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Your situation · from the applicability layer — absence means “not yet assessed,” never “doesn’t apply”
Smaller classes buy real K-1 gains that fade on tests yet persist in attainment — at roughly triple tutoring's cost, and diluted to nothing when scaled fast.
mixedconf: highgc: lowClass-size reduction · class-size · ages 4–18 · structure
Mastery learning moves tests of what it taught (~0.25) and barely moves independent measures (~0.05) — and time-to-mastery gaps widen, converting ability differences into time.
mixedconf: highgc: low6/69/48connected:Does educational technology raise Retrieval practice (the testing efPlacement and mastery diagnosis
Mastery learning (teach → test → reteach to criterion → advance) · mastery · ages 6–18 · method
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: medium16/1629/48
Homework — effects by age and by dosage · homework · ages 5–18 · structure
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