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Students’ Reading and Mathematics Achievement Through 3rd Grade
Table S8-1.  Standard errors for children’s reading and mathematics mean scale scores for fall 1998 first-time kindergartners from kindergarten through 3rd grade, by selected characteristics: Fall 1998, spring 1999, spring 2000, and spring 2002

Characteristic Fall
kindergarten
Spring
kindergarten
Spring
1st grade
Spring
3rd grade
Total gain from fall
kindergarten to
spring 3rd grade

  Reading
    Total 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4
Sex          
  Male 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.4
  Female 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4
Race/ethnicity          
  Asian/Pacific Islander 0.9 1.4 1.9 1.7 1.1
  Black 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7
  White 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.3
  Hispanic 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.3 0.9
  Other 1.2 1.6 2.8 3.5 2.4
Number of family risk factors          
  0 factors 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.3
  1 factor 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.6
  2 or more factors 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.0
  Mathematics
    Total 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.3
Sex          
  Male 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.4
  Female 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4
Race/ethnicity          
  Asian/Pacific Islander 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.4 0.8
  Black 0.3 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.8
  White 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3
  Hispanic 0.4 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7
  Other 1.1 1.3 1.7 2.8 1.9
Number of family risk factors          
  0 factors 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.3
  1 factor 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.6
  2 or more factors 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.8

SOURCE: Rathbun, A, and West, J. (2004). From Kindergarten Through Third Grade: Children’s Beginning School Experiences (NCES 2004–007), tables A-4a and A-5a. Data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Early Child Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K), Longitudinal Kindergarten-First Grade Public-Use data file and Third Grade Restricted-Use data file, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, and Spring 2002.

 

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