diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index a96a667..ad7b520 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -676,6 +676,27 @@ pub(crate) enum ReportCommand {
         /// Leave out the hint written for the option the student chose.
         #[arg(long)]
         no_hints: bool,
+        /// Leave the "kinds of thinking" comparison out of the Typst report.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        no_levels: bool,
+        /// Leave the per-objective mastery table out of the Typst report.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        no_objectives: bool,
+        /// Leave the objectives called out as strengths out of the Typst report.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        no_strengths: bool,
+        /// Leave the objectives called out as focus areas out of the Typst report.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        no_focus: bool,
+        /// Leave the dropped-question notice out of the Typst report.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        no_dropped_questions: bool,
+        /// Leave lecture-review suggestions out of the Typst report.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        no_review_lectures: bool,
+        /// Leave suggested study groups and readings out of the Typst report.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        no_study: bool,
         /// Name the misconception each chosen distractor was written to catch.
         ///
         /// Written for you rather than for them, so it reads clinically next to
@@ -778,4 +799,4 @@ mod tests {
     fn the_cli_rejects_an_unknown_subcommand() {
         assert!(Cli::try_parse_from(["coursebank", "frobnicate"]).is_err());
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/commands/analysis.rs b/src/commands/analysis.rs
index 68da7e6..213fc3b 100644
--- a/src/commands/analysis.rs
+++ b/src/commands/analysis.rs
@@ -498,6 +498,13 @@ pub(crate) fn report(cli: &Cli, sub: &ReportCommand) -> Result<Outcome> {
             no_questions,
             no_feedback,
             no_hints,
+            no_levels,
+            no_objectives,
+            no_strengths,
+            no_focus,
+            no_dropped_questions,
+            no_review_lectures,
+            no_study,
             misconceptions,
             solutions,
             template,
@@ -548,7 +555,31 @@ pub(crate) fn report(cli: &Cli, sub: &ReportCommand) -> Result<Outcome> {
             let analysis =
                 classical::analyze(&set, &Thresholds::default(), Some(&record), Some(&catalog));
 
-            let config = typst::load_config(&catalog.layout)?.resolve(Variant::StudentReport);
+            let mut config = typst::load_config(&catalog.layout)?.resolve(Variant::StudentReport);
+            // Each flag only turns a section off; leaving it unset keeps whatever
+            // templates/typst.yaml already resolved to, so a CLI run that doesn't
+            // mention a section never overrides a course's saved preference.
+            if *no_levels {
+                config.student_sections.levels = false;
+            }
+            if *no_objectives {
+                config.student_sections.objectives = false;
+            }
+            if *no_strengths {
+                config.student_sections.strengths = false;
+            }
+            if *no_focus {
+                config.student_sections.focus = false;
+            }
+            if *no_dropped_questions {
+                config.student_sections.dropped_questions = false;
+            }
+            if *no_review_lectures {
+                config.student_sections.review_lectures = false;
+            }
+            if *no_study {
+                config.student_sections.study = false;
+            }
             let meta = typst_diagnostic::Meta::new(&catalog, &record, cohort.students.len());
             let opts = diagnostic::Options {
                 comparison: !no_comparison,
@@ -751,4 +782,4 @@ fn warn_about_drift(
             eprintln!("         {}", finding.message);
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/export/typst/config.rs b/src/export/typst/config.rs
index c99e5f8..bd02870 100644
--- a/src/export/typst/config.rs
+++ b/src/export/typst/config.rs
@@ -328,6 +328,58 @@ impl Default for Fields {
     }
 }
 
