Table 6. 
Heterogeneity in the Effect of the Mandatory ACT by Student Demographics and School Poverty Share
School Poverty Share
Dependent VariableAll (1)White (2)Black (3)Female (4)Male (5)Non-Poor (6)Poor (7)Low/Middle (8)High (9)
Enroll in:          
Any college 0.003 0.003 0.003 −0.000 0.005 −0.001 0.016** −0.000 0.009 
 (0.004) (0.004) (0.011) (0.005) (0.005) (0.004) (0.007) (0.004) (0.007) 
 0.587 0.605 0.515 0.622 0.552 0.640 0.415 0.634 0.494 
Four-year college 0.006 0.005 0.009 0.002 0.009** 0.004 0.010** 0.001 0.013** 
 (0.004) (0.004) (0.009) (0.005) (0.004) (0.004) (0.005) (0.004) (0.006) 
 0.321 0.334 0.256 0.350 0.291 0.370 0.164 0.368 0.228 
Two-year college −0.003 −0.002 −0.006 −0.002 −0.004 −0.005 0.006 −0.001 −0.004 
 (0.004) (0.004) (0.009) (0.005) (0.004) (0.004) (0.006) (0.004) (0.006) 
 0.266 0.271 0.259 0.272 0.261 0.271 0.251 0.266 0.267 
Covariates 
School fixed effects 
Sample size 536,813 417,851 83,061 268,573 268,240 384,331 148,147 358,113 178,700 
School Poverty Share
Dependent VariableAll (1)White (2)Black (3)Female (4)Male (5)Non-Poor (6)Poor (7)Low/Middle (8)High (9)
Enroll in:          
Any college 0.003 0.003 0.003 −0.000 0.005 −0.001 0.016** −0.000 0.009 
 (0.004) (0.004) (0.011) (0.005) (0.005) (0.004) (0.007) (0.004) (0.007) 
 0.587 0.605 0.515 0.622 0.552 0.640 0.415 0.634 0.494 
Four-year college 0.006 0.005 0.009 0.002 0.009** 0.004 0.010** 0.001 0.013** 
 (0.004) (0.004) (0.009) (0.005) (0.004) (0.004) (0.005) (0.004) (0.006) 
 0.321 0.334 0.256 0.350 0.291 0.370 0.164 0.368 0.228 
Two-year college −0.003 −0.002 −0.006 −0.002 −0.004 −0.005 0.006 −0.001 −0.004 
 (0.004) (0.004) (0.009) (0.005) (0.004) (0.004) (0.006) (0.004) (0.006) 
 0.266 0.271 0.259 0.272 0.261 0.271 0.251 0.266 0.267 
Covariates 
School fixed effects 
Sample size 536,813 417,851 83,061 268,573 268,240 384,331 148,147 358,113 178,700 

Notes: The sample is as in Table 5. Each point estimate is from a separate linear probability model, difference-in-difference regression. Free lunch is measured as of eleventh grade. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the school level. Pre-policy dependent variable means are in italics below the standard errors.

**Significant at the 5% level.

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