What did the researchers do and find?
Using statewide, linked population data from Victoria, Australia, we investigated the school-age developmental and educational outcomes for children born following IVF-assisted conception.The study examined 2 separate assessments of school-age development and educational outcomes among 585,659 children, including 11,059 children who were conceived via IVF.This study was designed and performed within a causal framework, in order to produce the best possible estimate of exposure effect using observational data.We found no difference in school-age childhood developmental and educational outcomes between IVF- and spontaneously conceived children.