Private Schools and Student Achievement

Ebrahim Azimi (), Jane Friesen () and Simon Woodcock
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Ebrahim Azimi: Department of Environmental Health and Engineering Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21231
Jane Friesen: Department of Economics Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 Canada

Education Finance and Policy, 2023, vol. 18, issue 4, 623-653

Abstract: We investigate the effects of private schools on reading and numeracy scores using rich population data. Conditional on lagged test scores and narrowly defined neighborhood indicators, Catholic and non-Christian faith private schools on average raise test scores by 0.18 standard deviation or more relative to the average public school, while non-Catholic Christian private schools have negligible effects. The effects of secular private “prep” schools are similar to those of Catholic schools, but selection bias is a greater concern in this case. We use school-specific estimates of effectiveness to investigate private school choice decisions and the determinants of private school effectiveness.

Date: 2023
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