Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics for Time 2–6 Outcomes: Variables Used in Growth Models
| Measures | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | K | Gr. 1 | Gr. 2 | Gr. 3 | |
| Math Skills | |||||
| Applied Problemsa | 97.21 (11.17) | 99.16 (10.99) | 100.56 (11.68) | 101.51 (13.75) | 100.89 (14.39) |
| Literacy Skills | |||||
| Blending | 13.04 (4.30) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Elision | 9.61 (3.58) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Print Awareness | 16.49 (12.60) | 30.91 (9.19) | NA | NA | NA |
| Letter-Word IDa | NA | 105.5 (10.6) | 104.6 (12.4) | 99.9 (11.6) | NA |
| Sight Wordsa | NA | 96.4 (6.70) | 98.2 (11.84) | 99.6 (14.69) | 101.1 (13.91) |
| Decodinga | NA | 99.9 (4.51) | 96.5 (11.00) | 96.4 (13.18) | 96.9 (13.68) |
| Teacher-Rated Academic Functioning | |||||
| Acad. Performance | 2.13 (0.55) | 3.08 (1.02) | 3.00 (0.98) | NA | NA |
| Academic Success | NA | NA | NA | 3.10 (0.81) | 2.99 (0.73) |
| Teacher-Rated Social Behavior | |||||
| Social Competence | 3.98 (0.88) | 4.02 (0.98) | 4.04 (0.99) | 4.03 (0.97) | 4.08 (0.99) |
| Aggression | 2.07 (0.89) | 1.96 (0.83) | 1.95 (0.85) | 1.99 (0.91) | 1.95 (0.85) |
Note: Pre-K = Spring of the pre-kindergarten year; K = Kindergarten; Gr. 1 = first grade; Gr. 2 = second grade; Gr. 3 = third grade. Standard deviations are in parentheses.
a
= Nationally norm