Table 1.
Variable | Mean (SD) | Min-Max |
---|---|---|
Kindergarten Predictors | ||
Word Reading | ||
WJ-III Letter Word Identification -raw | 22.95 (6.54) | 13 – 44 |
WJ-III Letter Word Identification -SS | 106.87 (12.95) | 80 – 142 |
WJ-III Word Attack -raw | 6.67 (3.82) | 2 – 21 |
WJ-III Word Attack – SS | 110.61 (12.05) | 78 – 149 |
TOWRE Sight Word Efficiency** | 15.43 (12.87) | 0 – 62 |
Spelling | ||
WJ-III Spelling -raw | 15.97 (3.24) | 10 – 26 |
WJ-III Spelling -SS | 103.84 (12.64) | 72 – 134 |
Sight words -raw | 16.96 (5.92) | 0 – 30 |
Decodable real words -raw | 18.28 (5.88) | 0 – 30 |
Oral Language | ||
WJ-III Picture Vocabulary -raw | 16.18 (2.91) | 1 – 25 |
WJ-III Picture Vocabulary – SS | 99.64 (10.64) | 30 – 128 |
KBIT Vocabulary -raw | 25.85 (6.19) | 8 – 46 |
KBIT Vocabulary – SS | 92.92 (12.26) | 59 – 125 |
TOLD Sentence Imitation -raw | 8.03 (5.43) | 1 – 26 |
TOLD Sentence Imitation – SS | 8.14 (2.83) | 2 – 18 |
TOLD Grammatic Completion -raw | 6.16 (5.02) | 0 – 19 |
TOLD Grammatic Completion -SS | 7.37 (2.78) | 1 – 14 |
Letter Writing Automaticity | 9.90 (4.93) | 1 – 24 |
SWAN Attention | 40.32 (12.90) | 9 – 63 |
Writing in Third Grade (raw scores) | ||
Writing Quality | ||
Narrative prompt: Idea development | 4.52 (.99) | 1 – 7 |
Narrative prompt: Organization | 3.52 (.86) | 1 – 6 |
WIAT-III prompt: Idea development | 3.94 (.88) | 2 – 6 |
WIAT-III prompt: Organization | 3.32 (.95) | 2 – 6 |
Pet prompt*: Idea development | 3.79 (.74) | 2 – 6 |
Pet prompt: Organization | 2.93 (.70) | 2 – 5 |
Note: SS = Standard score
WJ-III = Woodcock Johnson-III; TOWRE = Test of Word Reading Efficiency; TOLD = Test of Language Development; WIAT-III = Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Third Edition
Sample size for the Pet prompt was 138.
Standard Scores are not available for the TOWRE Sight Word Efficiency.