The intervention showed no meaningful differential effects for children facing socioeconomic disadvantage, EAL, SEN, or multiple overlapping challenges¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Response to the program did not differ meaningfully across subgroups defined by FSM eligibility, IDACI disadvantage, EAL, SEN, or a cumulative multiple-challenges score. → O'Reilly 2026

Evidence¶

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

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Novel secondary moderation analyses extending the RCT's impact analysis: separate subgroup models and moderation analysis for FSM, IDACI, EAL, SEN, and a cumulative challenge score, with FDR correction for multiple comparisons. The article reports no meaningful subgroup differences; no effect sizes are printed.

"nor any meaningful differences in response to the program based on these subgroups."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Socioeconomic Status — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group

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