Table 6.

Ordered item locations, fit residuals and probabilities for the language and cognitive development domain

Item	Item description	Location	SE	Fit residual	Chi square	Probability
1	handle a book	−3.86	0.35	−1.34	3.12	0.874
20	sort by common characteristics	−2.25	0.19	−0.40	3.50	0.835
21	use one-to-one correspondence	−1.71	0.16	−2.53	9.77	0.202
2	interested in books	−1.64	0.16	−2.29	5.40	0.611
25	recognise shapes	−1.21	0.14	0.54	7.89	0.343
19	interested in number games	−0.81	0.13	−0.34	8.43	0.296
18	interested in maths	−0.78	0.13	−3.95	19.67	0.006
5	attach sounds to letters	−0.63	0.12	−1.41	4.35	0.738
4	identify 10 letters	−0.62	0.12	−2.48	7.59	0.370
12	aware of writing direction	−0.62	0.12	−1.30	5.04	0.655
11	experiment with writing	−0.62	0.12	1.23	34.05	0.000
14	writing his/her name	−0.50	0.12	−1.51	9.32	0.231
3	interested in reading	−0.45	0.12	−3.29	9.13	0.243
26	understands time	−0.40	0.12	−0.54	7.14	0.414
24	say which is bigger than 2	−0.39	0.12	−2.63	7.65	0.364
7	group reading activities	0.06	0.11	−1.64	15.09	0.035
8	read simple words	0.24	0.10	−5.14	29.66	0.000
17	remember things easily	0.74	0.09	−2.53	8.60	0.282
23	recognise 1–10	0.77	0.09	−1.96	13.00	0.072
15	write simple words	0.84	0.09	−4.97	30.98	0.000
6	awareness of rhyming	0.98	0.09	−3.01	23.35	0.001
10	read simple sentences	1.58	0.09	−5.67	38.08	0.000
22	count to 20	1.95	0.08	−0.07	13.50	0.061
13	writing voluntarily	1.97	0.08	−1.02	17.88	0.013
16	write simple sentences	2.51	0.08	−0.09	22.20	0.002
9	read complex words	4.86	0.10	−0.04	28.56	0.000