Other noncognitive skills at the beginning of kindergarten, as reported by teachers, by race and ethnicity (Hispanic ELL and English), under unadjusted to fully adjusted models

  Interpersonal relationships  Closeness to teacher Eagerness to learn Attention Persistence in completing tasks
M1R M2R M3R M1R M2R M3R M1R M2R M3R M1R M2R M3R M1R M2R M3R
Black -0.306***
(0.054)		 -0.244***
(0.053)		 -0.200***
(0.052)		 -0.305***
(0.051)		 -0.263***
(0.050)		 -0.246***
(0.050)		 -0.299***
(0.051)		 -0.227***
(0.050)		 -0.188***
(0.049)		 -0.248***
(0.053)		 -0.173***
(0.052)		 -0.136***
(0.050)		 -0.243***
(0.049)		 -0.174***
(0.049)		 -0.144***
(0.048)
Hispanic ELL -0.151***
(0.058)		 0.019
(0.061)		 0.061
(0.089)		 -0.208***
(0.056)		 -0.099*
(0.059)		 0.015
(0.089)		 -0.125**
(0.056)		 0.055
(0.058)		 0.061
(0.084)		 -0.076
(0.055)		 0.113**
(0.057)		 0.061
(0.086)		 -0.042
(0.056)		 0.134**
(0.058)		 0.027
(0.087)
Hispanic English -0.080*
(0.042)		 -0.026
(0.042)		 -0.020
(0.041)		 -0.053
(0.038)		 -0.017
(0.038)		 -0.003
(0.039)		 -0.151***
(0.042)		 -0.092**
(0.042)		 -0.069
(0.042)		 -0.127***
(0.042)		 -0.064
(0.042)		 -0.055
(0.040)		 -0.139***
(0.043)		 -0.081*
(0.043)		 -0.071*
(0.041)
Asian -0.074
(0.062)		 -0.079
(0.062)		 -0.047
(0.067)		 -0.241***
(0.062)		 -0.241***
(0.063)		 -0.193***
(0.072)		 0.035
(0.054)		 0.030
(0.054)		 0.031
(0.064)		 0.088*
(0.053)		 0.080
(0.054)		 0.040
(0.064)		 0.202***
(0.055)		 0.195***
(0.057)		 0.132**
(0.064)
Other -0.088
(0.056)		 -0.054
(0.056)		 -0.050
(0.056)		 -0.191***
(0.050)		 -0.171***
(0.050)		 -0.164***
(0.049)		 -0.060
(0.050)		 -0.023
(0.050)		 -0.019
(0.050)		 -0.095*
(0.054)		 -0.057″
(0.053)		 -0.063
(0.053)		 -0.036
(0.051)		 -0.002
(0.050)		 -0.008
(0.049)
Controlling for SES No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Controlling for other variables No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes
Observations 9,020 9,020 9,020 9,640 9,640 9,640 9,730 9,730 9,730 9,730 9,730 9,730 9,710 9,710 9,710
Adj.R2 0.107 0.124 0.181 0.126 0.133 0.170 0.0929 0.112 0.146 0.0687 0.0909 0.163 0.107 0.125 0.174

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 E5, and Table F5.

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

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