Understanding the Evidence Base on AI in K-12 Education
Summary
A Stanford review identified 20 higher-quality causal studies within over 800 K12 AI papers available by October 2025. Assisted performance and unaided learning diverge; long-term, equity and wellbeing evidence remains limited.
A Stanford review identified 20 higher-quality causal studies within over 800 K12 AI papers available by October 2025. Assisted performance and unaided learning diverge; long-term, equity and wellbeing evidence remains limited.
The review’s search ends in October 2025. This note follows the research-team explanation; individual included studies were not checked.
Sources & reading record
- Stanford SCALE Initiative / AI Hub for Education ↗
- Full research-team explanation read. The report is accessible, but this note follows the explanation and does not claim independent checking of every included study.