Bhattacharya,+Joshua

private schools ||= * % of private school students that attend college ||= * Lower ability students gain the most from attending catholic school || little to no help from the government ||= * Funding behind private schools ||= * That lower ability students suffer from ability grouping in public schools || better on state standardized tests than public school students ||= * Ways to realistically privatize american school school system ||= * There is a 16 point difference in standardized math tests for lower ability students in catholic schools || What are the certifications or qualifications required of teachers in private schools? How big of a range are the qualifications depending on the type of private school?
 * KWL Assignment**
 * My Research Paper Topic: Privatizing School System**
 * = **__What I KNOW__** ||= __**What I WANT to Know**__ ||= **__What I LEARNED__** ||
 * = * 1 in 9 highshool age students attend
 * = * Private schools are self sufficient and rely on
 * = * Private school students on average perform
 * = * Smaller class sizes ||=  ||=   ||

Would privatizing schools resolve the problems with the education system or just transfer the location?

__Purpose Statement:__ __Thesis Statement:__ __ Annotated Bibliography __ Note: Only the first word, a word after a colon and any proper nouns are capitalized in the article titles. Also, no p. before the page number in the reference. You only use p. in the IN-TEXT citation. Alt, M. N. & Peter, K. (2002). Private Schools a Brief Portrait. //Findings from the Condition of Education 2002,// Retrieved from [] The authors took a look at data from K-12 students to analyze the pros and cons of private vs. public schools. They looked at the effects of poverty in private and public schools to determine what is the most beneficial to poverty stricken students. They also reviewed course work taken AP/honors and the differences between the amount taken in private and public. This would be good for this paper because it provides data that backs up that poverty students benefit from ability grouping in private schools over public.
 * Purpose and Thesis Statement Assignment**
 * Annotated Bibliography/Reference List**

Sessions, D. N. & Stevans, L. K. (2000). Private/Public School Choice and Student Performance Revisited. //Education Economics//, 8(2), p169. The authors take a look at the benefits of urban minorities attending private schools. They also briefly introduce ability grouping as a way that private schools outperform public schools. They also achieve a greater improvement in the academic work.

Ellison, B. J. & Hallinan, M. T. (2004). Ability Grouping in Catholic and Public Schools. //Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry & Practice,// 8(1), p107-129. The authors wrote about the benefits of ability grouping in public and private schools. The main focus of this article was to point out that private catholic schools have shown progress in improving the ability of lower academic level students. This fits directly into my paper and how I wish to show how private schools do a better job at catching up underachieving students.

Hallinan, M. T. & Kubitschek, W. N. (2010). School Sector, School Poverty, and the Catholic School Advantage. //Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry & Practice,// 14(2), p.143-172. The authors in this article look at performance levels of catholic school students. They found that even though middle to upper class (income) students at public and catholic schools perform equally that poverty students do better at catholic schools. This fits my paper because it shows that poverty students (normally the lower achieving students) benefit more from ability grouping more in private( catholic schools.

Nomi, T. (2010). The Effects of Within-Class Ability Grouping on Academic Achievement in Early Elementary Year. //Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness,// 3(1), p.56-92. This author points out the advantages of ability grouping in elementary students. Most middle and high schools have ability grouping, this author shows how elementary age students can benefit form the same policy. This fits the overall theme of my paper that ability grouping is a positive thing.


 * Paper Outline/Research Paper Draft**

Introduction -introduce private school policy towards ability grouping Body -public school for high ability -private school for high ability -public school for lower ability -private school for lower ability -advantages of private in terms of ability grouping

The debate over whether parents should send their children to private or public schools has been around for decades. There seems to be no clear answer to that question and that the debate over which is better is pointless. The question should be what is better for each individual student. In today’s school system most schools apply an ability grouping form of education (Ellison & Hallinan, 2004). With this form of education the higher ability students are grouped with other higher ability students and lower ability students are grouped with other lower ability students. In both public and private schools the higher ability students benefited greatly from ability grouping (Ellison & Hallinan, 2004). On the other side of this equation there was little to no improvement for lower ability students in public schools (Ellison & Hallinan, 2004). The difference came when private schools were examined. Lower ability students in catholic schools showed greater improvement and narrowed the gap between the two ability levels (Ellison & Hallinan, 2004). “Moreover, catholic schools raised the test scores for students in low ability groups rather than depressing the scores of students in high groups. This pattern was strongest for math outcomes but also was evidenced in tests of verbal ability.” (Ellison & Hallinan, 2004, p.114) Catholic schools showed that all students take advantage of ability grouping not only the students with higher abilities (Ellison & Hallinan, 2004).