Private schooling is associated with higher political tolerance (0.120 SD) and higher civic knowledge and skills (0.121 SD).¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r3 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? The pooled association between private schooling and political tolerance is 0.120 SD, significant at the 99% CI. → Shakeel 2024 q3 i? The pooled association between private schooling and civic knowledge and skills is 0.121 SD, significant at the 99% CI. → Shakeel 2024 (2)

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 subgroup results from the meta-analysis (Table 2): political tolerance pooled ES 0.120 (SE 0.028, 81 effects, 18 databases), significant at the 99% CI. The article states the evidence is "especially strong" for political tolerance.

"Private school attendance is significantly correlated with higher levels of political tolerance (0.120 SD, 99% CI), political participation (0.180 SD, 90% CI), civic engagement (0.161 SD, 99% CI), civic knowledge/skills (0.061 SD, 95% CI), political knowledge (0.160 SD, 99% CI), and social capital (0.088 SD, 90% CI)."

Shakeel 2024 (2)¶

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): the civic knowledge and skills category pools to 0.121 SD (SE 0.036, 57 effects, 14 databases), significant at the 99% CI. The article states the evidence is "especially strong" for political knowledge and skills.

"positive for political knowledge and skills (0.121 SD, 99% 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 shows no statistically significant association with political participation in the four-category analysis. — 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
• Religious private schooling is more strongly associated with positive civic outcomes than secular private schooling, which shows no significant association. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• 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. — related