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One Click Away: AI Tutoring with Khanmigo in a Two-Year School Experiment

Added to the Kunskapsbank on 2026-09-07 but not on the old published site.

Authors: Oreopoulos, P.; Low, N. · Year: 2026 · Tier: RCT · DOI/URL: NBER Working Paper 35620. https://doi.org/10.3386/w35620

Lower secondary (grades 7–9) Across ages AI and learning

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ClaimBasis
K26 (candidate)Note carries the bank kill sentence behind K26 (group K26); no change in review

Review state: first-pass draft, pending human review.

Source note (Swedish, verbatim from the Kunskapsbank)

Syntes: Oreopoulos & Low (2026) — Khanmigo two-year RCT (AI-015)

Källa: Oreopoulos, P., & Low, N. (2026). One Click Away: AI Tutoring with Khanmigo… NBER WP 35620. https://doi.org/10.3386/w35620
Original: 01-originaldokument/oreopoulos-low-2026-khanmigo/ (ABSTRACT; NBER PDF manuell)
ID: AI-015
Tier: RCT
Closed-book follow-up: delvis (nationella math percentiles; coach-mode, ej open GenAI)
HE vs K–12: grundskola-hog (18 TN middle schools; 2 år)
Evidensstyrka: hög ekologisk validitet; effekt liten; engagement-mekanism tydlig.

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Finding (+ comparator)

Assignment till Khan+Khanmigo (coach) under daily remedial math: +1,3 national percentile ranks/term (~0,06–0,08 SD/år); full aktivt år ≈0,14 SD. Comparator: skolans remedial session utan denna assignment. Effekten liknar Khan practice utan AI. 96 % provade AI; median använde det ~1/3 av practicedagar; endast 17 % av mistagssessioner hade substantiv dialog.

Mechanism

Bindande constraint = engagement, inte modellkapacitet. “Access ≠ use ≠ tutoring dialogue.” Pedagogisk konfiguration (coach) otillräcklig om elever klickar/svarar kort.

Limits

Cluster RCT; specifikt Khanmigo+Khan; ej Bastani-stil closed-book inom samma lektion; NBER WP.

This claim dies if …

K–12-RCT där coach-AI med hög substantiv dialog-rate (≥ median elev) fortfarande ger nolleffekt vs samma platform utan AI på standardiserad math.

Swedish implication

Stop räkna inlogg/licens som evidens för AI-tutor; start logga misstag→dialog-andel; measure percentile/NP + usage fidelity innan uppskalning.

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Metadata as recorded

ID
AI-015
Tier
RCT
Closed-book follow-up
delvis (nationella percentiler / achievement; AI coach-konfigurerad, ej open ChatGPT)
HE vs K–12
grundskola-hög (middle school, Tennessee; 18 skolor)
Titel
One Click Away: AI Tutoring with Khanmigo in a Two-Year School Experiment
Författare
Oreopoulos, P.; Low, N.
År
2026
Källa/DOI
NBER Working Paper 35620. https://doi.org/10.3386/w35620
URL
https://www.nber.org/papers/w35620
Typ
cluster-RCT (2 år; Khan Academy + Khanmigo coach-mode under remedial math)
Åldersgrupp
grundskola-hog (middle school)
Teman
ai-och-larande
Sparade fil
ABSTRACT.md (NBER PDF kan kräva inlogg/manuell)
Hämtad
2026-09-07
Paywall
NBER (abstrakt OA)
Obs
Assignment ≈+1,3 NPR/term (~0,06–0,08 SD/år); liknar Khan utan AI. Bindande constraint = engagemang (median AI-meddelanden få; 17 % av mistagssessioner).

Original files held in the project (not published): ABSTRACT.md