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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2019 Aug 5;112(4):718–734. doi: 10.1037/edu0000400

Table 4.

Standardized Parameters for the Cohort Sequential Latent Growth Curve Models in Reading and Math

Grade 1–2 Grade 2–3 Grade 3–4 Grade 4–5
β SE p β SE p β SE p β SE p
Reading intercept Reading quartile .79 .02 *** .92 .01 *** .92 .02 *** .96 .01 ***
Math quartile .11 .02 *** ns -- -- .04 .02 .08 ns -- --
Gender .05 .02 ** .01 .01 .09 ns -- -- ns -- --
Ethnicity −.03 .02 .08 ns -- -- ns -- -- ns -- --
SES ns -- -- ns -- -- .04 .01 ** .06 .03 *
Reading slope Reading quartile −.26 .07 *** −.33 .04 *** −.26 .05 *** −.10 .05 *
Math quartile .34 .04 *** .25 .04 *** .19 .04 *** .24 .04 ***
Gender ns -- -- ns -- -- ns -- -- ns -- --
Ethnicity −.13 .03 *** −.10 .03 *** −.07 .03 ** −.08 .03 ***
SES −.22 .03 *** −.12 .02 *** −.18 .04 *** −.19 .05 ***
Math intercept Reading quartile .14 .02 *** .05 .02 *** .10 .01 *** ns -- --
Math quartile .88 .02 *** .92 .02 *** .88 .02 *** .95 .01 ***
Gender ns -- -- ns -- -- −.03 .01 ** ns -- --
Ethnicity ns -- -- ns -- -- ns -- -- ns -- --
SES ns -- -- ns -- -- −.03 .01 ** ns -- --
Math slope Reading quartile .20 .04 *** .24 .05 *** .15 .03 *** .41 .04 ***
Math quartile −.76 .05 *** −.79 .05 *** −.61 .03 *** −.60 .07 ***
Gender −.12 .02 *** −.07 .03 * ns -- -- −.13 .03 ***
Ethnicity −.17 .03 *** −.10 .02 *** −.06 .03 * −.06 .03 *
SES −.20 .04 *** −.09 .03 ** ns -- -- −.10 .03 ***
Co-variances Reading slope/intercept −.18 .07 ns −.51 .05 *** −.55 .06 *** −.45 .08 ***
Math slope/intercept ns -- -- −.28 .13 * −.39 .10 *** −.44 .11 ***
*

p < .05;

**

p ≤ .01;

***

p ≤ .001; paths where p ≥ .10 were dropped from model