Table 1.

Comparison of SLD and TD controls on demographics and measures.

	Overall			Children with SLD			Controls
Measures	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	t	p
Age, years	81	11.7	1.9	48	11.4	1.5	33	12.1	2.4	−1.562	.121
Vocabulary (S)		101	10.9		99	10.0		104	11.7	−1.846	.069
Word Reading (S)		95	16.9		89	14.7		105	15.1	−4.806	<.001
Anxiety (T) ◊		54	10.1		56	10.7		51	8.6	2.056	.043

Note.

S = Standard Scores; ≤ 70 = Extremely Low, 71–79 = Low, 80–89 = Low Average, 90–110 = Average, 111–120 = High Average, 121–129 = Superior, ≥ 130 = Very Superior

T = T Scores; < 60 = Within Normal Limits, 60–69 = At-Risk, ≥ 70 = Clinically Significant

^◊5 children in the SLD group and 1 child in the Control group had Anxiety scores in the clinically significant range.