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Table 3: Correlation Coefficients of Student Characteristics to Student Achievement
% Eligible for Free & Reduced Lunch
% Minority Students
% Students in Special Education
% Students in LEP
% Students whose Parents Have At Least Some College Education
Skills
-0.801**
-0.737**
-0.149*
-0.660**
0.587**
Concepts
-0.718**
-0.646**
-0.132
-0.594**
0.559**
Problem Solving
-0.673**
-0.613**
-0.060
-0.571**
0.556**
Reading: Basic Understanding
-0.754**
-0.716**
-0.037
-0.648**
0.590**
Reading: Analysis & Interpretation
-0.785**
-0.732**
-0.068
-0.662**
0.634**
Writing: Conventions
-0.587**
-0.496**
-0.127
-0.435**
Writing: Effectiveness
-0.600**
-0.144*
-0.538**
0.528**
-0.854**
-0.802**
0.165
-0.608**
0.908**
-0.730**
-0.642**
0.049
-0.479**
0.807**
-0.794**
-0.706**
0.091
-0.497**
0.891**
-0.788**
-0.688**
0.108
0.870**
-0.750**
-0.654**
0.080
-0.430**
0.783**
-0.728**
0.154
-0.469**
0.832**
-0.574**
-0.486**
-0.014
-0.444**
0.678**
-0.532**
-0.116
-0.431**
0.741**
-0.506**
-0.570**
-0.155
-0.395**
0.778**
-0.615**
0.026
-0.371**
0.815**
-0.553**
-0.031
-0.380**
0.861**
-0.562**
-0.629**
-0.045
-0.387**
0.857**
-0.525**
-0.611**
0.087
-0.369**
0.829**
-0.549**
-0.601**
0.000
-0.374**
0.809**
* Significant at the 90% confidence level ** Significant at the 95% confidence level
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