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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2017 Dec 18;54(4):631–647. doi: 10.1037/dev0000477

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for Spanish and English early literacy skills

Variable Standard Scores Raw Scores

Time 1 Time 1 Time 2 Time 3
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Age 51.55 (4.67) 55.73 (4.62) 58.13 (4.57)
Nonverbal 43.37 (7.52)

English

Rec Lang 75.92 (15.10)
Exp Lang 70.48 (18.48) 33.93 (16.25) 41.88 (9.87) 45.81 (9.80)
Blending 9.75 (4.16) 11.54 (4.12) 12.01 (4.12)
Elision 5.14 (2.09) 6.04 (2.18) 6.34 (2.51)
Print 7.76 (4.52) 12.42 (6.55) 14.34 (7.13)

Spanish

Rec Lang 82.77 (14.55)
Exp Lang 84.46 (17.46) 37.34 (10.40) 46.41 (7.76) 49.80 (7.33)
Blending 10.34 (3.55) 11.37 (3.43) 11.52 (3.33)
Elision 5.24 (1.73) 5.54 (1.85) 5.79 (1.95)
Print 7.50 (3.57) 9.16 (4.28) 11.23 (5.06)

Note. Nonverbal = Nonverbal cognitive ability. Rec Lang = Receptive language. Exp Lang = Expressive language.