Effective programmes in reading and mathematics: lessons from the Best Evidence EncyclopaediaFootnote¹

1. Invited keynote address presented at the second meeting of EARLI SIG 18, Centre for Educational Effectiveness and Evaluation, Leuven, Belgium, August 25–27, 2010. This manuscript was accepted under the guest editorship of Jan Van Damme.

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