Socioeconomic gaps in science achievement

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 4 Results for science at eighth 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	0.23***	0.01			0.14***	0.02	0.10***	0.02	0.03+	0.02
High school			0.04	0.04	0.08	0.09	0.07	0.08	0.03	0.02
Some college			0.31***	0.06	0.26***	0.03	0.25***	0.03	0.03	0.02
Bachelor			0.57***	0.06	0.30***	0.03	0.30***	0.03	0.06	0.04
Graduate			0.59***	0.07	0.29***	0.03	0.28***	0.03	0.04*	0.02
Gender					0.10***	0.01	0.08***	0.02	0.05***	0.01
Age					0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	− 0.03	0.03
Black					− 0.12***	0.02	− 0.12***	0.02	− 0.07***	0.02
Hispanic					− 0.03**	0.06	− 0.03**	0.02	− 0.04*	0.01
Asian					0.03*	0.01	0.02**	0.01	− 0.01	0.01
Other races					− 0.02	0.03	− 0.05***	0.01	− 0.03*	0.01
No English					− 0.04*	0.01	− 0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01
Married					0.01	0.08	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01
Town					− 0.01	0.02	− 0.01	0.02	− 0.01	0.02
Sub urban					− 0.03	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02
Small urban					0.03	− 0.01	0.01	0.02	0.00	0.02
Large urban					0.01	− 0.01	− 0.00	0.02	− 0.01	0.02
Catholic					− 0.05*	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
Other Rel					− 0.04+	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01
Other Priv					0.01	0.02	0.02*	0.01	0.01	0.01
Opp. in home							0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01
Opp. out home							0.04*	0.02	0.01	0.01
Years teaching							0.02+	0.02	− 0.01	0.01
Trained teach							0.02	0.02	− 0.00	0.02
Science time							0.04*	0.02	0.03	0.03
5th grade Math									0.15***	0.02
5th grade Reading									0.12***	0.03
5th grade Science									0.61***	0.02
Intercept	6.16***	0.25	6.48***	0.42	− 1.09	0.57	− 2.01	4.16	1.30***	0.29
Random
Residual variances	0.95***	0.01	0.94***	0.01	0.91***	0.01	0.92***	0.01	0.91***	0.01
R-square	0.05		0.06		0.09		0.29		0.69

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