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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Educ Eff. 2014 Jul 24;8(3):419–450. doi: 10.1080/19345747.2014.921259

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Histogram of scores falling at various points in the overall national distribution for a national sample of low-income children in public schools (ECLS-K Spring 1st and 3rd), all children in Catholic schools (ECLS-K Spring 1st and 3rd), and New York City School Choice Scholarships Program children at baseline in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th

Notes: Figure shows histogram of percentiles of from the ELCS-K overall public school distribution among poor kids (income low enough for free lunch or on welfare) and for all Catholic school attendees in Spring of first and third grades and well as percentiles of the National Percentile Ranking from the ITBS for the pre-tests for grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 from the New York City School Choice Scholarships Program evaluation conducted by Mathematica Policy Research. Baseline scores unavailable for kindergarten students in NYCSCSP and scores for end of second grade unavailable in the ECLS K. Statistics weighted to reflect non-response and complex sampling.