Research Article

Considering District and School Factors and Their Relationship to ACT Performance in North Carolina: An Examination of the ACT Pilot Results

Table 6

Coefficient and variance estimates for academic achievement for math science and composite.

Fixed EffectMathScienceComposite
Base ModelFullBase ModelFullBase ModelFull
CoefficientSECoefficientSECoefficientSECoefficientSECoefficientSECoefficientSE

Intercept, 18.96***0.1117.24***0.2118.04***0.1216.34***0.1917.93***0.1315.96***0.15
ADM_D, 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Majority_D, 2.96***0.323.54***0.313.82***0.32
Education, 0.07***0.010.08***0.010.08***0.01
ADM_S, 0.01*** 0.01 0.01*** 0.01 0.01*** 0.01
Majority, 2.07***0.782.74***0.763.06***0.53
ECHS, 1.33***0.251.53***0.281.78***0.25
Wealth, −1.67**0.54−1.58*0.64−1.83**0.42
Performance, 0.07***0.010.08***0.010.08***0.01
Variance components
 Intercept variance, 0.49***0.70.050.230.49***0.70.060.240.59***0.770.060.24
 ECHS slope, 0.96***0.980.82**0.910.77*0.88
 level-1 variance, 3.111.761.061.033.721.931.081.044.352.081.251.12
 Deviance (parameters)1939.59 (2)1480.2 (4)2017.79 (2)1489.0 (4)2093.5 (2)1547.63 (4)
 Intraclass correlation13.614.511.115.3611.944.58

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