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Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2012 Feb;104(1):10.1037/a0025323. doi: 10.1037/a0025323

Table 9.

Correlation Coefficients Between Word Reading and Comprehension Composite Scores and Kindergarten Early Predictors

	Kindergarten Measures
Composite Score	PV	OV	GC	GU	SI	NC	NR	PA	LID	IQ
1. WR Grade 2	.36^*	.48^*	.45^*	.49^*	.54^*	.35^*	.25^*	.58^*	.57^*	.37^*
2. Comp Grade 2	.50^*	.58^*	.58^*	.56^*	.61^*	.42^*	.36^*	.59^*	.59^*	.52^*
3. WR Grade 4	.32^*	.44^*	.44^*	.43^*	.52^*	.31^*	.23^*	.54^*	.50^*	.36^*
4. Comp Grade 4	.50^*	.57^*	.59^*	.56^*	.62^*	.43^*	.35^*	.55^*	.45^*	.51^*
5. WR Grade 8	.33^*	.45^*	.45^*	.44^*	.53^*	.28^*	.18^*	.56^*	.48^*	.35^*
6. Comp Grade 8	.49^*	.56^*	.57^*	.55^*	.58^*	.42^*	.29^*	.49^*	.36^*	.49^*
7. WR Grade 10	.33^*	.47^*	.49^*	.46^*	.52^*	.29^*	.20^*	.55^*	.46^*	.34^*
8. Comp Grade 10	.47^*	.51^*	.54^*	.53^*	.55^*	.40^*	.32^*	.47^*	.32^*	.45^*

Note. WR = word reading; Comp = comprehension; PV = picture vocabulary; OV = oral vocabulary; GC = grammatic completion; GU = grammatic understanding; SI = sentence imitation; NC = narrative comprehension; NR = narrative recall; PA = phoneme awareness; LID = letter identification; IQ = nonverbal IQ.

p < .001.