Table 3.
Standardized scores separated by transition path
| Standardized score for the initially low– achieving group by transition Pattern (N=251) | |||||||
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| Retained in low-achieving | Moved to high-achieving | ||||||
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| Mean | Std. Dev. | Sample size | Mean | Std. Dev. | Sample size | Difference of moved compared to retained | |
| Pre-test | −.734 | 1.144 | 84 | −.259 | 1.300 | 167 | .475 |
| Post-test | −.272 | .513 | 84 | .673 | .554 | 167 | .945 |
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| Difference | .462 | .932 | |||||
| Standardized score for the initially high– achieving group by transition pattern (N=57) | |||||||
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| Moved to low-achieving | Retained in high-achieving | ||||||
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| Mean | Std. Dev. | Sample size | Mean | Std. Dev. | Sample size | Difference of moved compared to retained | |
| Pre-test | −.067 | .485 | 7 | .327 | .416 | 50 | .394 |
| Post-test | .069 | .265 | 7 | 1.038 | .480 | 50 | .969 |
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| Difference | .136 | .711 | |||||