Socioeconomic gaps in science achievement

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 2 Results for science at third grade

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5
	Coeff.	S.E.	Coeff.	S.E.	Coeff.	S.E.	Coeff.	S.E.	Coeff.	S.E.
Income	0.24***	0.02			0.12***	0.02	0.10***	0.02	0.04*	0.02
High school			0.13	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.11	0.09	0.01	0.02
Some college			0.27***	0.03	0.21***	0.03	0.21***	0.03	0.01	0.02
Bachelor			0.36***	0.03	0.27***	0.03	0.27***	0.03	0.04+	0.02
Graduate			0.37***	0.02	0.27***	0.02	0.26***	0.03	0.05*	0.02
Gender					0.14***	0.02	0.14***	0.01	0.11***	0.01
Age					0.10***	0.01	0.09***	0.01	− 0.03**	0.01
Black					− 0.13***	0.01	− 0.12***	0.02	− 0.05***	0.01
Hispanic					− 0.05***	0.01	− 0.05***	0.02	− 0.02+	0.01
Asian					0.01	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Other races					− 0.01	0.02	− 0.01	0.02	− 0.02	0.01
No English					− 0.07***	0.05	− 0.06*	0.02	− 0.03**	0.01
Married					0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02*	0.01
Town					0.03+	0.02	− 0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01
Sub urban					0.02	0.04	− 0.01	0.03	0.00	0.02
Small urban					0.08*	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02
Large Urban					0.02	0.04	− 0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01
Catholic					− 0.10***	0.02	− 0.01	0.01	− 0.03*	0.01
Other Relig.					− 0.06*	0.02	− 0.02	0.2	− 0.02+	0.01
Other Priv.					− 0.01	0.02	0.02*	0.01	0.02**	0.01
Opp. in home							0.06***	0.01	0.04***	0.01
Opp. out home							0.05**	0.01	0.02*	0.01
Years teaching							0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Trained teacher							0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Science time							0.01	0.02	0.02+	0.01
1st grade Math									0.16***	0.01
1st grade Reading									0.15***	0.01
1st grade Science									0.60***	0.01
Intercept	3.88***	0.15	3.29***	0.05	− 6.49***	1.80	− 4.62 *	2.35	− 2.62	2.40
Random
Residual variances	0.94***	0.01	0.93***	0.01	0.86***	0.01	0.87***	0.01	0.43***	0.01
R-square	0.06		0.06		0.13		0.31		0.57

***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05, +p < 0.10. Coeff = standardized coefficient