This research was undertaken to compare gender role attitude as a measure of school effectiveness among students coming from schools with different Board affiliations. School effectiveness was also evaluated by estimating the residual outcome of gender role attitude after controlling for socioeconomic status and prior academic achievement. Of 997 students studied (558 girls, 439 boys), 66.4% were from the SSC Board, 19.7% from ICSE, 10.5% from CBSE and 3.4% from IGCSE; 53.6% were from Science faculty, 17.1% from Commerce and 29.4% from Arts. Students from schools affiliated to the SSC Board had the lowest mean raw gender role attitude score. When the socio-economic status was controlled, the residual gender role attitude score was similar in the schools affiliated to the various Board types. When the academic achievement score was controlled, the residual gender role attitude score was lower in schools affiliated to the SSC Board as compared to those from the ICSE and CBSE Board types. School type had minimal effect on gender role attitude score; there was no net effect after controlling socio-economic and academic achievement scores.
