Private schooling shows no statistically significant association with political participation in the four-category analysis.¶

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¶

q3 i? The pooled association between private schooling and political participation is positively signed (0.033 SD) but not statistically significant; equivalence was not tested. → 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 confirmatory analysis (Table 2): political participation pooled ES 0.033 (SE 0.037, 152 effects, 14 databases, df 2.265), not significant. The article notes that when df < 4, p values should be interpreted with caution per Tipton (2015).

"When divided across our four general types of civic outcomes, the effect is positive for political tolerance (0.120 SD, 99% CI), positively signed but null for political participation (0.033 SD), positive for political knowledge and skills (0.121 SD, 99% CI), and positive for voluntarism and social capital (0.043 SD, 90% CI)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Civic Mindedness — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Private schooling accessed through a choice program shows no significant civic association, while self-selected private attendance does. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Private schooling is associated with higher political tolerance (0.120 SD) and higher civic knowledge and skills (0.121 SD). — related
• 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