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It would be more relevant to look at reading scores for children who specifically tuned into Reading Rainbow. I suspect the number of viewers was a small fraction of all children in the US, in which case the show's ability to affect the nationwide reading scores would be low. In other words, I don't believe the data you cited supports a conclusion that the show was ineffective at educating individual viewers.

[karaterobot]

We'd also have to figure out whether children who already loved reading watched Reading Rainbow, or if children who hated reading started liking it after watching. Since nobody has that data, I'll go with the aggregate.

> In other words, I don't believe the data you cited supports a conclusion that the show was ineffective at educating individual viewers.

I don't think it conclusively proves anything, but I do think it supports a skeptical position. The article doesn't cite anything supporting the notion that Reading Rainbow improved childhood literacy, so I'm wondering if you take the position that it did—and if so, on what basis?