Jean Écalle|Christophe Gomes|Pauline Auphan|Laurent Cros|Annie Magnan
Effects of policy and educational interventions intended to reduce difficulties in literacy skills in grade 1
Laboratoire d’Étude des Mécanismes Cognitifs|Laboratoire d’Étude des Mécanismes Cognitifs|Laboratoire d’Étude des Mécanismes Cognitifs
two largescale studies effects policy educational interventions literacy skills examined children schooled zones specific educational needs calculate potential effects interventions treatmenteffects estimators nearest neighbor matching used study 1 policy intervention n 1095 children experimental group exp assigned small classes 12 pupils others control group cont normalsized classes 2025 pupils end grade 1 effect sizes favor exp 14 22 word reading spelling study 2 educational interventions n 2803 children exp benefit evidencebased practice ie codefocused intervention phonology letter knowledge decoding fluency developed association agir pour lecole act school conducted teachers small groups children low performance beginning grade 1 effect sizes interventions various literacy skills 12 32 set results obtained france accordance described countries conclude double intervention small classes targeted educational approaches could one best ways reducing inequalities learning read