. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Learn Disabil. 2011 Aug 19;44(5):472–488. doi: 10.1177/0022219411414010

Table 3.

Kindergarten through 5^th Grade Reading Tests Scores for Children Entering Kindergarten with and without IEP and a Disability Diagnosis

	Children with LD^***		Children with SLI^***		Children with neither IEP nor Disability Diagnosis^***

	N	Weighted Mean (SD)	N	Weighted Mean (SD)	N	Weighted Mean (SD)
Spring K	20	31.68 (4.94)	180	35.94 (12.75)	7,200	41.42 (13.55)
Spring 1^st grade	20	53.65 (15.63)	180	60.05 (19.77)	7,200	73.63 (22.34)
Spring 3^rd grade	20	100.55 (30.02)	180	102.34 (26.90)	7,200	120.53 (24.43)
Spring 5^th grade	20	117.29 (26.01)	180	121.51 (26.86)	7,200	140.89 (22.42)

Note. IEP=Individualized Education Program. LD=Learning disability. SLI=Speech or language impairment. K=Kindergarten.

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Each between-group contrast (i.e., LD vs. non-disabled; SLI vs. non-disabled; LD vs. SLI) for each variable was statistically significant at p<.001.