Table 1.

Factor Loadings for Fall and Spring Student Mathematics and Literacy Achievement

	Fall literacy	Spring literacy
Gates–MacGinitie Vocabulary	.90	.88
Gates–MacGinitie Comprehension	.84	.82
Letter‐Word Identification	.86	.83
Picture Vocabulary	.72	.77
Passage Comprehension	.88	.86
	Fall math	Spring math
Math Fluency	.89	.88
Applied Problems	.89	.88