Table 2.

Linear regression odds ratio model predicting years of education by age 24 (N = 1,265)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Special Education Placement (SPED)
Ever in SPED (grades 1-8)	−.36**
Ever in SPED (grades 1-3)		.08
Ever in SPED (grades 4-8)		−.49**
Number of years in SPED (grades 1-8)			−.07*
Ever placed for LD (grades 1-8)				−.49**
Ever placed for EBD (grades 1-8)					−.42
Ever placed for MH (grades 1-8)						−.34
Ever placed for SPL (grades 1-8)							.06
Covariates
Black	−.37*	−.36	−.37	−.38*	−.38*	−.38*	−.39*
Female	.65***	.64***	.47***	.65***	.67***	.68***	.69***
Low birth weight (< 2500 grams)	−.09	−.10	.05	−.10	−.09	−.09	−.09
Child welfare case history ages 0-3	−.48*	−.46*	−.22	−.49*	−.49*	−.48*	−.50*
Mother was <18 at child’s birth	.00	.00	−.14	.01	.02	.02	.03
Mother did not complete high school by child’s age 3	−.42***	−.41***	−.26**	−.42***	−.43***	−.43***	−.43***
Single parent by child’s age 3	−.10	−.11	−.10	−.11	−.11	−.10	−.10
4 or more children in household by child’s age 3	−.24*	−.24*	−.33**	−.24*	−.23	−.23	−.23
AFDC participation by child’s age 3	−.34**	−.34**	−.36**	−.33*	−.33*	−.32*	−.32*
Eligible for free lunch by child’s age 3	−.16	−.15	−.28*	−.15	−.16	−.15	−.16
Mother unemployed by child’s age 3	−.10	−.09	.00	−.10	−.12	−.12	−.12
Income level is 60% in school attendance area	−.07	−.07	−.06	−.05	−.08	−.07	−.07
Any missing risk ages 0-3	−.13	−.11	−.10	−.14	−.12	−.13	−.13
CPC preschool participation	.17	.18	.12	.17	.19	.18	.18
CPC follow-on participation	.03	.02	.08	.03	.03	.03	.03
ITBS word analysis at kindergarten	.02***	.01***	.01***	.01***	.02***	.02***	.02***
R Squared	.152	.154	.153	.152	.147	.147	.146

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001