From: The effect of sharing a mother tongue with peers: evidence from North Carolina middle schools
 | All students | LEP students | Non-LEP students | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. |
Individual Characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Reading Std. Score | 0.165 | 0.910 | −0.634 | 0.801 | 0.208 | 0.896 |
Last year Reading Std. Score | 0.126 | 0.927 | −0.720 | 0.800 | 0.170 | 0.912 |
Math Std. Score | 0.306 | 0.918 | −0.223 | 0.789 | 0.335 | 0.916 |
Last year Math Std. Score | 0.187 | 0.949 | −0.407 | 0.809 | 0.219 | 0.945 |
Female | 0.493 | 0.500 | 0.454 | 0.498 | 0.496 | 0.500 |
Low Income | 0.487 | 0.500 | 0.861 | 0.346 | 0.466 | 0.499 |
Black | 0.279 | 0.448 | 0.026 | 0.158 | 0.293 | 0.455 |
Hispanic | 0.097 | 0.295 | 0.833 | 0.373 | 0.055 | 0.228 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.022 | 0.146 | 0.102 | 0.302 | 0.017 | 0.130 |
Limited English Proficient | 0.053 | 0.225 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Transferred schools | 0.316 | 0.465 | 0.357 | 0.479 | 0.314 | 0.464 |
Grade-Level Peer Characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% Female | 0.493 | 0.047 | 0.492 | 0.046 | 0.493 | 0.047 |
% Limited English Proficient (LEP) | 0.053 | 0.057 | 0.109 | 0.089 | 0.050 | 0.053 |
% Black | 0.279 | 0.227 | 0.320 | 0.213 | 0.276 | 0.228 |
% Hispanic | 0.099 | 0.084 | 0.172 | 0.122 | 0.095 | 0.079 |
% Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.022 | 0.031 | 0.026 | 0.033 | 0.022 | 0.030 |
% Low Income | 0.487 | 0.206 | 0.575 | 0.203 | 0.482 | 0.205 |
% Common Tongue (LEP only) | 0.039 | 0.172 | 0.422 | 0.403 | 0.017 | 0.116 |
LEP Herfindahl Index | 0.887 | 0.122 | 0.799 | 0.155 | 0.892 | 0.118 |
Reading Teacher Characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Reading: Female Teacher | 0.891 | 0.312 | 0.881 | 0.324 | 0.891 | 0.311 |
Reading: Black Teacher | 0.174 | 0.379 | 0.213 | 0.410 | 0.171 | 0.377 |
Reading: Hispanic Teacher | 0.005 | 0.071 | 0.010 | 0.101 | 0.005 | 0.069 |
Reading: Asian Teacher | 0.004 | 0.059 | 0.005 | 0.073 | 0.003 | 0.058 |
Reading: First-year Teacher | 0.062 | 0.240 | 0.072 | 0.259 | 0.061 | 0.239 |
Number of Students | 597,036 | 26,889 | 570,147 | |||
Number of Student-Year Observ. | 1,340,833 | 71,465 | 1,269,368 |