Private schooling accessed through a choice program shows no significant civic association, while self-selected private attendance does.¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

Reading the evidence codes

q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q3 i? The pooled ES for choice-program receipt is −0.001 (not significant) versus 0.073 SD for self-selected private attendance, contrary to the hypothesis that choice-program effects would be larger. → Shakeel 2024

Evidence¶

Shakeel 2024¶

Shakeel, M. D., Wolf, P. J., Johnson, A. H., Harris, M. A., & Morris, S. R. (2024). The Public Purposes of Private Education: a Civic Outcomes Meta-Analysis. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09874-1

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

RVE treatment subgroup from Table 2: choice-program effects pool to −0.001 (SE 0.006, 84 effects, 5 databases, df 1.750) while private attendance pools to 0.073*** (SE 0.023, 447 effects, 40 databases). Five studies examined choice-program offers; the rest examined self-selected attendance.

"Choice − 0.001 0.006 5 84 1.750"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Civic Mindedness — outcome: instruction changes it

Private schooling is associated with higher political tolerance (0.120 SD) and higher civic knowledge and skills (0.121 SD). — a broader claim this one bears on
Studies published before 1998 report much larger private-schooling civic effects than studies from 1998 onward, which the authors treat as evidence of publication bias limited to earlier studies. — a broader claim this one bears on
Private schooling shows no statistically significant association with political participation in the four-category analysis. — a broader claim this one bears on
Private schooling is associated with a small positive average advantage in civic outcomes over public schooling (0.055 SD). — a broader claim this one bears on
Religious private schooling is more strongly associated with positive civic outcomes than secular private schooling, which shows no significant association. — related

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`title`	`Private schooling accessed through a choice program shows no significant civic association, while self-selected private attendance does.`
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