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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2012 Feb;104(1):10.1037/a0025323. doi: 10.1037/a0025323

Table 6.

Frequency Counts, Percentages, and Population Estimates for the Identified Latent Classes

Latent Class Designation
Grade Grade Grade Grade Population Estimate
Class 2 4 8 10 Frequency Percent
    TD 1 1 1 1 255 51.7 67.8
    TD 1 2 1 1 1 0.2 0.1
Total 256 51.9 67.9
    LERD-W 1 2 2 2 26 5.2 4.5
    LERD-W 1 3 4 2 3 0.6 0.3
Total 29 5.8 4.8
    LERD-CW 1 3 4 4 8 1.6 1.0
    LERD-CW 1 3 3 4 3 0.6 0.3
    LERD-CW 1 1 3 4 1 0.2 0.1
    LERD-CW 1 2 4 4 1 0.2 0.2
Total 13 2.6 1.6
    LERD-C 1 3 3 3 37 7.5 5.1
    LERD-C 1 1 3 3 14 2.8 1.9
Total 51 10.3 7.0
    LETD 4 1 1 1 7 1.4 1.0
    LETD 4 2 1 1 3 0.6 0.5
    LETD 2 2 1 1 1 0.2 0.4
Total 11 2.2 1.9
    EIRD-W 2 2 2 2 19 3.8 3.0
    EIRD-W 4 4 2 2 15 3.0 2.0
    EIRD-W 4 2 2 2 13 2.6 2.9
    EIRD-W 2 4 4 2 1 0.2 0.1
    EIRD-W 4 4 4 2 1 0.2 0.1
    EIRD-CW 4 4 4 4 52 10.5 5.2
    EIRD-CW 4 2 4 4 11 2.2 0.9
    EIRD-CW 2 2 4 4 4 0.8 0.3
    EIRD-CW 2 4 4 4 7 1.4 0.8
    EIRD-CW 4 2 4 4 1 0.2 0.4
    EIRD-C 2 2 2 3 3 0.6 0.4
    EIRD-C 4 4 2 3 2 0.4 0.4
    EIRD-C 4 3 3 3 4 0.8 0.3
Total 133 26.9 16.8

Note. TD = typically developing; LERD = late emerging RD; LETD = late emerging typically developing; EIRD = early identified RD; W = word reading only; C= comprehension only; CW = comprehension + word reading; 1 = NR; 2 = RD-W; 3 = RD-C; 4 = RD-CW.