TABLE 3.

Multiple regression: longitudinal prediction of decoding abilities (end of second grade)

	B	SE B	β	t	p
Putative protective predictors
Right SLF	73.62	21.97	.37	3.35	.003
Socioeconomic status	0.45	0.15	.43	3.03	.006
Speech accuracy	0.41	0.22	.23	1.84	.080
Control predictors
Age	−1.03	0.38	−.33	−2.74	.010
Gender	15.86	2.91	.62	5.44	<.001
Key pre-literacy predictors
Phonological awareness	2.36	1.01	.29	2.34	.029
Rapid automatized naming	0.05	0.15	.04	0.33	.742
Letter-sound knowledge	−0.15	0.18	−.10	−0.80	.435
Intercept	57.43	39.97		1.44	.165

Note: R² = 0.803.