Class size and teacher effects on non-cognitive outcomes in grades K-3: a fixed effects analysis of ECLS-K:2011 data

Large-scale Assessments in Education

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Table 2 Standardized coefficients by outcome in grades K-3: linear class size effects

	Self-control	Interpersonal skills	Approaches to learning	Externalizing behaviors	Internalizing behaviors
Class size	− 0.005	− 0.023*	− 0.009	− 0.007	− 0.005
Class size	(0.009)	(0.009)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.011)
Teacher education	− 0.009	− 0.000	0.018	− 0.003	0.028
Teacher education	(0.014)	(0.015)	(0.013)	(0.013)	(0.017)
Teacher certification	0.030	0.020	− 0.010	− 0.033	− 0.030
Teacher certification	(0.023)	(0.024)	(0.020)	(0.021)	(0.027)
Teacher experience	0.033*	0.022*	0.032*	− 0.031*	0.001
Teacher experience	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.008)
Student changed school	− 0.135*	− 0.075	− 0.028	0.044	0.061
Student changed school	(0.041)	(0.042)	(0.037)	(0.039)	(0.052)
Grade 1	0.015	− 0.049*	− 0.097*	0.180*	0.097*
Grade 1	(0.015)	(0.015)	(0.013)	(0.013)	(0.017)
Grade 2	0.018	− 0.078*	− 0.089*	0.171*	0.185*
Grade 2	(0.016)	(0.016)	(0.014)	(0.014)	(0.017)
Grade 3	0.073*	− 0.088*	− 0.099*	0.112*	0.208*
Grade 3	(0.016)	(0.016)	(0.014)	(0.014)	(0.018)
R-squared	0.004	0.005	0.008	0.018	0.013
Number of students	6004	6052	6289	6232	6149
Total number of observations	24,016	24,208	25,156	24,928	24,596

Sampling weight W12AC0 was used in the analyses. Jackknife standard errors are reported in parentheses
^*p < 0.05