No substantive effects of school socioeconomic composition on student achievement in Australia: a response to Sciffer, Perry and McConney

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Table 4 Student- and school levels on year 9 achievement

Parameter	Model 1					Model 2					Model 3
Parameter	Num	Read	Write	Spell	Gram	Num	Read	Write	Spell	Gram	Num	Read	Write	Spell	Gram
Intercept	593.4	578.8	540.9	581.9	569.0	593.3	578.7	540.5	581.8	568.7	593.3	578.9	540.8	581.8	569.2
Female	− 1.3	7.0	18.2	1.2	12.3	− 1.3	6.9	18.1	1.2	12.1	− 1.3	6.9	18.1	1.2	12.1
NESB	4.0	0.6	5.0	3.4	2.8	4.0	0.5	5.1	3.4	2.7	4.0	0.5	5.1	3.4	2.7
ATSI	− 5.8	− 11.6	− 20.8	− 4.7	− 13.4	− 5.4	− 10.8	− 19.2	− 4.2	− 12.0	− 5.4	− 10.8	− 19.2	− 4.3	− 12.2
Parents’ education	2.1	2.7	5.1	1.7	3.4	2.1	2.8	5.2	1.8	3.4	2.1	2.7	5.1	1.8	3.4
Parents’ education (β)	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.04	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.04	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.04	0.07
Non-government school	1.9	2.7	5.4	0.9	0.4	2.2	3.2	6.6	1.2	1.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	1.1	0.1
School-SES	4.4	5.3	12.0	2.6	6.5	0.1	− 1.2	− 1.4	− 0.2	− 2.9
School-SES (β)	0.07	0.07	0.12	0.03	0.08	0.00	− 0.02	− 0.01	0.00	− 0.03
Same domain prior Ach.	0.72	0.68	0.63	0.86	0.63	0.72	0.67	0.62	0.86	0.62	0.72	0.67	0.62	0.86	0.62
Prior achievement (β)	0.80	0.69	0.51	0.84	0.63	0.80	0.69	0.50	0.84	0.62	0.80	0.69	0.50	0.84	0.62
School prior achievement						9.1	13.7	28.0	6.0	19.8	9.2	12.1	26.1	5.7	15.8
School prior Ach. (β)						0.08	0.11	0.16	0.04	0.13	0.08	0.10	0.15	0.04	0.10
ICC schools (%)	7.8	3.4	4.3	3.2	2.7	7.3	3.1	3.4	3.0	2.1	7.3	3.1	3.4	3.0	2.1
Pseudo R² (%)	78.4	62.6	44.9	77.3	53.1	78.4	62.6	45.0	77.3	53.1	78.4	62.6	45.0	77.3	53.1
Number of schools	2698	2699	2700	2704	2704	2698	2699	2700	2704	2704	2698	2699	2700	2704	2704
Number of students	212,381	214,721	215,584	216,418	216,418	212,381	214,721	215,584	216,418	216,418	212,381	214,721	215,584	216,418	216,418

NESB non-English-speaking background, ATSI Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander, SEC socioeconomic composition (school average parents’ education). Note that Statistical significance does not apply since the data is population data.