Public and Private Schools Revisited

Our dismay at the quality of Coleman, Hoffer and Kilgore's rejoinder to our critique of their study compels us to respond. We do so to restore our scientific credibility to readers of this journal, and to provide guidance for those who share our concern that quantitative methods be used competently and responsibly in social science. Our critique (Goldberger and Cain, 1982; henceforth GC) focused on two reports by Coleman, Hoffer and Kilgore (henceforth CHK): 1981a (henceforth DR) and 1982a (henceforth SEI). CHK's rejoinder was contained in 1982b (henceforth SE2). We will also refer to the other publications that present their analyses of the 1980 High School and Beyond sample: 1981b (henceforth HER), 1981c (henceforth FR) and 1982c (henceforth BB). The discussion that follows covers a range of issues: the reliability and validity of test scores, the appropriateness of the regression models employed and statistical inferences drawn, the extent of selectivity bias in background controls, the validity of the common hypothesis, the use of dropout rates to adjust sophomore-to-senior changes, and finally, the attribution of causality to what are regarded as school policies. To make the discussion reasonably self-contained, we will be restating the main elements of our critique and of CHK's rejoinder

Attribution · Causality (physics) · Credibility · Educational research · Epistemology · Mathematics education · Quality (philosophy) · Sample (material) · Advanced Statistical Methods and Models · Chemistry · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology

• Explaining Differences in Academic Behavior Between Public-School and Catholic-School Students

  Gary F Jensen•Sociology of Education•1986

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• Catholic-School Effects on Academic Achievement

  J Douglas Willms•Sociology of Education•1985

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• School Sector and Cognitive Performance

  Karl L Alexander, Aaron M Pallas•Sociology of Education•1985

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• Private School Vouchers and Student Achievement

  Cecilia Elena Rouse•The Quarterly Journal of Economics•1998

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• Inequality

  Open Access•L A Keister, Darby E Southgate•Inequality•2022

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• Inequality

  Open Access•L A Keister, Darby E Southgate•Inequality•2012

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• Public and Catholic Schooling

  Cornelius Riordan•American Journal of Education•1985

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• Public, Catholic Single-Sex, and Catholic Coeducational High Schools

  Herbert W Marsh•American Journal of Education•1991

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• Public schools, private schools, and the common school ideal

  Open Access•Robert Bickel, Martha J Chang•The Urban Review•1985

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• Comparing public and private high schools using three SAT data sets

  Open Access•Neil Gibbins, Neil L Gibbins et al.•The Urban Review•1991

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• Does Catholic High School Attendance Lead to Attendance at a More Selective College

  Open Access•Eric R Eide, Dan Goldhaber et al.•Social Science Quarterly•2004

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• School Choice

  Dan Goldhaber, Dan D Goldhaber•Educational Researcher•1999

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• In Dedication

  Open Access•Haggai Kupermintz, Michele M Ennis et al.•American Educational Research…•1995

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• École publique, école privée Comparaison des trajectoires et de la réussite scolaires

  Chloé Tavan•Revue Française de Sociologie•2004

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• Post-High School Prospects and District-Level Dropout Rates

  Open Access•Robert Bickel, George Papagiannis et al.•Youth & Society•1988

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• Achievement and Social Ascription

  Open Access•Robert Bickel•Youth & Society•1986

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• School Sector and Student Achievement in the Era of Standards Based Reforms

  Open Access•W Carbonaro, Elizabeth Covay•Sociology of Education•2010

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• What makes a good school

  Open Access•Diane Ravitch•Society•1982

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• Public and Catholic Schools

  Jay Noell•Sociology of Education•1982

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• The Causal Analysis of Cognitive Outcomes in the Coleman, Hoffer and Kilgore Report

  Arthur S Goldberger, Glen G Cain•Sociology of Education•1982

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• The Cognitive Tests for High School and Beyond

  Barbara Heyns, Thomas L Hilton•Sociology of Education•1982

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• Control and Differentiation in the Structure of American Education

  James M Mcpartland, Edward L Mcdill•Sociology of Education•1982

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• Cognitive Outcomes in Public and Private Schools

  James Coleman, Thomas B Hoffer et al.•Sociology of Education•1982

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