Table 1.
Correlations Between Adopted Children and Their Parents' Reading Achievement Scores
| Correlation with adoptee | p | n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter‐word identification | |||
| Biological parent | 0.271*** | <.0001 | 306 |
| Adoptive parent | −0.003 | .963 | 343 |
| Word attack | |||
| Biological parent | 0.202*** | <.0001 | 304 |
| Adoptive parent | 0.044 | .424 | 341 |
| Reading fluency | |||
| Biological parent | 0.157** | .007 | 304 |
| Adoptive parent | 0.070 | .197 | 341 |
Note. Correlations partial out variance due to child sex, openness in the adoption, prenatal obstetric risk, and parent age.