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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2015 Apr 11;52:522–538. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.04.002

Table 2.

Percentage Distribution of Teachers’ Perceptions of Language and Literacy Skills by Students’ Race/ Ethnicity (ECLS-K 1998–99: First Grade, N = 10,740)

White Asian White Latino Non-White Latino Black Full Sample
Far Below Average 4.6% 3.3% 5.6% 7.8% 10.6% 6.1%
Below Average 16.6% 13.9% 21.2% 24.0% 22.1% 18.5%
Average 35.3% 36.5% 35.5% 36.0% 37.9% 35.9%
Above Average 32.3% 34.5% 31.1% 24.5% 23.5% 29.9%
Far Above Average 11.1% 11.8% 6.6% 7.7% 5.9% 9.6%

Note: χ2 = 241.5 (16, p < .001)