Students from private schools do not show better performance than those of public schools. This is based on an analysis of Institute for Quality Development in education system for Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, which is exclusively available to weekly newspaper.

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The researchers compared achievements of elementary school students and freshmen from private and public schools. In German, mamatics and English, private students are ahead of ir comrades from state schools for up to half a school year. This advantage, however, goes back mainly to family background of students and not to quality of school, educational researchers suspect. If one calculates social origin, "n lead of private almost completely melts toger," says Petra Stanat, director of Educational Research Institute. Occasionally re are even advantages for state schools.

"Given choice of students, one might expect benefits of private schools to be greater," says Stanat. Private students often come from well-off families and rarely have a migrant background.

Date Of Update: 15 March 2018, 12:02