Religious schools
Overview
- Influence: Religious schools
- Domain: School
- Sub-Domain: Types of schools
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
- Influence Definition: Schools affiliated with a religious entity: Protestant, Catholic, Lutheran, etc., and these are often compared to government schools.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 112
- Number of students: 54,060
- Number of effects: 112
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.23
- Robustness index: 2
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Evaluation Exchange | Jeynes | Parental involvement and secondary school student educational outcomes: A meta-analysis | 2004 | Religious vs. public schooling on achievement | 15 | 54,060 | 15 | 0.25 | |
| Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, | Jeynes | The effects of catholic and protestant schools: A meta-analysis. | 2008 | Religious commitment on achievement | 41 | NA | 41 | 0.19 | |
| Peabody Journal of Education | Jeynes | A meta-analysis on the effects and contributions of public, public charter, and religious schools on student outcomes | 2012 | Religious Schools | 56 | NA | 56 | 0.26 | |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 112 | 54,060 | 112 | 0.23 | |||||