Early Intervention Services Importance
This newsletter by the Hechinger Report outlines the findings of an early intervention study.
Published: Early intervention services boost later test scores
Date: April 16, 2026
A first-of-its-kind study has found that early intervention services — which can include occupational, physical and speech therapies, among others — improve children’s test scores, even years down the road.
The study, conducted jointly by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the New York City Health Department, showed that children who received the services between birth and age 3 outperformed similar peers on third grade reading and math tests.