Table 1.
Demographic and Screening Data by Tutoring Condition and Difficulty Status
| Tutoring condition |
Difficulty status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | WPs (n = 42) | NCs (n = 44) | Control (n = 47) | MD (n = 73) | MDRD (n = 60) |
| Age (in years) | 8.98 (0.6) | 9.00 (0.6) | 8.86 (0.5) | 8.73 (0.5)a | 9.19 (0.5)b |
| Female | 45% | 52% | 34% | 40% | 48% |
| Subsidized lunch | 76% | 82% | 77% | 68% | 90% |
| Special education | 17% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 28% |
| Retained | 29% | 30% | 23% | 15% | 19% |
| English as second language | 19% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 20% |
| African American | 57% | 61% | 70% | 66% | 60% |
| Caucasian | 7% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 7% |
| Hispanic | 26% | 25% | 19% | 19% | 28% |
| Other | 10% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 5% |
| WASI full-scale IQ | 87.71 (11.9) | 89.41 (9.8) | 88.86 (12.3) | 91.86 (11.8)a | 84.80 (9.4)b |
| WRAT-Arithmetic | 83.52 (10.1) | 84.66 (11.0) | 85.55 (8.8) | 87.71 (9.0)a | 80.85 (9.9)b |
| WRAT-Reading | 91.43 (18.7) | 91.59 (13.6) | 94.68 (15.8) | 104.64 (7.2)a | 78.02(11.0)a |
Note. Percentages are computed relative to the number of individuals in that group (e.g., 45% of the 42 students in Pirate Math tutoring were female). Percentages for ethnicity within a column total 100%. Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations. For mean scores, values in a given row with different subscripts are significantly different from one another. WPs = word problems; NCs = number combinations; MD = math difficulty; MDRD = math and reading difficulty; WASI = Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; WRAT = Wide Range Achievement Test-3.