Civic Report No. 14 September 2000

Table 13: Regression Models of the Effect of Education Freedom on Student Achievement
	NAEP Proficiency		SAT Verbal		SAT Math
Variable	Coefficient	P-Value	Coefficient	P-Value	Coefficient	P-Value
Education Freedom Index	5.5	0.00	24.3	0.01	24.4	0.02
Household Income (000s)	0.3	0.04	-1.7	0.06	-1.1	0.25
Percentage Minority	-0.3	0.00	-1.1	0.00	-1.1	0.01
Per Pupil Spending (000s)	0.6	0.59	-10.5	0.13	-8.9	0.23
Class Size	-0.5	0.20	-0.8	0.75	6.1	0.99
Constant	15.6	0.15	636.1	0.00	592.2	0.00
Adjusted R-Squared	0.63		0.31		0.22
N	43		50		50

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