Table 2.
Frequencies and Percentages of Types of Poor Readers for Three Grades
| First-Grade Students (N = 143,671) | |||
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| Cohort | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
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| Total | 35,314 | 43,712 | 64,645 |
| Poor Reading Comprehension | 1,669 (4.73%) | 1,721 (3.94%) | 1,896 (2.93%) |
| Yet Adequate Decoding | 85 (0.24%) | 197 (0.45%) | 266 (0.41%) |
| Yet Adequate Decoding and Vocabulary |
23 (0.07%) | 69 (0.16%) | 81 (0.13%) |
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| Second-Grade Students (N = 135,943) | |||
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| Cohort | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
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| Total | 32,820 | 41,052 | 62,071 |
| Poor Reading Comprehension | 1,403 (4.27%) | 1,428 (3.48%) | 1,885 (3.04%) |
| Yet Adequate Decoding | 735 (2.25%) | 834 (2.03%) | 1,162 (1.87%) |
| Yet Adequate Decoding and Vocabulary |
72 (0.22%) | 70 (0.17%) | 93 (0.15%) |
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| Third-Grade Students (N = 144,815) | |||
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| Cohort | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
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| Total | 36,925 | 42,546 | 65,344 |
| Poor Reading Comprehension | 568 (1.54%) | 1,216 (2.86%) | 2,046 (3.13%) |
| Yet Adequate Decoding and Vocabulary |
34 (0.09%) | 137 (0.32%) | 138 (0.21%) |