TABLE 4.
Estimates From Multilevel Models Predicting Ninth-Grade GPA
| Main sample | FRL sample | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) |
| Maternal college | 0.113* | 0.108* | 0.109* | 0.110* | 0.108* | 0.104* | 0.106* | 0.103* | ||||
| (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.036) | (0.035) | (0.035) | (0.033) | |||||
| Maternal College × Fixed Mindset | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.024 | 0.027 | ||||||||
| (0.018) | (0.017) | (0.016) | (0.016) | |||||||||
| Not FRL | 0.179* | 0.177* | 0.175* | 0.168* | ||||||||
| (0.054) | (0.054) | (0.053) | (0.051) | |||||||||
| Not FRL × Fixed Mindset | 0.037† | 0.039† | ||||||||||
| (0.020) | (0.021) | |||||||||||
| Fixed mindset | −0.038* | −0.038* | −0.040* | −0.036* | −0.036* | −0.038* | −0.036* | −0.035* | −0.037* | |||
| (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.008) | (0.008) | (0.008) | (0.008) | (0.008) | (0.008) | ||||
| Grade 8 GPA | 0.905* | 0.894* | 0.894* | 0.863* | 0.872* | 0.861* | 0.860* | 0.833* | 0.864* | 0.853* | 0.854* | 0.827* |
| (0.028) | (0.028) | (0.028) | (0.029) | (0.032) | (0.033) | (0.033) | (0.035) | (0.035) | (0.035) | (0.035) | (0.036) | |
| Constant | 2.603* | 2.603* | 2.604* | 2.604* | 2.500* | 2.500* | 2.502* | 2.502* | 2.500* | 2.500* | 2.501* | 2.502* |
| (0.049) | (0.049) | (0.049) | (0.049) | (0.075) | (0.075) | (0.074) | (0.074) | (0.075) | (0.075) | (0.074) | (0.074) | |
| Variance components | ||||||||||||
| School | 0.135* | 0.135* | 0.135* | 0.135* | 0.208* | 0.208* | 0.208* | 0.207* | 0.208* | 0.207* | 0.208* | 0.208* |
| (0.033) | (0.033) | (0.033) | (0.033) | (0.058) | (0.058) | (0.058) | (0.058) | (0.058) | (0.058) | (0.058) | (0.058) | |
| Residual | 0.367* | 0.365* | 0.365* | 0.359* | 0.372* | 0.370* | 0.370* | 0.365* | 0.369* | 0.367* | 0.366* | 0.362* |
| (0.020) | (0.020) | (0.020) | (0.019) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.024) | (0.023) | (0.023) | |
| Demographic covariates | X | X | X | |||||||||
| N | 4,828 | 4,828 | 4,828 | 4,828 | 2,872 | 2,872 | 2,872 | 2,872 | 2,872 | 2,872 | 2,872 | 2,872 |
| Schools | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Note. Selected estimates (and standard errors) for models of Grade 9 GPA. Models 1 through 4 use the main analytic sample and are weighted to be nationally representative. Models 5 through 12 use the subsample of schools providing FRL information and are unweighted. Independent variables are school-mean centered. Demographic covariates include gender and indicators for Asian, African American, Hispanic, or Other (White is the race-ethnicity reference category). Observations with missing information for Grade 8 GPA or demographic variables imputed with school mean value and an indicator for missing value included in the model (estimates not reported). FRL = free or reduced-price lunch; GPA = grade point average.
p < .10.
p < .05.