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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2011 Jul;47(4):916–930. doi: 10.1037/a0023865

Table 4.

Estimated Proficiency Probabilities Across Math Subskills for Language Subgroups

Language subgroup Count, number, shape Relative size Ordinality, sequence Add and subtract Multiply, divide Place value Rate, measurement Fractions Area, volume
English
 K .99 .85 .54 .16 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00
 1st .99 .99 .95 .71 .22 .03 .00 .00 .00
 3rd .99 .99 .99 .96 .76 .42 .13 .01 .00
 5th .99 .99 .99 .99 .91 .72 .42 .13 .02
Spanish
 K .97 .72 .32 .07 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
 1st .99 .99 .92 .60 .11 .01 .00 .00 .00
 3rd .99 .99 .99 .94 .66 .29 .07 .00 .00
 5th .99 .99 .99 .99 .88 .66 .33 .06 .01
Asian
 K .97 .87 .58 .20 .03 .01 .00 .00 .00
 1st .99 .99 .97 .74 .24 .07 .01 .00 .00
 3rd .99 .99 .99 .98 .82 .54 .21 .01 .00
 5th .99 .99 .99 .99 .95 .83 .59 .25 .05

Note. K = kindergarten.