Table 8.
Number of Atypical Native Speakers of English (non ESL) and Atypical Speakers of English as a Second Language (ESL) Reading GORT Stories and Reaching Ceiling at Each Story by Woodcock Johnson Passage Comprehension Grade Equivalency Groupings
| nonESL (n=67) |
ESL (n=30) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WJ PC GE <3.0 (n=38) |
WJ PC GE ≥ 3.0 (n=29) |
WJ PC GE <3.0 (n=24) |
WJ PC GE ≥ 3.0 (n=6) |
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| Story | Reached Ceiling |
Read Story |
Reached Ceiling |
Read Story |
Reached Ceiling |
Read Story |
Reached Ceiling |
Read Story |
| 1 | 25 | 38 | 18 | 29 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 25 | 38 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 12 | 36 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note. WJ PC GE = Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Achievement, Passage Comprehension subtest, Grade Equivalency. The number of students who read each story varied because at story 3 and beyond if a student established the ceiling, administration discontinued.