Not All Catholic Schools Are Private Schools: Does It Matter for Student Performance?

doi:10.1080/19422539.2021.2010457

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Not All Catholic Schools Are Private Schools: Does It Matter for Student Performance?

dc.contributor.author	Tsimpo, Clarence
dc.contributor.author	Wodon, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned	2022-02-22T15:24:04Z
dc.date.available	2022-02-22T15:24:04Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-28
dc.description.abstract	National student assessments from Uganda suggest low levels of proficiency for students in primary and secondary schools. This is confirmed by data for primary schools from the 2013 Service Delivery Indicators survey. The data are used in this article to conduct an assessment of factors affecting student performance. A unique feature of the data is that comparisons can be made not only between public and private schools, but also between Catholic and non-Catholic schools, with most of the Catholic schools being public schools. The analysis looks at student performance on tests for English, numeracy, non-verbal reasoning, and the student’s overall score for the three dimensions combined. Explanatory factors include a wide range of school, teacher, child, and community characteristics. After controlling for these factors, students in private schools, Catholic or not, tend to perform better than those in public schools, Catholic or not. By contrast, differences between Catholic and non-Catholic schools, especially when the schools are public, appear to matter less for student performance.	en
dc.identifier.citation	International Studies in Catholic Education
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/37008
dc.identifier.issn	1942-2539
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/37008
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	K12 EDUCATION
dc.subject	CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	UGANDA
dc.title	Not All Catholic Schools Are Private Schools	en
dc.title.subtitle	Does It Matter for Student Performance?	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
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okr.associatedcontent	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19422539.2021.2010457 Journal website (version of record)
okr.date.disclosure	2023-09-28
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T11:03:22.917647Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/19422539.2021.2010457
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.country	Uganda
okr.sector	Education
okr.topic	Education::Economics of Education
okr.topic	Education::Education Finance
okr.topic	Education::Education For All
okr.topic	Education::Education Indicators and Statistics
okr.topic	Education::Education Reform and Management
okr.unit	The World Bank
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