Table 5.
Regression Decomposition Showing the Contributions of Demographic, Family, School, and Neighborhood Chacterstics to the New and Established Destination Test Score Achievement Gap for Children of Immigrants
| Reading | Math | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Components of Change | % of Total Gap Explained | Components of Change | % of Total Gap Explained | |
| Demographic Measures Total | 0.60 | 21.83 | 0.97 | 54.72 |
| Female | 0.00 | −0.12 | −0.03 | −1.82 |
| Age | 0.03 | 1.17 | 0.03 | 1.87 |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.58 | 20.77 | 0.97 | 54.67 |
| Family Measures Total | 1.71 | 61.74 | 1.53 | 86.13 |
| 9th grade GPA | 0.82 | 29.75 | 0.93 | 52.66 |
| SES | 0.60 | 21.82 | 0.52 | 29.51 |
| Family structure | 0.00 | −0.12 | −0.01 | −0.43 |
| English is native language | 0.29 | 10.30 | 0.08 | 4.39 |
| School Measures Total | 1.07 | 38.53 | 1.26 | 71.26 |
| Prop. free and reduced lunch | 0.50 | 18.03 | 0.97 | 54.81 |
| Prop. minority | −0.33 | −11.74 | −0.17 | −9.36 |
| Prop. LEP | 0.61 | 21.93 | 0.31 | 17.61 |
| Student-teacher ratio | 0.32 | 11.69 | 0.21 | 11.83 |
| Urbanicity | −0.02 | −0.86 | −0.04 | −1.99 |
| Public | −0.01 | −0.52 | −0.03 | −1.65 |
| Neighborhood Measures Total | −0.25 | −9.04 | −0.34 | −18.91 |
| Prop. zip-code in poverty | 0.10 | 3.65 | 0.06 | 3.28 |
| Prop. zip-code is minority | 0.23 | 8.26 | 0.22 | 12.20 |
| Prop. zip-code is foreign-born | −0.58 | −20.95 | −0.61 | −34.40 |
| Total Explained | 3.13 | 113.07 | 3.42 | 193.20 |
| Unexplained | −0.36 | −13.07 | −1.65 | −93.20 |
| Total Change | 2.77 | 1.77 | ||
N=3450 (rounded to the nearest 10 as required by NCES)
Notes: Regression decompositions are based on pooled coefficients from a pooled regression (including a group-specific intercept) from both new and established states.