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Table 6: HLM Analysis Results.<br />

System One System Two System Four<br />

Indicators Coefficient p-value Coefficient p-value Coefficient p-value<br />

Student-level<br />

variables<br />

MSA_READ_<br />

03 0.5473 0.000 0.1579 0.000 0.316453 0.000<br />

MSA_MATH_<br />

03 0.2256 0.000 -- -- 0.165538 0.000<br />

FARMS03 -0.136 0.02 -- -- -0.073442 0.002<br />

SPED03 -0.282 0.03 -0.147 0.000 -0.442576 0.000<br />

GPA 2002-2003 0.0662 0.03 0.0891 0.004 0.215216 0.000<br />

PRE1DAY -0.143 0.09 -- -- -- --<br />

SRI_03_SS -- -- 0.3339 0.000 -- --<br />

Midterm_04 -- -- 0.2859 0.000 -- --<br />

Attend -- -- 0.0362 0.09 0.049805 0.091<br />

ELL03 -- -- -- -- -0.235196 0.004<br />

Present -- -- -- --<br />

Sex -- -- -- -- 0.172955 0.000<br />

Teacher-level<br />

variables<br />

Tdegree 0.0741 0.03 -0.024 0.33 -- --<br />

Tyears -0.001 0.64 -9E-04 0.79 -- --<br />

<strong>School</strong>-level<br />

variables<br />

HSSPED -- -- -- -- 0.009388 0.188<br />

HSELL -- -- -- -- -0.279788 0.000<br />

HSFARMS -- -- -- -- 0.008419 0.002<br />

<strong>HSA</strong>TTEND -- -- -- -- 0.063903 0.002<br />

HSHQT -- -- -- -- 0.001372 0.542<br />

Suspended -- -- -- -- 0.000305 .536<br />

Note: System three is omitted from this table due to insufficient level-2 variability.

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