| . | Mean . | SD . | Min . | Max . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Student descriptive statistics | ||||
| |$\quad$| How good do you think you are at... | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.928 | 0.928 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.944 | 0.917 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.904 | 1.008 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\quad$| Age-11 national test scores percentile | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 50.114 | 27.725 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 50.783 | 28.378 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 49.453 | 28.287 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\quad$| Age-11 rank | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.496 | 0.295 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.501 | 0.297 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.489 | 0.294 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Within student rank SD | 0.137 | 0.089 | 0 | 0.575 |
| |$\quad$| Student characteristics | ||||
| |$\qquad$| FSME | 0.180 | 0.384 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Male | 0.498 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Minority | 0.337 | 0.473 | 0 | 1 |
| Panel B: parental descriptive statistics | ||||
| |$\quad$| Any post-secondary qualification | 0.323 | 0.468 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Gross household income>£33,000 | 0.219 | 0.413 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Occupation | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.014 | 0.119 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.031 | 0.175 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.036 | 0.185 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Parental time investment in schooling | ||||
| |$\qquad$| Number attending parents evening | 1.213 | 0.713 | 0 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Special meeting with teacher about child | 0.235 | 0.424 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Frequency of talking with child’s teacher | 2.124 | 0.957 | 1 | 5 |
| |$\qquad$| Involved in child’s school life | 2.969 | 0.782 | 1 | 4 |
| |$\quad$| Parental financial investment in schooling | ||||
| |$\quad$| Paying for any out of school tuition | 0.234 | 0.423 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| English tuition | 0.057 | 0.232 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths tuition | 0.027 | 0.163 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science tuition | 0.019 | 0.137 | 0 | 1 |
| Panel C: Observations | ||||
| |$\quad$| Students | 10,318 | |||
| |$\quad$| Primary schools | 4,137 | |||
| |$\quad$| Secondary schools | 780 | |||
| . | Mean . | SD . | Min . | Max . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Student descriptive statistics | ||||
| |$\quad$| How good do you think you are at... | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.928 | 0.928 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.944 | 0.917 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.904 | 1.008 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\quad$| Age-11 national test scores percentile | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 50.114 | 27.725 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 50.783 | 28.378 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 49.453 | 28.287 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\quad$| Age-11 rank | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.496 | 0.295 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.501 | 0.297 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.489 | 0.294 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Within student rank SD | 0.137 | 0.089 | 0 | 0.575 |
| |$\quad$| Student characteristics | ||||
| |$\qquad$| FSME | 0.180 | 0.384 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Male | 0.498 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Minority | 0.337 | 0.473 | 0 | 1 |
| Panel B: parental descriptive statistics | ||||
| |$\quad$| Any post-secondary qualification | 0.323 | 0.468 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Gross household income>£33,000 | 0.219 | 0.413 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Occupation | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.014 | 0.119 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.031 | 0.175 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.036 | 0.185 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Parental time investment in schooling | ||||
| |$\qquad$| Number attending parents evening | 1.213 | 0.713 | 0 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Special meeting with teacher about child | 0.235 | 0.424 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Frequency of talking with child’s teacher | 2.124 | 0.957 | 1 | 5 |
| |$\qquad$| Involved in child’s school life | 2.969 | 0.782 | 1 | 4 |
| |$\quad$| Parental financial investment in schooling | ||||
| |$\quad$| Paying for any out of school tuition | 0.234 | 0.423 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| English tuition | 0.057 | 0.232 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths tuition | 0.027 | 0.163 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science tuition | 0.019 | 0.137 | 0 | 1 |
| Panel C: Observations | ||||
| |$\quad$| Students | 10,318 | |||
| |$\quad$| Primary schools | 4,137 | |||
| |$\quad$| Secondary schools | 780 | |||
Notes: The LSYPE sample consists of 34,674 observations from the cohort 1 who took age-11 exams in 2001 and age-14 exams in 2004. For a detailed description of the data see Section 3.
