Single-Sex Versus Coeducation Schooling: A Systematic Review (2005) (PDF)

POLICY AND PROGRAM STUDIES SERVICE

Single-Sex Versus Coeducational Schooling: A Systematic Review

2005

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF PLANNING, EVALUATION

DOC # 2005-01

AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT

Single-Sex Versus Coeducational Schooling: A Systematic Review

Fred Mael Alex Alonso Doug Gibson Kelly Rogers Mark Smith American Institutes for Research Washington, D.C. (As subcontractors to RMC Research Corporation)

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Policy and Program Studies Service

2005

This report was produced under U.S. Department of Education Contract No. ED-01-CO-0055/0010 with RMC Research Corporation. Dena Gross served as the contracting officer's technical representative. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any product, commodity, service or enterprise mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred.

U.S. Department of Education Margaret Spellings Secretary

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Tom Luce Assistant Secretary

Policy and Program Studies Service Alan L. Ginsburg Director

Program and Analytic Studies Division David Goodwin Director

September 2005

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Contents

List of Tables .................................................................................................................................. v Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................... vii Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... ix

The Systematic Review Process ......................................................................................... x The Quantitative Review ................................................................................................... xi

Implications of Review ......................................................................................... xv Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1 Review Methodology...................................................................................................................... 3

Search Strategy ................................................................................................................... 3 Phases of Review ................................................................................................................ 4

Phase I..................................................................................................................... 4 Phase II.................................................................................................................... 5 Phase III .................................................................................................................. 5 Validation of Evaluations ....................................................................................... 7 The Qualitative Review ...................................................................................................... 7 Validation of Evaluations ....................................................................................... 9 Results........................................................................................................................................... 11 The Quantitative Review .................................................................................................. 11 Concurrent, Quantifiable Indicators of Academic Accomplishment.................... 12 Long-Term, Quantifiable Academic Accomplishment......................................... 33 Concurrent, Quantifiable Indicators of Individual Student Adaptation and Socioemotional Development........................................................................................... 36 Long-Term, Quantifiable Indicators of Individual Student Adaptation and Socioemotional Development........................................................................................... 63 Indicators of Process and Outcome Measures of Gender Inequity....................... 70 Perceptual Measures of the School Climate or Culture That May Impact Performance ...................................................................................................................... 71 Subjective Satisfaction with the School Experience by Students, Parents, and Teachers ............................................................................................................................ 74 Expected Outcomes Not Seen in the Review ....................................................... 79 Qualitative Review............................................................................................................ 79

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