The Catholic School Advantage and Common School Effect Examined: A Comparison between Muslim Immigrant and Native Pupils in Flanders

Autor/inn/en	Agirdag, Orhan; Driessen, Geert; Merry, Michael S.
Titel	The Catholic School Advantage and Common School Effect Examined: A Comparison between Muslim Immigrant and Native Pupils in Flanders
Quelle	In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 28 (2017) 1, S.123-135 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Agirdag, Orhan) ORCID (Driessen, Geert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0924-3453
DOI	10.1080/09243453.2016.1251469
Schlagwörter	Catholic Schools; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Muslims; Elementary School Students; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Public Schools; Longitudinal Studies; Achievement Tests; Hypothesis Testing; Context Effect; Comparative Education; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholische Schule; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Muslim; Muslimin; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Belgien
Abstract	This study investigates the impact of Catholic schooling on academic achievement of native Belgian and Muslim immigrant pupils. The distinctive characteristics of Catholic schools in Belgium (Flanders) form an exceptionally suitable context to study this. Multilevel latent growth curve analyses are conducted with data from approximately 5,000 pupils across 200 primary schools. No support was found for the Catholic school advantage hypothesis as the overall achievement growth for math and reading was not significantly better in Catholic schools than in public schools. Likewise, no evidence was found for the so-called "common school effect" hypothesis: The learning growth of Muslim pupils was not significantly better in Catholic schools. In fact, the initial achievement gap was found to be higher in Catholic schools than in public schools. Implications of these findings are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01