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Table 4: Regression Results
Constant
Poverty Index
% LEP
% Special Education
R-Square (%)
Skills
98.904** (3.523)
-0.709** (0.071)
0.012 (0.134)
-0.549** (0.168**)
66.3%
Concepts
54.206** (2.242)
-0.501** (-0.066)
0.010 (0.124)
-0.380** (0.125)
53.7%
Problem Solving
39.018** (2.825)
-0.395** (0.057)
0.016 (0.108)
-0.129 (0.135)
47.5%
Reading: Basic Understanding
103.013** (3.014)
-0.543** (0.061)
0.020 (0.115)
-0.087 (0.144)
60.0%
Reading: Analysis & Interpretation
97.852** (3.457)
-.713** (0.070)
0.070 (0.132)
-0.209 (0.165)
65.2%
Writing: Conventions
86.099** (4.347)
-0.585** (0.088)
0.042 (0.166)
-0.508** (0.208)
45.9%
Writing: Effectiveness
58.866** (4.035)
-0.587** (0.082)
0.307** (0.154)
-0.312 (0.193)
38.8%
79.796** (5.894)
-0.713** (0.075)
-0.100 (0.250)
0.080 (0.288)
78.8%
37.417** (5.276)
-4.29** (0.067)
0.144 (0.224)
0.274 (0.257)
57.3%
52.495** (5.855)
-0.626** (0.075)
0.294 (0.248)
-0.285 (0.286)
68.8%
75.799** (7.116)
-0.680** (0.091)
0.245 (0.302)
-0.215 (0.347)
65.0%
39.408** (4.806)
-0.414** (0.061)
0.259 (0.204)
-0.214 (0.234)
57.4%
70.331** (8.502)
-0.408** (0.109)
-0.089 (0.361)
-0.398 (0.415)
37.0%
66.464** (7.127)
-0.569** (0.091)
0.162 (0.302)
0.026 (0.348)
57.8%
63.219** (6.431)
-0.607** (0.121)
0.084 (0.425)
-0.785** (0.356**)
48.3%
41.139** (4.599)
-0.467** (0.086)
0.119 (0.304)
-0.693** (0.254)
49.0%
28.299** (3.495)
-0.402** (0.066)
0.190 (0.231)
-0.233 (0.193)
52.1%
58.582** (6.093)
-0.660** (0.112)
0.246 (0.395)
-0.536 (0.342)
51.6%
55.822** (5.713)
-0.642** (0.105)
0.247 (0.370)
-0.567 (0.321)
53.4%
38.649** (4.777)
-0.477** (0.088)
0.160 (0.310)
-0.311 (0.268)
47.8%
75.193** (7.022)
-0.641** (0.129)
0.064 (0.455)
-0.084 (0.394)
45.8%
** Significant at the 95% confidence level Standard Deviations are in parentheses
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