Table V. Number of Children who Met Restrictive Criteria for MDa between Kindergarten and Grade 3.
| Number of children who first met restrictive MD criteriaa in Kindergarten or Grade 1, 2, or 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All grade(s) during which criteria were met | Starting in Kindergarten | Starting in Grade 1 | Starting in Grade 2 | Starting in Grade 3 |
| During only one grade | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| During only two grades | ||||
| K,l | 2 | –b | – | – |
| K,2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| K,3 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 1,2 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 1,3 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2,3 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 1 | – |
| During three grades | – | – | ||
| K,1,2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| K,1,3 | 2 | – | – | – |
| K,2,3 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 1,2,3 | – | 6 | – | – |
| Total | 3 | 6 | – | – |
| During all four grades | ||||
| K,l,2,3 | 5 (2c) | – | – | – |
| Grade level totals | ||||
| Total to first emerge in given grade [N = 35] | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Total for one grade only [N = 13] | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Number “persistent” for (2 years [N = 22]) | 13/20 (65%) | 8/9 (89%) | 1/5(20%) | – |
| Number “persistent” for (3 years [N = 14]) | 8/20 (40%) | 6/9 (67%) | – | – |
| 8/13 (62%) | 6/8 (75%) | – | – | |
a
MD criteria = TEMA-2 score < 10%ile for study sample.
b
Indicates a cell where a count is not applicable.
c
Number in parentheses indicates the number of children with FSIQ < 80. This occurred only in the Kindergarten cell, for children meeting criteria for all four school years. One of these children repeated preschool. The other child attends a non-graded school for children with learning disabilities.