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school gardening programs consistently found improve dietary behaviors children although several quasiexperimental studies also reported school gardens enhance academic performance date randomized controlled trial conducted substantiate objective study examine effects texas sprouts tx sprouts gardening nutrition cooking program vs control academic performance primarily lowincome hispanic children secondary analysis gradelevel academic scores schools participated tx sprouts program schoolbased cluster randomized controlled trial consisting 16 elementary schools randomly assigned either tx sprouts intervention n 8 schools control delayed intervention n 8 schools analysis included 16 schools students fourth fifth grade austin tx 2016 2019 majority hispanic population majority children participating free reduced lunch program intervention consisted 18 onehour gardening nutrition cooking lessons taught outdoor teaching garden trained educators throughout academic year texas education agency gradelevel data state texas assessments academic readiness obtained via texas education agency website corresponding year intervention control condition repeated measures general linear models pre postintervention state texas assessments academic readiness scores dependent variable run adjusting percent free reduced lunch school district covariates schools received tx sprouts intervention 65percentagepoint increase fourthgrade reading state texas assessments academic readiness scores compared control schools p 047 significant differences reading scores fifth grade students math scores either fourth fifthgrade students groups study findings provide evidence school gardening programs may modest effects academic achievement