+/// Which sections of a student diagnostic are emitted.
+///
+/// Everything defaults on. Each flag corresponds to one block that
+/// [`crate::typst::diagnostic::student_value`] would otherwise write
+/// unconditionally: turning one off drops it from `cb-data` as an empty array
+/// rather than omitting the key, so a template that checks `len() > 0` (the
+/// pattern the bundled templates use) simply renders nothing for that section
+/// without needing to guard against a missing key.
+///
+/// This governs whole sections. Which fields survive *within* a question —
+/// feedback, hints, misconceptions, worked solutions — is decided when the
+/// diagnostic itself is built, not here.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+pub struct StudentSections {
+    /// The per-level ("kinds of thinking") comparison to the class.
+    #[serde(default = "yes")]
+    pub levels: bool,
+    /// The per-objective mastery table.
+    #[serde(default = "yes")]
+    pub objectives: bool,
+    /// Objectives called out as strengths.
+    #[serde(default = "yes")]
+    pub strengths: bool,
+    /// Objectives called out as focus areas.
+    #[serde(default = "yes")]
+    pub focus: bool,
+    /// Which questions were dropped from scoring.
+    #[serde(default = "yes")]
+    pub dropped_questions: bool,
+    /// Lectures to revisit for missed objectives.
+    #[serde(default = "yes")]
+    pub review_lectures: bool,
+    /// Suggested study groups and their readings.
+    #[serde(default = "yes")]
+    pub study: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for StudentSections {
+    fn default() -> StudentSections {
+        StudentSections {
+            levels: true,
+            objectives: true,
+            strengths: true,
+            focus: true,
+            dropped_questions: true,
+            review_lectures: true,
+            study: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// The resolved configuration for rendering one variant.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
@@ -378,6 +430,11 @@ pub struct RenderConfig {
     #[serde(default = "yes")]
     pub number_from_record: bool,
 
+    /// Which sections of a student diagnostic are emitted. Ignored by every
+    /// variant except [`Variant::StudentReport`].
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub student_sections: StudentSections,
+
     /// Anything else you want the template to see, carried through untouched.
     ///
     /// This is the escape hatch that keeps the crate out of your layout
@@ -410,6 +467,7 @@ impl RenderConfig {
             stimulus: StimulusMode::Inline,
             fields: Fields::default(),
             number_from_record: true,
+            student_sections: StudentSections::default(),
             extra: BTreeMap::new(),
         };
         match variant {
@@ -560,6 +618,9 @@ pub struct Overrides {
     /// See [`RenderConfig::fields`].
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub fields: Option<Fields>,
+    /// See [`RenderConfig::student_sections`].
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub student_sections: Option<StudentSections>,
     /// See [`RenderConfig::number_from_record`].
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub number_from_record: Option<bool>,
@@ -603,6 +664,9 @@ impl Overrides {
         if let Some(v) = &self.fields {
             config.fields = v.clone();
         }
+        if let Some(v) = &self.student_sections {
+            config.student_sections = v.clone();
+        }
         if let Some(v) = self.number_from_record {
             config.number_from_record = v;
         }
@@ -668,6 +732,20 @@ variants:
 
   answer-sheet:
     reveal: nothing
+
+  # Every student-report section defaults on. Uncomment what you don't want;
+  # the CLI's `--no-levels`, `--no-objectives`, `--no-strengths`, `--no-focus`,
+  # `--no-dropped-questions`, `--no-review-lectures`, and `--no-study` flags
+  # set these same fields for a single run without editing this file.
+  # student-report:
+  #   student_sections:
+  #     levels: false
+  #     objectives: false
+  #     strengths: false
+  #     focus: false
+  #     dropped_questions: false
+  #     review_lectures: false
+  #     study: false
 "#;
 
 /// Serde default: `true`.
@@ -791,4 +869,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(file.resolve(Variant::Exam).reveal, Reveal::Nothing);
         assert_eq!(file.resolve(Variant::Key).reveal, Reveal::Everything);
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/export/typst/diagnostic.rs b/src/export/typst/diagnostic.rs
index 47ee911..73ce262 100644
--- a/src/export/typst/diagnostic.rs
+++ b/src/export/typst/diagnostic.rs
@@ -169,10 +169,16 @@ fn extra_value(config: &RenderConfig) -> Value {
 
