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Published in final edited form as: Read Writ. 2016 Jan 4;29(4):633–657. doi: 10.1007/s11145-015-9619-3

Table 4.

Results of Hierarchical Regressions Using Reading Comprehension as the Dependent Variable

Grade	Group	Model		B	SE B	Beta	t	R2	Unique	Common
6	Non-LEP	1	Spelling	.27	.02	.50	12.21^*	.25
		1	Vocabulary	.27	.02	.54	12.38^*	.44	.19
		2	Vocabulary	.32	.02	.65	18.03^*	.42
		2	Spelling	.10	.02	.18	4.09^*	.44	.02	.23
	LEP	1	Spelling	.28	.05	.51	5.59^*	.26
		1	Vocabulary	.32	.05	.60	6.75^*	.51	.25
		2	Vocabulary	.38	.04	.70	9.27^*	.49
		2	Spelling	.10	.05	.18	1.96	.51	.02	.24

7	Non-LEP	1	Spelling	.34	.03	.52	12.99^*	.27
		1	Vocabulary	.24	.02	.57	15.56^*	.52	.25
		2	Vocabulary	.28	.01	.69	20.51^*	.48
		2	Spelling	.16	.02	.24	6.43^*	.52	.04	.23
	LEP	1	Spelling	.24	.06	.43	3.98^*	.18
		1	Vocabulary	.25	.05	.56	5.09^*	.40	.22
		2	Vocabulary	.28	.04	.63	6.76^*	.39
		2	Spelling	.07	.06	.12	1.14	.40	.01	.17

8	Non-LEP	1	Spelling	.25	.02	.47	11.29^*	.23
		1	Vocabulary	.26	.02	.56	13.92^*	.46	.24
		2	Vocabulary	.31	.02	.66	18.42^*	.44
		2	Spelling	.10	.02	.19	4.69^*	.46	.03	.19
	LEP	1	Spelling	.32	.04	.66	7.63^*	.43
		1	Vocabulary	.12	.05	.25	2.35^*	.47	.04
		2	Vocabulary	.28	.05	.56	5.93^*	.31
		2	Spelling	.24	.05	.50	4.72^*	.47	.16	.27

9	Non-LEP	1	Spelling	.33	.02	.53	15.42^*	.29
		1	Vocabulary	.18	.02	.40	11.06^*	.41	.12
		2	Vocabulary	.25	.01	.57	16.97^*	.33
		2	Spelling	.20	.02	.33	9.03^*	.41	.08	.21
	LEP	1	Spelling	.27	.04	.54	6.35^*	.29
		1	Vocabulary	.25	.03	.66	8.82^*	.60	.31
		2	Vocabulary	.29	.03	.76	11.58^*	.58
		2	Spelling	.10	.04	.20	2.65^*	.60	.03	.26

10	Non-LEP	1	Spelling	.29	.02	.50	12.33^*	.25
		1	Vocabulary	.21	.02	.37	8.99^*	.36	.11
		2	Vocabulary	.29	.02	.52	13.01^*	.27
		2	Spelling	.19	.02	.34	8.13^*	.36	.09	.16
	LEP	1	Spelling	.33	.06	.59	5.45^*	.34
		1	Vocabulary	.28	.06	.58	4.85^*	.54	.19
		2	Vocabulary	.35	.04	.71	7.72^*	.51
		2	Spelling	.12	.07	.21	1.76	.54	.03	.32

Note. LEP = served under the federal limited English proficient status (used as the identifier for English language learner in this study) Vocabulary = FAIR Vocabulary Knowledge Task; Spelling = FAIR Word Analysis Task. Unique = unique variance of each predictor; Common = the common variance across predictors.

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