Achievement of public and non-Catholic private high school students within a matched sample

Over the past six years, analyses of the National Center for Education Statistics' High School and Beyond data have primarily focused on the differences in achievement between public and Catholic high school students. Valuable data on non-Catholic private school students have been virtually ign...

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Main Author: Mead, Susan Virginia
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Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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spelling ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-458182021-05-05T05:40:30Z Achievement of public and non-Catholic private high school students within a matched sample Mead, Susan Virginia Sociology Michaels, James W. Bayer, Alan E. Hughes, Michael D. Wolfle, Lee M. LD5655.V855 1987.M433 Academic achievement Catholic high schools High school students Private schools Public schools Over the past six years, analyses of the National Center for Education Statistics' High School and Beyond data have primarily focused on the differences in achievement between public and Catholic high school students. Valuable data on non-Catholic private school students have been virtually ignored. Based on a strategy proposed by Althauser and Rubin (1970), in this study non-Catholic private schools are matched with public schools similar in school average base year student achievement levels, school average base year student socioeconomic levels, geographic region and racial composition. T-test results show that, among students in the most similar matches, non-Catholic private school students score significantly higher on vocabulary, reading, and a test composite of vocabulary, reading and general math scores. Public/non-Catholic private differences in basic and advanced math, science and civics are not significant although all but the civics tests show a small non-Catholic private advantage. The multiple regression analyses suggest that, for the most closely matched pairs, non-Catholic private school students have a small statistically significant advantage over public students on the 1982 reading test and test composite. However, the non-Catholic private advantage on general math, science, vocabulary and writing tests, and the public advantage on the advanced math and civics tests, are not significant. Thus, the null hypothesis stating that there are no differences between the 1982 achievement test scores of students in public schools and the tests scores of students in non-Catholic private schools is generally refuted. Yet, the differences, primarily favoring non-Catholic private school students, are small and in many cases not significant. Master of Science 2014-03-14T21:50:00Z 2014-03-14T21:50:00Z 1987-08-05 2012-11-17 2012-11-17 2012-11-17 Thesis Text etd-11172012-040336 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45818 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11172012-040336/ OCLC# 17245392 LD5655.V855_1987.M433.pdf vi, 110 leaves BTD application/pdf application/pdf Virginia Tech
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topic LD5655.V855 1987.M433
Academic achievement
Catholic high schools
High school students
Private schools
Public schools
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Academic achievement
Catholic high schools
High school students
Private schools
Public schools
Mead, Susan Virginia
Achievement of public and non-Catholic private high school students within a matched sample
description Over the past six years, analyses of the National Center for Education Statistics' High School and Beyond data have primarily focused on the differences in achievement between public and Catholic high school students. Valuable data on non-Catholic private school students have been virtually ignored. Based on a strategy proposed by Althauser and Rubin (1970), in this study non-Catholic private schools are matched with public schools similar in school average base year student achievement levels, school average base year student socioeconomic levels, geographic region and racial composition. T-test results show that, among students in the most similar matches, non-Catholic private school students score significantly higher on vocabulary, reading, and a test composite of vocabulary, reading and general math scores. Public/non-Catholic private differences in basic and advanced math, science and civics are not significant although all but the civics tests show a small non-Catholic private advantage. The multiple regression analyses suggest that, for the most closely matched pairs, non-Catholic private school students have a small statistically significant advantage over public students on the 1982 reading test and test composite. However, the non-Catholic private advantage on general math, science, vocabulary and writing tests, and the public advantage on the advanced math and civics tests, are not significant. Thus, the null hypothesis stating that there are no differences between the 1982 achievement test scores of students in public schools and the tests scores of students in non-Catholic private schools is generally refuted. Yet, the differences, primarily favoring non-Catholic private school students, are small and in many cases not significant. === Master of Science
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