Should we educate children together or separately?

1. [Multiple choice]

There is conclusive evidence that girls’ schools produce better exam results than co-ed schools.

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

2. [Multiple choice]

It is possible Girls’ School Association schools have better teachers.

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

3. [Multiple choice]

Few studies into single-sex education take pupil ability and background into account.

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

4. [Multiple choice]

Girls are intrinsically more intellectual and genetically more diligent than boys.

(Professor Smithers says ‘he does not know’ this.)

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

There are marked differences in the extent to which pupils are selected at secondary school level.

(Some schools are highly selective, while others operate no policy of selectivity at all.)

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

6. [Multiple choice]

It looks as if pupils are more likely to achieve better exam results by the mere fact that a school is single-sex.

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

7. [Multiple choice]

Many parents choose schools for reasons of convenience rather than on educational grounds.

(They may choose schools on religious, cultural, or geographical grounds, for instance.)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False