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The Cardus Education Survey: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats (Cardus II) is a Canadian report measuring non-government school effects in service of the Canadian public good. The first of its kind to explore the topic in Canada, the study was a survey from a representative sample of graduates of government and non-government schools ages 24–39. The data included graduates from schools in all provinces except for Quebec, which is included separately in the report. The data was collected in March 2012. The report was made available on September 26, 2012 at http://www.cardus.ca/research/education/. A Cardus Education Survey was published in the United States in 2011 called ''Do the Motivations for Private Religious Catholic and Protestant Schooling in North America Align with Graduate Outcomes?''(Cardus I), and it was phase one of the overall project. ''The Cardus Education Survey: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats'' was phase two of the project. == Summary of Cardus II Report == Using educational standards based in various provincial documentation, the report concluded that graduates from various non-government schooling sectors—Separate Catholic, Independent Catholic, Independent Non-religious, Evangelical Christian, and religious home education—exceed in all the measures that the public school sets for itself and do a better job than the public schools. These graduates represent about 8% of Canada’s population. The report suggests that non-government schools are important contributors to education in Canada, that they contribute citizens that enhance the public good, and that these schools may have best practices that could be shared across all education systems. On September 26, 2012, in an interview with Michael Coren, Ray Pennings the chair and coordinator of the Cardus Education Survey described what the report examined. :::''We show the raw numbers. We control for social economic status and faith background. ::: :::''So we are really saying, you take a hundred kids, same amount of rich and poor, same amount of church and non-church. We have two groups of a 100 kids. We send these to public schools. We send these kids to independent schools. What’s the difference in their adult lives?'' ::: :::''What we are seeing is a cross section of society who are engaged, who are salt of the earth people, and we actually take a look at most measures of civic engagement, not necessarily political engagement, but civic engagement. On most measures, they exceed that of the public school graduate.'〔Sun News (September 26, 2012) Why private schools make better people Retrieved from http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/why-private-schools-make-better-people/1863112169001〕 The report states that "Canada’s government schools perform very well in international rankings, but by many measures, Canada’s non-government schools perform at even higher levels." 〔Van Pelt, D, Pennings, R, Seel, D.J., and Sikkink, D (2012) Cardus education survey. a rising tide lifts all boats. Hamilton, Canada: Cardus, page 5.〕 The executive summary of the report highlighted some of the characteristics of non-government school graduates. These graduates are likely to have stronger families with more children. These graduates are more engaged in neighbourhood and community groups and are involved in cultural initiatives. They vote more than government school graduates vote. They are more generous with their money to a variety of causes and more generous with their time by volunteering more. In particular, Evangelical Protestant school graduates have high satisfaction with the quality of their life and seek to contribute to the public good even though they feel that the culture makes them feel unwelcome. Graduates of independent non-religious schools look for fulfillment expectations in their jobs, while graduates of Evangelical Protestants schools and religious homeschooling understand a strong vocational calling. These graduates focus on educating for employment rather than influence, leaving higher education when they have attained what they need for their future careers. Reflecting back on their secondary education, these graduates have high satisfaction and feel that they were prepared well for later life. Religious attributes of conviction, spiritual formation and practices are evident for Evangelical Protestants and graduates of religious home education, while graduates of separate Catholic schools appear almost identical to those of public school.〔p. 5, 6〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cardus Education Survey Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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