Table 2.
Standardized parameter estimates from the confirmatory factor analysis model.
| β | SE | |
|---|---|---|
| Social context | ||
| Parent support | ||
| Discuss selecting courses or programs at school | .73 | .008 |
| Discuss school activities or events of particular interest to you | .72 | .008 |
| Discuss things you’ve studied in class | .77 | .007 |
| Discuss your grades | .64 | .009 |
| Discuss community, national, and world events | .58 | .009 |
| Discuss things that are troubling you | .55 | .010 |
| Teacher support | ||
| In my current school, students get along well with teachers | .50 | .012 |
| The teaching is good | .69 | .010 |
| Teachers are interested in students | .78 | .009 |
| When I work hard on schoolwork, teachers praise my effort | .56 | .010 |
| In class, I often feel “put down” by my teacher | .42 | .014 |
| Self-system processes | ||
| Perceived identification with school | ||
| I go to school because the subjects are interesting and challenging | .79 | .009 |
| I go to school because I get a feeling of satisfaction from doing classwork | .79 | .008 |
| How much do you like school? | .62 | .009 |
| Perceived control | ||
| When I sit myself down to learn something, I can learn it | .71 | .010 |
| If I decide not to get any bad grades, I can really do it | .77 | .008 |
| If I decide not to get any problems wrong, I can really do it | .69 | .008 |
| If I want to learn something well, I can | .83 | .007 |
| School engagement | ||
| Behavioral engagement | ||
| Times late for school | .65 | .011 |
| Times cut or skipped classes | .67 | .012 |
| Times absent from school | .48 | .012 |
| Times got in trouble for not following school rules | .60 | .013 |
| Academic engagement | ||
| Does this student usually work hard for good grades in English class? | .76 | .006 |
| Is this student exceptionally passive or withdrawn in English class? | .24 | .014 |
| How often does this student complete homework for English class? | .87 | .006 |
| How often is this student attentive in English class? | .77 | .007 |
| Does this student usually work hard for good grades in math class? | .52 | .011 |
| Is this student exceptionally passive or withdrawn in math class? | .20 | .014 |
| How often does this student complete homework for math class? | .58 | .010 |
| How often is this student attentive in math class? | .53 | .011 |
| Academic achievement | ||
| Math test standardized score | .88 | .007 |
| Reading test standardized score | .86 | .007 |