Table 2.

Correlations between one's and classmates' test scores in 7th grade.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
	Chinese		Mathematics		English
	A. 52 focal schools with random class assignments in 7th grade but did not reassign students in 8th grade
Classmates' average 7th-grade Chinese test score rowhead	0.454*** (0.123)	0.163 (0.127)
Classmates' average 7th-grade mathematics test score			0.553*** (0.109)	0.182 (0.118)
Classmates' average 7th-grade English test score					0.446*** (0.141)	0.120 (0.147)
Personal characteristics	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Family characteristics	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Teacher characteristics	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
School fixed effects	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
N	4018	4018	4018	4018	4018	4018
R2	0.009	0.225	0.015	0.207	0.009	0.224
	B. 60 schools excluded from the final analytical sample
Classmates' average 7th-grade Chinese test score	0.779*** (0.041)	0.488*** (0.048)
Classmates' average 7th-grade mathematics test score			0.768*** (0.046)	0.405*** (0.060)
Classmates' average 7th-grade English test score					0.823*** (0.036)	0.564*** (0.036)
Personal characteristics	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Family characteristics	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Teacher characteristics	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
School fixed effects	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
N	5099	5099	5099	5099	5099	5099
R2	0.054	0.263	0.046	0.234	0.075	0.276

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses, clustered at the class level. ***p < 0.01.