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Table 8 Estimated significant effects of home province on the importance of NMET washback on English speaking-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 16

Item 17

Item 18

Item 19

Home provincea

Beijing

0.165***

0.170***

0.208***

0.175***

(15.05)

(4.97)

(6.53)

(9.69)

Guangdong

0.149***

0.163***

0.184***

0.109***

(5.95)

(6.28)

(6.56)

(4.25)

Jiangsu

0.137***

0.159***

0.158***

0.116***

(7.12)

(8.95)

(7.63)

(7.66)

Shanghai

0.110***

0.106***

0.116***

0.121***

(5.22)

(5.47)

(7.30)

(6.88)

Zhejiang

0.148***

0.116***

0.119***

0.130***

(5.69)

(7.74)

(5.64)

(8.87)

Ctrl variables

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

20,062

20,062

20,062

20,062

R-squared

0.073

0.067

0.071

0.068

  1. NOTE: *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; t statistics in parentheses; a The omitted category is Gansu province