Table 5 Effect of LEP peers on reading and mathematics test scores, LEP students

From: The effect of sharing a mother tongue with peers: evidence from North Carolina middle schools

	Reading						Mathematics
	L1		L2		L3		L1		L2		L3
Peer Characteristics
% LEP	0.055		0.053		0.039		−0.275	**	−0.276	**	−0.265	**
	(0.121)		(0.121)		(0.121)		(0.134)		(0.134)		(0.134)
LEP Herfindahl Index			0.027	*					−0.008
			(0.014)						(0.016)
% Common Tongue					0.086	***					−0.071	**
					(0.037)						(0.036)
% Female	0.085		0.086		0.080		0.079		0.078		0.080
	(0.100)		(0.100)		(0.100)		(0.101)		(0.101)		(0.101)
% Black	0.131		0.128		0.132		−0.078		−0.078		−0.082
	(0.106)		(0.106)		(0.106)		(0.104)		(0.104)		(0.104)
% Hispanic	0.303	**	0.282	*	0.267	*	0.182		0.189		0.209
	(0.144)		(0.144)		(0.145)		(0.155)		(0.156)		(0.156)
% FRL Student	−0.073	*	−0.076	*	−0.077	*	0.013		0.014		0.017
	(0.041)		(0.041)		(0.042)		(0.050)		(0.050)		(0.050)
% Transfer	0.007		0.007		0.007		0.035	**	0.035	**	0.035	**
	(0.015)		(0.015)		(0.015)		(0.015)		(0.015)		(0.015)
Mean Std. Score	−0.061	***	−0.063	***	−0.063	***	−0.164	***	−0.164	***	−0.163	***
	(0.025)		(0.025)		(0.025)		(0.020)		(0.020)		(0.020)
SD Std. Score	0.044		0.045		0.041		0.099	**	0.099	**	0.101	**
	(0.043)		(0.043)		(0.043)		(0.046)		(0.046)		(0.046)
Student Characteristics
Last Yr. Std. Score	−0.276	***	−0.276	***	−0.276	***	−0.233	***	−0.233	***	−0.233	***
	(0.006)		(0.006)		(0.006)		(0.006)		(0.006)		(0.006)
FRL Student	0.012		0.012		0.012		−0.008		−0.008		−0.008
	(0.009)		(0.009)		(0.009)		(0.009)		(0.009)		(0.009)
Transferred Schools	0.003		0.002		0.003		−0.021	**	−0.021	**	−0.021	***
	(0.010)		(0.010)		(0.010)		(0.009)		(0.009)		(0.009)
Observations	26,889		26,889		26,889		26,889		26,889		26,889
Student Fixed Effects?	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
School Fixed Effects?	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Grade-by-year FE?	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes

Notes: In addition to the variables shown, each regression also includes control variables for grade size and for the teacher characteristics listed in Table 1. Standard errors clustered at the school + grade + year level are in parentheses. *, **, and *** denote statistical significance of a two-sided test at the ten, five, and one-percent levels, respectively.

Back to article page