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. 2017 Jun 7;28(7):2297–2312. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhx131

Table 1.

List of standardized assessments administered before intervention, participants’ average standard scores, and correlations with SES. Partial correlations between SES and reading scores control for standardized KBIT-2 scores.

Assessment M (SD) Zero-order correlation with SES Partial correlation with SES
Nonverbal cognition
 KBIT-2 matrices 103.09 (14.05) r = 0.23*** N/A
Oral language
 PPVT-4 (receptive vocabulary) 107.03 (12.50) r = 0.37** r = 0.32**
Phonological awareness
 CTOPP elision 8.49 (2.02) r = 0.02 r = −0.02
 CTOPP blending words 10.12 (2.27) r = −0.08 r = −0.13
Phonological memory
 CTOPP nonword repetition 7.92 (1.18) r = −0.02 r = −0.07
 CTOPP memory for digits 9.23 (2.33) r = 0.05 r = 0.02
Rapid automatized naming
 RAN/RAS objects 89.79 (13.65) r = 0.02 r = 0.07
 RAN/RAS letters 95.33 (11.49) r = 0.08 r = 0.09
 RAN/RAS 2-set letters and numbers 96.23 (11.90) r = −0.03 r = −0.04
Single word/nonword reading accuracy
 WRMT-3 word identification 85.11 (9.82) r = 0.13 r = 0.04
 WRMT-3 word attack 86.72 (11.69) r = 0.26* r = 0.15
Single word/nonword reading fluency
 TOWRE-2 sight word efficiency 84.54 (10.67) r = 0.09 r = 0.05
 TOWRE-2 phonemic decoding efficiency 80.80 (9.89) r = 0.17 r = 0.11
Reading composite 84.08 (8.71) r = 0.24*** r = 0.19

Note: All assessments have a mean standard score of 100, with a standard deviation of 15, except CTOPP which has a mean scaled score of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. KBIT-2 = Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, second edition, PPVT-4 = Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, fourth edition, CTOPP = Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, RAN/RAS = Rapid Automatized Naming and Rapid Alternating Stimulus Tests, WRMT-3 = Woodcock Reading Mastery Test, third edition, TOWRE-2 = Test of Word Reading Efficiency, second edition.

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.1.