TABLE 4.

Descriptive Statistics for Reading and Writing Items (N = 92)

Item	Mode	M	SD	Skew	Kurtosis
Like to read	4	3.03	1.06	−0.683	−0.863
Like to check out library books	4	3.28	0.94	−1.083	0.062
Will do well in reading next year	4	3.14	0.98	−0.937	−0.150
Like to hear stories read to me	4	3.48	0.82	−1.465	1.250
Like to look at books by myself	4	2.99	1.02	−0.547	−0.940
Like to go to the library	4	3.10	1.07	−0.821	−0.550
Reading is easy	2	2.49	1.08	0.081	−1.267
Like to write	4	3.45	0.79	−1.118	0.012
Like to write words on drawings	4	3.10	1.07	−0.859	−0.594
Will do well in writing next year	4	3.25	0.94	−1.004	−0.104
Like to write stories–write in journals	4	3.33	0.98	−1.265	0.357
Like to practice writing my letters	4	3.09	1.01	−0.697	−0.777
Writing is easy	4	2.98	1.11	−0.648	−0.986

Note. Responses given on a 4-point scale ranged from 1 (very negative), 2 (kind of negative), 3 (kind of positive), to 4 (very positive).