Principal noncognitive skills at the beginning of kindergarten, as reported by parents, compared with parents' reports of white students' skills, by race and ethnicity (Hispanic ELL and English)

Self-control Approaches to learning Social interactions
M1R M2R M3R M1R M2R M3R M1R M2R M3R
Black 0.106**
(0.054)		 0.151***
(0.053)		 0.174***
(0.051)		 -0.059
(0.052)		 -0.009
(0.051)		 0.009
(0.048)		 -0.020
(0.049)		 0.006
(0.050)		 0.002
(0.049)
Hispanic ELL -0.127**
(0.057)		 -0.002
(0.060)		 -0.066
(0.092)		 -0.499***
(0.056)		 -0.346***
(0.060)		 -0.172**
(0.084)		 -0.580***
(0.058)		 -0.475***
(0.060)		 -0.212**
(0.092)
Hispanic English -0.094**
(0.045)		 -0.056
(0.044)		 -0.029
(0.045)		 -0.016
(0.040)		 0.029
(0.040)		 0.057
(0.039)		 -0.058
(0.041)		 -0.033
(0.041)		 -0.007
(0.041)
Asian 0.006
(0.057)		 0.004
(0.057)		 -0.022
(0.074)		 -0.221***
(0.053)		 -0.222***
(0.053)		 -0.154***
(0.059)		 -0.388***
(0.063)		 -0.383***
(0.063)		 -0.255***
(0.071)
Other 0.045
(0.050)		 0.065
(0.049)		 0.062
(0.049)		 0.022
(0.047)		 0.046
(0.048)		 0.025
(0.044)		 -0.031
(0.051)		 -0.019
(0.051)		 -0.027
(0.050)
Controlling for SES No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Controlling for other variables No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes
Observations 10,240 10,240 10,240 10,260 10,260 10,260 10,260 10,260 10,260
Adj.R2 0.0235 0.0311 0.0682 0.0610 0.0717 0.186 0.0636 0.0677 0.112

Note: Robust standard errors are in parentheses. For statistical significance, *** denotes p<0.01, ** denotes p<0.05, and * denotes p<0.1. The number of observations is rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. ELL stands for English-language learner. English refers to English-language speaker. SES refers to socioeconomic status. See Appendix A, Figure E4, and Table F4.

Source: EPI analysis of ECLS-K, Kindergarten Class of 2010–2011 (National Center for Education Statistics)

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