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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2012;104(4):1083–1093. doi: 10.1037/a0029020

Table 1.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlations for all Measures Used in the Growth Models

Variable M SD Correlations
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Low-complexity word problems
1. Grade 3 Fall 27 22.2
2. Grade 3 Spring 39 28.2 .66
3. Grade 4 Spring 57 27.9 .59 .73
4. Grade 5 Spring 64 26.8 .56 .68 .77

High-complexity word problems
5. Grade 3 Fall 11 16.7 .53 .46 .42 .41
6. Grade 3 Spring 26 22.6 .50 .59 .51 .46 .45
7. Grade 4 Spring 42 29.1 .52 .58 .63 .60 .44 .53
8. Grade 5 Spring 50 29.9 .49 .57 .61 .62 .42 .47 .62

Achievement, cognitive, and behavioral measures
9. Computation 8.16 3.40 .47 .42 .40 .42 .29 .35 .35 .32
10. Nonverbal reasoning 50.31 11.11 .34 .41 .43 .44 .27 .39 .35 .36 .26
11. Language 47.57 9.77 .43 .49 .47 .47 .42 .45 .40 .49 .25 .32
12. Attentive Behavior 2.21 12.19 .34 .45 .46 .42 .35 .33 .47 .49 .38 .22 .40

Note. For the word-problem measures, scores are percent correct of 19 (low-complexity) and 20 (high-complexity) points. For Computation, the score represents the number of problems solved in 1 min (average of three tests of single-digit addition, subtraction, and mix of single-digit and algorithmic computations). Nonverbal reasoning and Language scores are T-scores. For Attentive Behavior, 0 represents a teacher rating of average attentive behavior (range = −27 to 27); a higher score means the student is more attentive. All correlations are significant (p < .05).