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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: Race Soc Probl. 2018 May 10;11(2):93–111. doi: 10.1007/s12552-018-9231-7

Table 4.

Odds ratios for racialized subgroups from multilevel ordered logit regressions on teacher ratings of language and literacy skills and math skills in first grade

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Language and literacy skills
  White immigrant 1.00 .95 1.06 1.03 1.04
  East Asian American 1.61** 1.40 1.22 1.03 .92
  East Asian immigrant 2.38*** 2.83*** 1.22 1.19 1.18
  South Asian 1.86** 1.53* .76 .76 .74
  Southeast Asian American .64** 1.03 1.12 1.00 .90
  Southeast Asian immigrant .89 1.32* 1.11 .88 .71*
  White Latinx American .73*** .82* .87 .86 .87
  White Latinx immigrant .53*** .78* .95 .96 .82
  Non-white Latinx American .57*** .72*** .81* .85 .85
  Non-white Latinx immigrant .49*** .77* 1.01 1.10 1.01
  Black American .51*** .61*** .77** .84* 1.00
  Black immigrant .72 .76 .67* .71 .80
Math skills
  White immigrant .99 .89 1.01 1.05 1.06
  East Asian American 1.34 1.12 .91 1.06 .89
  East Asian immigrant 3.42*** 3.76*** 2.35*** 2.69*** 2.71***
  South Asian 1.58* 1.26 1.16 1.30 1.20
  Southeast Asian American .62** .95 1.40 1.50* 1.25
  Southeast Asian Immigrant 1.03 1.41** 1.60** 1.87*** 1.41*
  White Latinx American .80* .87 1.12 1.23 1.20
  White Latinx immigrant .56*** .74* 1.01 1.02 .85
  Non-white Latinx American .59*** .70*** 1.01 1.14 1.08
  Non-white Latinx immigrant .52*** .74* 1.15 1.34* 1.18
  Black American .40*** .46*** .74*** .89 .92
  Black immigrant .52*** .53*** .65* .84 .77
Model controls
  Student/teacher/school context No Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Prior reading/math performance No No Yes Yes Yes
  Reading/math gains No No No Yes Yes
  Approaches to learning No No No No Yes

ECLS-K 98–99, N ≈ 12,610. Models include random intercepts at teacher level and school level. Reference category is white American. Full model results available upon request

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001