Students at Canadian private schools do better than their public school peers because of their backgrounds and classmates, not the schools themselves, Statistics Canada says in a new report.
The study followed 7,142 Grade 10 students, focusing on standardized test scores in reading, math and science at age 15, as well as the qualifications they had earned by age 23.
Private school students had higher test scores and more educational success after high school, but Statistics Canada says none of the differences could be attributed to school resources and practices.
"Two factors consistently account for these differences," the report released on Tuesday said. "Students who attended private high schools were more likely to have socio-economic characteristics positively associated with academic success and to have school peers with university-educated parents."
The report says uncovering the cause-and-effect between private school and student success is challenging because of self-selection: wealthier families are better able to enrol their children in private schools, and private schools may have more stringent admission criteria.
Once in the school, private school students are more likely to have classmates who will exert a positive influence.
The study said school resources and practices differed "only slightly" between public and private institutions.
The study looked at such resources as:
- Student-teacher ratio.
- Annual instructional hours.
- Number of computers per student.
- Percentage of teachers with an undergraduate degree.
The study subjects were from all the provinces, and born in 1984.
About six per cent of Canadian 15-year-olds attend private school.
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