Civic Report No. 24 December 2002

Table 6: Regression Model of the Effect of Education Freedom on Student Achievement   2000 NAEP Math Proficiency Variable Coefficient P-Value Education Freedom Index Score 4.05 0.04 Household Income (000s) 0.63 0.00 Percentage Minority -0.24 0.00 Per Pupil Spending (000s) 1.53 0.04 Accountability Score 0.05 0.93 Constant -8.16 0.23       Adjusted R-Squared 0.66   N 39.00

Table 7: Regression Model of the Effect of Education Freedom on Student Achievement, Controlling for Earlier Test Scores   2000 NAEP Math Proficiency Variable Coefficient P-Value Education Freedom Index Score 2.75 0.06 Household Income (000s) 0.28 0.06 Percentage Minority -0.12 0.01 Per Pupil Spending (000s) 1.10 0.06 Accountability Score 1.15 0.02 1990 NAEP Math Proficiency 0.80 0.00 Constant -8.51 0.10       Adjusted R-Squared 0.81   N 36.00

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