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Table 13 Estimated significant effects of home province on the importance of NMET washback on English listening-learning outcomes

From: The washback of the National Matriculation English Test on senior high school English learning outcomes: do test takers from different provinces think alike?

 

Dependent variable

 

Item 13

Item 14

Item 15

Home provincea

Heilongjiang

0.065***

0.076***

0.083***

(2.56)

(2.61)

(2.67)

Henan

0.069***

0.075***

0.072***

(1.98)

(2.22)

(2.17)

Liaoning

0.063***

0.072***

0.088***

(3.60)

(3.28)

(2.88)

Shanxi

0.074***

0.087***

0.071***

(5.99)

(2.13)

(2.72)

NMET listening test: Nob

0.045***

0.053***

0.047***

(2.94)

(2.89)

(2.82)

Ctrl variables

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

20,062

20,062

20,062

R-squared

0.074

0.073

0.060

  1. NOTE: *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; t statistics in parentheses; a The omitted category is Guangdong province; b The omitted category is NMET listening test: Yes