Table 2.

Predictors of reading ability in β units.

	Aspects of reading
Variable	Word identification	Decoding	Fluency	Comprehension
CTOPP Elision	0.57***	0.56***	0.38***	0.46***
CTOPP Rapid Letter Naming	0.23***	0.16**	0.31***	0.24***
WISC-IV Digit Span Forward	0.12*	0.13*	0.02	0.11
WISC-IV Digit Span Backward	0.08	0.14**	0.23***	0.13*
BASC-2 Attention Problems	-0.04	0.002	-0.14*	-0.06

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.