Table 1.
Means and standard deviations for normed tests for separate country samples
| Grades | Test | US | Australia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Kindergarten | TOWRE SWE | 97.0 | 10.5 | 104.0 | 10.3 |
| TOWRE PDE | 102.1 | 8.4 | 107.3 | 8.8 | |
| Grade 1 | TOWRE SWE | 102.3 | 14.0 | 110.0 | 12.8 |
| TOWRE PDE | 100.8 | 12.8 | 109.5 | 12.7 | |
| WRAT Spelling | 100.2 | 15.4 | 113.1 | 15.5 | |
| TOWRE PDE | 100.8 | 12.8 | 109.5 | 12.7 | |
| Grade 2 | TOWRE SWE | 102.5 | 14.4 | 110.7 | 13.2 |
| TOWRE PDE | 100.0 | 13.4 | 110.3 | 14.4 | |
| WRAT Spelling | 96.8 | 16.0 | 107.0 | 5.9 | |
| WPC | 100.0 | 12.1 | 109.4 | 10.3 | |
Note: TOWRE SWE = Test of Word Recognition Efficiency, Sight Word Efficiency Form A; TOWRE PDE = Test of Word Recognition Efficiency, Phonemic Decoding Efficiency Form A; WRAT = Wide Range Achievement Test; WPC = Woodcock Reading Mastery Test (Revised), Passage Comprehension.