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. 2019 May 21;62(6):1739–1754. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-18-0324

Table 2.

Spanish descriptive statistics for story retell measures by language of instruction and grade.



Bilingual instruction
English instruction
Term Variable Obs M SD Min Max Obs M SD Min Max
Fall K Age 479 66.8 4.0 58.0 82.0 239 66.1 3.9 57.0 81.0
NUT 479 25.5 10.1 2.0 73.0 239 23.5 10.5 2.0 71.0
NDW 479 55.7 19.5 4.0 117.0 239 50.2 19.0 4.0 108.0
MLUw 479 4.7 0.9 1.9 7.9 239 4.6 0.8 2.2 7.6
SI 479 1.1 0.1 1.0 1.6 239 1.1 0.1 1.0 1.5
PGU 479 95.9 6.6 12.5 100.0 239 94.9 8.4 40.0 100.0
Spring K Age 536 73.9 4.1 65.0 92.0 252 72.8 3.9 65.0 89.0
NUT 536 31.2 10.2 6.0 106.0 252 26.8 9.9 7.0 78.0
NDW 536 73.8 19.9 20.0 177.0 252 63.6 19.2 22.0 123.0
MLUw 536 5.7 1.0 3.2 9.0 252 5.5 1.0 2.9 8.7
SI 536 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.7 252 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.8
PGU 536 91.0 9.3 28.6 100.0 252 89.0 10.4 42.9 100.0
Fall 1st Age 707 79.8 5.1 69.0 101.0 342 78.4 5.2 69.0 101.0
NUT 707 39.0 13.3 7.0 112.0 342 34.6 12.9 4.0 92.0
NDW 707 82.8 23.1 15.0 184.0 342 71.3 22.3 17.0 146.0
MLUw 707 5.6 0.9 2.5 8.7 342 5.3 0.8 2.8 7.8
SI 707 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.6 342 1.1 0.1 1.0 1.5
PGU 707 90.3 10.4 27.0 100.0 342 87.6 13.5 25.0 100.0
Spring 1st Age 727 86.3 4.8 77.0 107.0 346 85.6 4.8 78.0 108.0
NUT 727 38.2 13.9 2.0 130.0 346 35.0 14.3 6.0 115.0
NDW 727 79.0 18.9 6.0 152.0 346 69.4 19.2 15.0 135.0
MLUw 727 6.1 1.0 2.9 9.6 346 5.7 1.0 3.0 8.9
SI 727 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.7 346 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.6
PGU 727 89.6 11.8 8.3 100.0 346 83.1 15.8 21.1 100.0
Fall 2nd Age 608 91.3 4.4 82.0 111.0 298 90.3 4.8 82.0 114.0
NUT 608 37.6 8.4 10.0 67.0 298 33.4 9.5 2.0 68.0
NDW 608 82.7 17.3 16.0 135.0 298 71.6 19.2 8.0 146.0
MLUw 608 5.9 0.8 3.5 8.9 298 5.6 0.9 3.4 12.5
SI 608 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.9 298 1.2 0.1 1.0 1.5
PGU 608 91.7 9.6 34.5 100.0 298 88.8 13.6 25.0 100.0
Spring 2nd Age 583 97.9 4.3 89.0 117.0 261 97.2 4.5 89.0 115.0
NUT 583 37.5 9.0 7.0 82.0 261 33.1 10.1 1.0 84.0
NDW 583 95.7 18.3 31.0 160.0 261 82.4 21.1 11.0 152.0
MLUw 583 7.2 1.1 3.8 11.1 261 6.7 1.1 4.1 12.0
SI 583 1.4 0.2 1.0 2.0 261 1.3 0.2 1.0 1.9
PGU 583 77.1 12.1 15.8 100.0 261 69.0 18.7 0.0 100.0

Note. NUT = number of utterances; NDW = number of different words; MLUw = mean length of utterance in words; SI = subordination index; PGU = percentage of grammatical utterances.