| . | Mean . | SD . | Min . | Max . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Student descriptive statistics | ||||
| |$\quad$| How good do you think you are at... | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.928 | 0.928 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.944 | 0.917 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.904 | 1.008 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\quad$| Age-11 national test scores percentile | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 50.114 | 27.725 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 50.783 | 28.378 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 49.453 | 28.287 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\quad$| Age-11 rank | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.496 | 0.295 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.501 | 0.297 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.489 | 0.294 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Within student rank SD | 0.137 | 0.089 | 0 | 0.575 |
| |$\quad$| Student characteristics | ||||
| |$\qquad$| FSME | 0.180 | 0.384 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Male | 0.498 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Minority | 0.337 | 0.473 | 0 | 1 |
| Panel B: parental descriptive statistics | ||||
| |$\quad$| Any post-secondary qualification | 0.323 | 0.468 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Gross household income>£33,000 | 0.219 | 0.413 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Occupation | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.014 | 0.119 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.031 | 0.175 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.036 | 0.185 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Parental time investment in schooling | ||||
| |$\qquad$| Number attending parents evening | 1.213 | 0.713 | 0 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Special meeting with teacher about child | 0.235 | 0.424 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Frequency of talking with child’s teacher | 2.124 | 0.957 | 1 | 5 |
| |$\qquad$| Involved in child’s school life | 2.969 | 0.782 | 1 | 4 |
| |$\quad$| Parental financial investment in schooling | ||||
| |$\quad$| Paying for any out of school tuition | 0.234 | 0.423 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| English tuition | 0.057 | 0.232 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths tuition | 0.027 | 0.163 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science tuition | 0.019 | 0.137 | 0 | 1 |
| Panel C: Observations | ||||
| |$\quad$| Students | 10,318 | |||
| |$\quad$| Primary schools | 4,137 | |||
| |$\quad$| Secondary schools | 780 | |||
| . | Mean . | SD . | Min . | Max . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Student descriptive statistics | ||||
| |$\quad$| How good do you think you are at... | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.928 | 0.928 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.944 | 0.917 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.904 | 1.008 | -2 | 2 |
| |$\quad$| Age-11 national test scores percentile | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 50.114 | 27.725 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 50.783 | 28.378 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 49.453 | 28.287 | 1 | 100 |
| |$\quad$| Age-11 rank | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.496 | 0.295 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.501 | 0.297 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.489 | 0.294 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Within student rank SD | 0.137 | 0.089 | 0 | 0.575 |
| |$\quad$| Student characteristics | ||||
| |$\qquad$| FSME | 0.180 | 0.384 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Male | 0.498 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Minority | 0.337 | 0.473 | 0 | 1 |
| Panel B: parental descriptive statistics | ||||
| |$\quad$| Any post-secondary qualification | 0.323 | 0.468 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Gross household income>£33,000 | 0.219 | 0.413 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Occupation | ||||
| |$\qquad$| English | 0.014 | 0.119 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths | 0.031 | 0.175 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science | 0.036 | 0.185 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\quad$| Parental time investment in schooling | ||||
| |$\qquad$| Number attending parents evening | 1.213 | 0.713 | 0 | 2 |
| |$\qquad$| Special meeting with teacher about child | 0.235 | 0.424 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Frequency of talking with child’s teacher | 2.124 | 0.957 | 1 | 5 |
| |$\qquad$| Involved in child’s school life | 2.969 | 0.782 | 1 | 4 |
| |$\quad$| Parental financial investment in schooling | ||||
| |$\quad$| Paying for any out of school tuition | 0.234 | 0.423 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| English tuition | 0.057 | 0.232 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Maths tuition | 0.027 | 0.163 | 0 | 1 |
| |$\qquad$| Science tuition | 0.019 | 0.137 | 0 | 1 |
| Panel C: Observations | ||||
| |$\quad$| Students | 10,318 | |||
| |$\quad$| Primary schools | 4,137 | |||
| |$\quad$| Secondary schools | 780 | |||
Notes: The LSYPE sample consists of 34,674 observations from the cohort 1 who took age-11 exams in 2001 and age-14 exams in 2004. For a detailed description of the data see Section 3.
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