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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Educ Dev. 2012 Jun 21;23(4):427–450. doi: 10.1080/10409289.2011.589043

Table 4. Spearman Nonparametric Correlations Between Classroom Characteristics and Implementation Success in Years 1 and 2.

Number of lessons
completed in this
classroom
Mean percent of full
implementation
across lessons
Mean observer
fidelity rating

Classroom
Characteristic
Year 1
(n=8)
Year 2
(n=7)
Year 1
(n=8)
Year 2
(n=7)
Year 1
(n=8)
Year 2
(n=7)
Class Size −.298 .159 −.301 −.382 .361 −.346
Percent of Children
with Behavior
Problems
−.025 −.539 −.167 −.523 .452 −.144
Percent of Children
with Developmental
Delays
−.513 N/A −.766* N/A −.479 N/A
Percent of Low
Income Children
−.272 −.490 −.731* −.786* −.575 −.464
Average Child Age .098 −.401 .333 .036 −.119 −.286
Child Turnover −.056 −.401 −.301 −.643 .012 −.679+
Teacher Turnover −.174 −.349 .282 −.791* .169 −.791*
Environmental
Quality: ECERS
Environment Items
.491 .802* .476 .643 .095 .643
Interaction Quality:
ECERS Interaction
Items
.852** .809* .731* .685+ .611 .649
+

p < .10

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

N/A Not assessed in Year 2