-function tasks is contested, may be real at ~0.2 SD, and is end-of-treatment only.
mixedconf: mediumgc: mediumDoes learning music make children smarter or better at school? · music · ages 4–16
Not yet assessed for this question · 6
- Chronic absenteeism — does raising attendance raise achievement?
- Breakfast, school meals, and micronutrients — what feeding children actually buys
- Perry Preschool and Abecedarian — what the famous studies actually establish
- Reading-comprehension strategy instruction (reciprocal teaching, summarizing, questioning)
- Reading Recovery and Tier-2 1:1 early-literacy tutoring
- Early sport specialization, talent selection, and the relative age effect
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