Educational outcome research for autistic students is geographically concentrated in North America and Europe, with no disciplinary or attendance items from Asia or South America¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Most included items were conducted in North America (n = 71, 63.4%); no items from Asia or South America focused on disciplinary or attendance outcomes. → Smart 2026

Evidence¶

Smart 2026¶

Smart, R., Adams, D., & Simpson, K. (2026). The who, how and what of educational outcome research for autistic students published in the last decade: A systematic quantitative literature review. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 96, 286–305. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.70015

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Geographic coding of the 112 included items. The review reports that "most were conducted in North America (n = 71, 63.4%)". The discussion adds that no items from Asia or South America focusing on disciplinary and attendance outcomes were included.

"Of the 112 included items, most were conducted in North America (n = 71, 63.4%) and were published as peer‐reviewed journal articles (n = 83, 74.1%)."

Discussion¶

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