eLife (Mar 2020)

It is time to get real when trying to predict educational performance

  • Cecile Janssens

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55720
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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A study of 3,500 children in the UK shows that data on socioeconomic background and previous educational achievements can better predict how students will perform at school than genetic data.

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