The Tips by Text intervention did not produce significant improvements in children's socioemotional outcomes (SDQ) relative to control¶
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q3 i? Students whose parents received Tips by Text did not perform significantly better on socioemotional well-being measures than the control group. → O'Reilly 2026
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O'Reilly 2026¶
O'Reilly, F., Loeb, S., Farrell, A., & Scerif, G. (2026). Supporting Parents to Support Children: A U.K. Randomized Controlled Trial Testing a Text Message Intervention to Cultivate the Home Learning Environment. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000973
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Analysis of the teacher-completed SDQ secondary outcome (total difficulties, internalizing, externalizing, prosociality) in the same RCT, with baseline YARC scores as a control because no baseline SDQ was collected. The article reports no significant improvement; no effect size is printed.
"The intervention did not lead to significant improvements in reading-related skills or socioemotional outcomes, including for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, English as an additional language learners, or those with special educational needs."
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Related Claims¶
- The Tips by Text intervention did not produce significant improvements in children's early reading-related skills (YARC) relative to control — related
- Parent-delivered READY4K! text messages improve preschool children's early literacy performance — related
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The Tips by Text intervention did not produce significant improvements in children's socioemotional outcomes (SDQ) relative to control |
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The Tips by Text intervention did not produce significant improvements in children's socioemotional outcomes (SDQ) relative to control |
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2026 |
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