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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2010 May 1;102(2):327–340. doi: 10.1037/a0018448

Table 1.

Demongraphic and First-Grade Screening Performance for the Sample that Moved Versus the Sample that Completed the Study on Demographic Variables and First-Grade Screening Measures

Variable Moved Completed Study χ2 p

f % f %
Sex (n=120) (n=348) 3.6528 .056
 Male 52 43.33 186 53.45
 Female 68 56.67 162 46.55
Race (n=119) (n=349) 0.0758 .963
 African American 53 44.54 160 45.98
 Caucasian 48 40.34 136 39.08
 Other 18 15.13 53 15.23
Lunch Status (n=112) (n=325) 1.3221 .250
 No Free lunch 44 39.29 148 45.54
 Free lunch 68 60.71 177 54.46
Entry Status (n=131) (n=354) 6.8436 .033
 Low Student Entry 96 73.28 214 60.45
 High Student Entry 17 12.98 66 18.64
 Average Student Entry 18 13.74 74 20.90

M SD M SD d t(483) p

(n=131) (n=354)
 Rapid Letter Naming 38.98 16.85 43.01 16.54 2.37 40.66 .0182
 Rapid Sound Naming 26.11 12.07 29.74 12.27 2.91 27.61 .0038
 WIF_N Screen 18.27 20.60 24.72 23.55 2.77 23.92 .0059

Note. WIF_N Screen = Word Identification Fluency screening measure.