Private Schooling, Subject Choice, Upper Secondary Attainment and Progression to University

Autor/inn/en	Henderson, Morag; Anders, Jake; Green, Francis; Henseke, Golo
Titel	Private Schooling, Subject Choice, Upper Secondary Attainment and Progression to University
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 46 (2020) 3, S.295-312 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Henderson, Morag) ORCID (Anders, Jake) ORCID (Green, Francis) ORCID (Henseke, Golo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2019.1669551
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Educational Attainment; Academic Achievement; Secondary School Students; Exit Examinations; Access to Education; Higher Education; College Admission; Course Selection (Students); Undergraduate Study; Socioeconomic Status; Correlation; Selective Admission; Achievement Tests; Advantaged; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Schulleistung; Sekundarschüler; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Grundstudium; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Korrelation; Bildungsselektion; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Ausland
Abstract	With approximately three times the resources per pupil in private compared with state schools, Britain's private sector presents an interesting case of what could be expected from schools that are extremely well resourced. This paper studies the links between private schooling and educational performance in upper secondary school, as measured through their performance in 'A level', the main school-leaving assessment which determines access to universities. Using an English longitudinal study, we find evidence that, compared with otherwise observably similar state school students in upper secondary education and controlling for prior attainment, those at private school study more 'facilitating' subjects, which are known to be favoured by high-status universities; they are placed 8 percentage points higher in the A level rankings and 11 percentage points higher in the rankings for 'facilitating' A levels. We find evidence of a private school advantage for participating in undergraduate study, net of socioeconomic status, subjects selected and number of A levels but there is no private school advantage for attending an elite university, controlling for the same characteristics. Taken together with other studies, our findings mean that private schooling in England is associated with cumulative moderate advantages at every stage of education. (As Provided).
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