Table 8.
Class Count, Percentage, and Population Estimate for Latent Classes as a Function of Kindergarten Language Classification
| Kindergarten Language Classification |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | TL (n=246) | SLI (n=100) | NLI (n=72) | SCD (n=75) |
| TD | ||||
| Count | 185 | 30 | 12 | 29 |
| Percentage | 72.3 | 11.7 | 4.7 | 11.3 |
| Population Estimate | 87.8 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 6.9 |
| LERD-W | ||||
| Count | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Percentage | 37.9 | 31.0 | 10.3 | 20.7 |
| Population Estimate | 62.5 | 16.7 | 4.2 | 16.7 |
| LERD-C | ||||
| Count | 13 | 16 | 8 | 14 |
| Percentage | 25.5 | 31.4 | 15.7 | 27.5 |
| Population Estimate | 42.9 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 25.7 |
| LERD-CW | ||||
| Count | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Percentage | 23.1 | 30.3 | 23.1 | 23.1 |
| Population Estimate | 50.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 |
| EIRD | ||||
| Count | 30 | 39 | 44 | 20 |
| Percentage | 22.6 | 29.3 | 33.1 | 15.0 |
| Population Estimate | 43.9 | 17.1 | 23.2 | 15.9 |
| LETD | ||||
| Count | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Percentage | 36.4 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 27.3 |
| Population Estimate | 55.6 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 22.2 |
TD = typically developing; LERD = late emerging RD; EIRD = early identified RD; LETD = late emerging typically developing; TL=typical language; SLI = specific language impairment; NLI = nonspecific language impairment; SCD = specific nonverbal cognitive deficit; W = word reading only; C= comprehension only; CW = comprehension + word reading;