Public, Catholic Single-Sex, and Catholic Coeducational High Schools: Their Effects on Achievement, Affect, and Behaviors.

Marsh, Herbert W.

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ERIC Number: EJ432060

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Public, Catholic Single-Sex, and Catholic Coeducational High Schools: Their Effects on Achievement, Affect, and Behaviors.

Marsh, Herbert W.

American Journal of Education, v99 n3 p320-56 May 1991

Using data from the High School and Beyond survey, compares junior and senior year performance and other variables in Catholic single sex, Catholic coed, and public schools. Finds Catholic school students are urged to take more academically demanding courses; this accounts for public/Catholic differences in achievement and university attendance. (DM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior, Catholic Schools, Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Ethnicity, Public Schools, Secondary Education, Single Sex Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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