Table 6.

Relationships between the Parent-Reported LEAF and Measures of Academic Achievement

LEAF Subscale	WJ-III Tests of Achievement
	Basic Reading Skills Composite	Calculation Subtest	Writing Samples Subtest
N	111	112	106
Cognitive-Learning:
Comprehension and Conceptual Learning	−.35***	−.40***	−.48***
Factual Memory	−.43***	−.37***	−.41***
Cognitive-EF:
Attention	−.10	−.10	−.29**
Processing Speed	−.25**	−.12	−.32**
Visual-Spatial Organization	−.19*	−.18a	−.34***
Sustained Sequential Processing	−.15	−.14	−.30**
Working Memory	−.24*	−.28**	−.41***
Novel Problem-Solving	−.28**	−.30**	−.36***
Academic:
Mathematics Skills	−.34***	−.51***	−.35***
Basic Reading Skills	−.48***	−.23*	−.41***
Written Expression Skills	−.36***	−.30**	−.52***

Note. WJ-III = Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement. The WJ-III Basic Reading Skills score is a composite of the Letter-Word Identification and Word Attack subtests. Values are Pearson correlation coefficients.

^ap < 0.10;

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001