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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2021 Oct 11;114(2):215–238. doi: 10.1037/edu0000564

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics

Measure M SD Min-Max Skewness Kurtosis
Writing Quality
  WIAT Writing: quality 2.99 1.06 0 - 6 −0.22 −0.20
  Beaver Writing: quality 2.74 0.99 0 - 6 −0.10 0.77
Writing Productivity
  WIAT Words written 68.10 42.73 0 - 222 0.90 0.26
  Beaver Words written 64.72 32.52 7 - 167 0.80 0.27
Correctness in Writing
  WIAT Correct word sequences 44.21 31.14 0 - 139 1.02 0.37
  WIAT Incorrect word sequences 31.87 22.93 1 - 149 1.57 3.24
  WIAT CIWS 12.35 28.65 −89 - 106 .68 1.79
  Beaver Correct word sequences 42.31 28.94 1 - 154 1.05 0.86
  Beaver Incorrect word sequences 30.60 21.17 0 - 115 1.16 1.50
  Beaver CIWS 11.71 35.40 −82 - 142 .43 .59
Word Reading
  WJ Letter Word Identification 42.01 6.47 18-63 .38 .62
  WJ Letter Word Identification – SS 104.18 12.90 47-135 −.49 .91
  TOWRE SWE 1 51.64 12.08 7-75 −.56 .08
  TOWRE SWE 1 – SS 98.95 16.10 55-131 −.54 .01
  TOWRE SWE 2 52.01 12.18 9-78 −.44 .21
  TOWRE SWE 2 – SS 99.24 16.45 55-135 −.45 .00
Spelling
  Spelling 12.52 4.98 0 - 22 −0.18 −0.74
Handwriting Fluency
  Sentence Copying 1 10.43 3.61 0 - 23 0.24 0.29
  Sentence Copying 2 14.93 4.55 1 - 29 0.12 0.45
  Sentence Copying 3 18.85 5.36 0 - 34 −0.09 0.33
Reading Comprehension
  WJ Passage Comprehension 22.98 4.22 9 - 33 .08 −.43
  WJ Passage Comprehension – SS 96.88 11.70 44 - 122 −.58 1.05
  WIAT Reading Comprehension 50.94 11.30 3 - 83 −.08 .81
  WIAT Reading Comprehension – SS 96.71 13.18 40 - 138 .03 1.23
Discourse Oral Language
  OWLS Listening Comprehension 76.46 13.03 37 - 103 −0.17 −0.49
  OWLS Listening Comprehension – SS 97.05 15.15 44 - 124 −0.45 0.08
  TNL Comprehension 25.87 4.98 5 - 36 −0.79 0.94
  TNL Comprehension – SS 8.30 2.87 1 - 15 −0.09 −0.03
  Informational Text Comprehension 9.70 3.48 1 - 20 0.47 0.07
  TNL Retell 30.29 12.30 0 - 53 −0.61 −0.08
  Informational Text Retell 10.39 7.16 0 - 42 1.07 1.52
Knowledge-Based Inference
  CASL Inference 10.89 6.98 0 - 31 0.59 −0.43
  CASL Inference – SS 92.51 13.29 56 - 127 0.25 −0.32
Perspective Taking
  Theory of Mind 7.79 3.92 0 - 17 0.08 −0.76
Monitoring
  Comprehension Monitoring 6.77 2.96 1 - 16 0.36 −0.50
Vocabulary
  WJ Picture Vocabulary 20.48 2.90 7 - 29 −0.10 1.14
  WJ Picture Vocabulary – SS 96.91 10.52 43 - 126 −0.43 1.81
Grammatical Knowledge
  CASL Grammaticality 32.43 12.71 2 - 66 0.02 −0.15
  CASL Grammaticality – SS 95.84 13.54 40 - 134 −0.43 0.75
Working Memory
  Working Memory 8.21 3.91 0 - 20 0.02 0.20
Attentional Control
  SWAN Attention 35.69 12.03 9 - 63 0.36 −0.23

Note. Unless otherwise noted, all the scores are raw scores. Theory of mind is a measure of perspective taking. WIAT = Wechsler Individual Achievement Test; CIWS = correct minus incorrect word sequences; WJ = Woodcock Johnson; SS = standard score; TOWRE SWE = The Sight Word Efficiency task of Test of Word Reading Efficiency; OWLS = Oral and Written Language Scales; TNL = Test of Narrative Language; CASL = Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language; SWAN = Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD Symptoms and Normal Behavior.