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Published in final edited form as: Sci Stud Read. 2009 Apr 1;13(2):99–121. doi: 10.1080/10888430902769541

TABLE 4.

English Early Literacy and Mother-to-Child Language Usage Correlations

	TERA–2 HS Yr 1 Spring	TERA–2 HS Yr 2 Fall	TERA–2 HS Yr 2 Spring	TERA–2 K Fall	TERA–2 K Spring
TERA–2 HS Yr 2 Fall	0.34^*
TERA–2 HS Yr 2 Spring	0.38^*	0.23
TERA–2 K Fall	0.38^*	0.24	0.44^*
TERA–2 K Spring	0.53^*	0.38^*	0.38^*	0.51^*
Mtc HS Yr 1	0.17	0.17	−0.05	0.23	0.43^*
Mtc HS Yr 2	0.17	0.17	−0.05	0.23	0.43^*
Mtc K	0.11	0.01	0.01	0.16	0.34^*

Note. TERA–2 = Test of Early Reading Ability–2; HS = Head Start; Yr = year; K = kindergarten; Mtc = mother-to-child language.

p < .05.