Table 2.
Annual gains in effect size for nationally normed reading tests
| Grade (Spring) |
Gates-MacGinitie |
SAT-10 |
TerraNova 3 |
MAT-8 |
GRADE |
Mean of Tests |
SE of Mean |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 25th | 50th | 10th | 25th | 50th | 10th | 25th | 50th | 10th | 25th | 50th | 10th | 25th | 50th | 10th | 25th | 50th | 10th | 25th | 50th | |
| K–l | 1.36 | 1.38 | 1.53 | 1.34 | 1.60 | 1.87 | 0.64 | 0.73 | 0.86 | 1.05 | 1.17 | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.60 | 1.78 | 1.09 | 1.23 | 1.42 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| 1–2 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.06 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 0.91 | 1.11 | 1.21 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.03 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| 2–3 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.84 | 0.69 | 0.59 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.39 | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.56 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| 3–4 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| 4–5 | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| 5–6 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| 6–7 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| 7–8 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| 8–9 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
| 9–10 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
| 10–11 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| 11–12 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 |