Table 1.
Not labeled |
Labeled LD |
Not labeled |
Labeled LD |
Not labeled |
Labeled LD |
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Soao-Democyaphic Backyound | Academic History | Early High School Attitudes and Behaviors | ||||||
Male | 0.49 | 0.66 | Age | 15.85 | 16.14 | Positive academic | 50.19 | 46.18 |
Rice: | (0.57) | (0.71) | attitudes | (13.01) | (12.27) | |||
White, non-Hispanic | 0.64 | 0.60 | Ever in remedial math | 0.09 | 0.18 | Hours/week on home- | 5.75 | 3.79 |
Back, non-Hispanic | 0.12 | 0.14 | Parent report of cog. dis | 0.06 | 0.55 | work outside of school | (5.26) | (4.42) |
Hispanic | 0.15 | 0.18 | Ever in an ESL program | 0.07 | 0.13 | How often forgets mat., | 2.53 | 3.66 |
Asian, non-Hispanic | 0.03 | 0.02 | Started school in U.S. in: | books, etc. | (2.11) | (2.72) | ||
Other race | 0.05 | 0.07 | Kindergarten | 0.89 | 0.92 | Student expects BA+ | 0.83 | 0.55 |
Highest parental education level: | Between 1st&2ndgr. | 0.08 | 0.07 | Math and English teacher reports | ||||
High school or less | 0.06 | 0.06 | Between 3rd & 5th gr. | 0.01 | 0.01 | Student’s#of negative | 3.74 | 4.96 |
Some college | 0.21 | 0.30 | Between 6th & 10th gr. | 0.02 | 0.00 | academic behaviors | (2.59) | (2.98) |
BA or higher | 0.73 | 0.64 | 10th grade reading test | 51.22 | 39.70 | Student’s#of negative | 0.56 | 1.17 |
Family income | 9.10 | 8.27 | score | (9.02) | (7.95) | social behaviors | (0.89) | (1.48) |
(2.18) | (2.41) | 9th Grade Course Placement | Frequency of negative | 8.79 | 11.10 | |||
Cognitive resources in | 3.97 | 3.67 | Position on math course | 3.85 | 2.52 | behavior | (4.65) | (5.05) |
household | (1.14) | (1.22) | sequence | (1.32) | (1.45) | Degree to which friends | 7.35 | 6.94 |
Number of siblings | 2.31 | 2.63 | Position on science | 2.47 | 2.01 | (1.84) | (1.89) | |
(1.30) | (1.51) | course sequence | (1.16) | (1.14) | Early High School Achievement | |||
No. people expect | 3.74 | 2.48 | Credits in special | 0.01 | 0.29 | 9th grade GPA in acad. | 2.52 | 2.06 |
college | (1.59) | (1.54) | education | (0.10) | (0.70) | core courses | (0.91) | (0.82) |
Attended preschool | 0.58 | 0.56 | Credits in low-level | 0.21 | 0.63 | No. semesters failed in | 0.58 | 0.79 |
Participated in Head St.. | 0.17 | 0.26 | course work | (0.45) | (0.77) | 9th gr. acad. courses | (1.44) | (1.57) |
10th grade English prof. | 11.79 | 11.67 | Credits in non-core | 2.27 | 2.53 | Dropped out after 10th | 0.05 | 0.12 |
(0.85) | (1.29) | course work | (0.97) | (1.23) | Held back after 10th gr. | 0.02 | 0.03 | |
Number of Students | 10,050 | 620 |
Note: Standard deviations are induded in parentheses underneath respective means. All differences between studentslabeled with an LD and students not labeled with a disability are statistically significant (at least p<.05). Frequendes are rounded to nearest 10perNCESguidelines.