marginally significantp = 0.044
The imposition of equality constraints on factor loadings in the model positing metric invariance resulted in a non-significant chi-square difference for grade [ Δχ 2 (12) = 15.7, p = 0.203], and only a marginally significant difference for gender [ Δχ 2 (12) = 21.5, p = 0.044], with negligible changes in the incremental fit indices.