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The Critique misjudges the Study’s purpose and procedures, confuses cross-sectional and longitudinal research and misreads its recommendations. The Critique asks for a different kind of study. It is, in essence, a wish list of what the writer wants to see done. Basically, the Study is a comparison between avowed and achieved goals. Nowhere does the Critique fault the study in this regard. Moreover, the Study confirms that the most serious problem confronting supplementary schools is lack of parents support, inadequate Jewishness in student’s homes and ineffectual instructional programming. The Critique highlights the need for dispassionate analysis of existing research.
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Schiff, A.I. Jewish supplementary school reality: countering the misperception of a study. Cont Jewry 13, 22–39 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02967970
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