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Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2009 Jan 1;101(3):662–670. doi: 10.1037/a0014306

Table 3.

Hierarchical Regressions Predicting Teacher Expectations in Children’s Reading and Math Abilities

a. Grade 1
	Reading				Math
	B	SE	β	ΔR²	B	SE	β	ΔR²
W-J 4.5 years	.003	.002	.068^*	.021^***	−.001	.002	−.023	.004
Demographic characteristics				.006				.002
Child sex	.160	.061	.080^**		.027	.065	.014
Ethnicity	−.036	.087	−.013		.050	.095	.018
Family income/needs G1	−.016	.011	−.049		.001	.011	.002
Child social skills – teacher G1	.031	.002	.427^***	.171^***	.022	.003	.293^***	.078^***

Adj. R² = .192, F (5, 866) = 42.61, p < .001			Adj. R² = .079, F (5, 862) = 15.85, p < .001
b. Grade 3
	Reading				Math
	B	SE	β	ΔR²	B	SE	β	Δ R²

W-J 4.5 years	.003	.002	.068^*	.028^***	.005	.002	.084^*	.031^***
Demographic characteristics				.018^**				.006
Child sex	.185	.064	.094^**		.099	.067	.050
Ethnicity	.059	.089	.022		−.018	.097	−.007
Family income/needs G3	.008	.010	.030		.011	.010	.038
Child social skills – teacher G3	.028	.002	.400^***	.150^***	.022	.002	.311^***	.089^***

Adj. R² = .187, F (5, 785) = 38.26, p < .001			Adj. R² = .120, F (5, 774) = 22.26, p < .001
c. Grade 5
	Reading				Math
	B	SE	β	Δ R²	B	SE	β	Δ R²

W-J 4.5 years	.003	.002	.067^*	.038^***	.007	.002	.140^***	.031^***
Demographic characteristics				.040^***				.013^*
Child sex	.293	.062	.150^***		.178	.070	.090^*
Ethnicity	.037	.088	.014		−.242	.101	−.089^*
Family income/needs G5	.012	.009	.049		.000	.010	−.001
Child social skills – teacher G5	.029	.002	.426^***	.164^***	.014	.003	.204^***	.037^***

Adj. R² = .237, F (5, 755) = 48.20, p < .001			Adj. R² = .072, F (5, 747) = 13.31, p < .001

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001

W-J = Woodcock Johnson; G1 = Grade 1; G3 = Grade 3; G5 = Grade 5