 /// One student's diagnostic as a Typst value.
 ///
+/// `config.student_sections` decides which of `levels`, `objectives`,
+/// `strengths`, `focus`, `dropped-questions`, `review-lectures`, and `study`
+/// are populated; a section turned off is emitted as an empty array rather
+/// than left out of the dictionary, so a template need not guard against a
+/// missing key.
+///
 /// # Arguments
 ///
 /// * `diagnostic` - the assembled diagnostic.
-/// * `config` - the render config, for markup handling.
+/// * `config` - the render config, for markup handling and section toggles.
 ///
 /// # Returns
 ///
@@ -206,11 +212,15 @@ pub fn student_value(diagnostic: &StudentDiagnostic, config: &RenderConfig) -> V
         out.insert("standing", value);
     }
 
+    let levels = if config.student_sections.levels {
+        diagnostic.levels.as_slice()
+    } else {
+        &[]
+    };
     out.insert(
         "levels",
         Value::Array(
-            diagnostic
-                .levels
+            levels
                 .iter()
                 .map(|level| {
                     let mut value = Value::dict();
@@ -227,11 +237,15 @@ pub fn student_value(diagnostic: &StudentDiagnostic, config: &RenderConfig) -> V
         ),
     );
 
+    let objectives = if config.student_sections.objectives {
+        diagnostic.objectives.as_slice()
+    } else {
+        &[]
+    };
     out.insert(
         "objectives",
         Value::Array(
-            diagnostic
-                .objectives
+            objectives
                 .iter()
                 .map(|objective| {
                     let mut value = Value::dict();
@@ -278,8 +292,22 @@ pub fn student_value(diagnostic: &StudentDiagnostic, config: &RenderConfig) -> V
                 .collect(),
         )
     };
-    out.insert("strengths", objective_refs(&diagnostic.strengths));
-    out.insert("focus", objective_refs(&diagnostic.focus));
+    out.insert(
+        "strengths",
+        objective_refs(if config.student_sections.strengths {
+            &diagnostic.strengths
+        } else {
+            &[]
+        }),
+    );
+    out.insert(
+        "focus",
+        objective_refs(if config.student_sections.focus {
+            &diagnostic.focus
+        } else {
+            &[]
+        }),
+    );
 
     out.insert(
         "questions",
@@ -349,11 +377,15 @@ pub fn student_value(diagnostic: &StudentDiagnostic, config: &RenderConfig) -> V
         ),
     );
 
+    let dropped_questions = if config.student_sections.dropped_questions {
+        diagnostic.dropped_questions.as_slice()
+    } else {
+        &[]
+    };
     out.insert(
         "dropped-questions",
         Value::Array(
-            diagnostic
-                .dropped_questions
+            dropped_questions
                 .iter()
                 .map(|dropped| {
                     let mut value = Value::dict();
@@ -365,11 +397,15 @@ pub fn student_value(diagnostic: &StudentDiagnostic, config: &RenderConfig) -> V
         ),
     );
 
+    let review_lectures = if config.student_sections.review_lectures {
+        diagnostic.review_lectures.as_slice()
+    } else {
+        &[]
+    };
     out.insert(
         "review-lectures",
         Value::Array(
-            diagnostic
-                .review_lectures
+            review_lectures
                 .iter()
                 .map(|lecture| {
                     let mut value = Value::dict();
@@ -414,11 +450,15 @@ pub fn student_value(diagnostic: &StudentDiagnostic, config: &RenderConfig) -> V
         ),
     );
 
+    let study = if config.student_sections.study {
+        diagnostic.study.as_slice()
+    } else {
+        &[]
+    };
     out.insert(
         "study",
         Value::Array(
-            diagnostic
-                .study
+            study
                 .iter()
                 .map(|group| study_value(group, content))
                 .collect(),
@@ -1196,4 +1236,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(text.contains("reliability"));
         assert!(!text.contains("stem"));
     }
-}
+}
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