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1. Pakaluk, Catherine
Swanson, Nicolas
A Good Fit: How Matching Students and Schools by Religion Improves Academic Outcomes
Report, Cardus, December 13, 2021.
Also: https://www.cardus.ca/research/education/reports/a-good-fit/
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Cardus
Keyword(s): Educational Outcomes; Religion; School Characteristics/Rating/Safety; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

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Does fit between school and student matter for educational outcomes? More specifically, do religious schools provide any special advantage for students of the school's religion? And if so, is this advantage the same for all affected students?

In this report we describe the first study that has assessed the value of a religious "good fit" in education. Using US data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), the study estimated a religious match effect, which is the difference in standardized test scores for students paired to schools of their same religion, after controlling for other variables.

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Pakaluk, Catherine and Nicolas Swanson. "A Good Fit: How Matching Students and Schools by Religion Improves Academic Outcomes." Report, Cardus, December 13, 2021.