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Patterns-and-Developments-in-Single-sex-Schools-2023.pdf
Single-sex schools are a longstanding and substantial feature of Australia’s education landscape and a valued choice for many parents.
- This paper contributes to the discussion with a new aggregate analysis showing that single-sex schools tend to have slightly higher NAPLAN scores than co-ed schools.
- Overall, the results of this analysis imply a modest academic advantage for single-sex schools, with the advantage generally greater for boys’ schools than for girls’ schools.