Research Article

More Private Schools for Nonnative Students? Migrant Performance in Private Schools of Differing National Contexts

Table 7

Hierarchical multilevel models: determinants of reading competencies.

Model(1)
Coeff. (T-ratio)
(2)
Coeff. (T-ratio)
(3)
Coeff. (T-ratio)
(4)
Coeff. (T-ratio)

Fixed effects

Intercept455.43 (58.64) 476.87 (13.87) 380.27 (10.49) 196.22 (5.62)
Student level (level 1)
Migrant−27.78 (−9.67) −27.76 (−9.63) −26.77 (−9.13) −20.48 (−7.57)
Female29.26 (86.69)
HISEI0.57 (66.66)
Age8.68 (18.30)
# books at home (a) :
11–2511.23 (21.90)
26–10025.83 (53.67)
101–20037.33 (67.90)
201–50049.61 (77.46)
>50046.67 (66.86)

School level (level 2)
School type (b)
Private school (indep.)43.89 (7.55) 20.86 (0.68)21.21 (0.91)22.55 (1.03)
Private school (gov. depend.)12.00 (1.91)−2.69 (−0.08)−35.49 (−1.43)−33.31 (−1.48)
Prop. girls68.92 (26.74) 37.33 (15.63)
Prop. migrants−32.02 (−10.82) −29.12 (−10.54)
Prop. parents with tertiary edu.151.68 (57.07) 112.76 (45.35)
Prop. certified teachers3.65 (2.15) 3.90 (2.48)
School size0.01 (15.39) 0.01 (14.84)
Student-teacher ratio−0.02 (−0.29)−0.03 (−0.40)
Community size (c):
3,000–15,0004.93 (2.99) 3.45 (2.25)
15,000–100,0008.14 (4.91) 5.79 (3.75)
100,000–1,000,00006.07 (3.47) 3.47 (2.13)
>1,000,0009.72 (4.49) 6.84 (3.39)

Country level (level 3)
Gini-Index (2005)−1.42 (−1.68)−1.31 (−1.47)−0.96 (−1.14)
GNP per capita (2005)0.00 (3.29) 0.00 (3.48) 0.00 (3.34)

Cross-level effects
Gini priv. school (indep.)1.06 (1.53)0.11 (0.21)−0.05 (−0.09)
Gini priv. school (gov. dep.)0.65 (0.81)1.09 (1.94)0.97 (1.90)
GNP priv. school (indep.)5.98 (1.44)−0.00 (−1.79)−0.00 (−3.04) −0.00 (−3.10)
GNP priv. school (gov. dep.)9.62 (2.45) −0.00 (−0.66)−0.00 (−0.16)0.00 (0.08)
Priv. school (indep.) migrant5.99 (1.42)5.82 (1.34)3.69 (0.92)
Priv. school (gov. dep.) migrant9.49 (2.55) 9.38 (2.55) 6.67 (1.95)

Random effects

δ (error variance level 1)5679567856815211
ε (error variance level 2)3645364524262056
γ (error variance level 3)3389238625632248

Deviance (# estimated parameters)4,621,099 (31)4,621,080 (37)4,616,051 (47)4,580,643 (55)

NL1398,750398,750398,750398,750
NL214,36514,36514,36514,365
NL357575757

(a) Ref.: <11.
(b)Ref.: public school.
(c) Ref.: <3,000.