Table 2.

Group differences on covariates before and after matching

	Full Sample			Matched Sample
	Treatment n = 1,139	Comparison n = 3,816	d	Treatment n = 992	Comparison n = 992	d
FR Lunch	60.4%	49.4%	0.49	60.3%	58.8%	0.04
Black	24.7%	19.9%	0.11	24.7%	22.7%	0.05
White	73.5%	77.6%	− 0.09	73.5%	76.2%	− 0.06
Hispanic	27.6%	25.6%	0.05	26.9%	29.4%	− 0.06
ESOL	6.5%	5.%6	0.04	6.5%	6.8%	− 0.01
English Native	82.1%	88.9%	− .178	83.3%	82.9%	0.01
English Home	82.3%	86.0%	− 0.10	82.8%	82.3%	0.01
Learning Disability	23.1%	6.2%	0.40	20.3%	19.8%	0.01
Gifted	0.7%	1.5%	− 0.10	0.7%	0.7%	0.00
Pre-K Age	53.93	53.90	0.09	53.61	53.62	0.07

FR Lunch is the percent of students who were eligible to receive a free or reduced-price lunch. ESOL = English for Speakers of Other Languages. English Native is a child who speaks English as their single or primary language. English Home indicates English is the single or primary language spoken in the child’s home. Pre-K Age is the age (in months) of the child when he or she began pre-kindergarten