Table S8-2a. Standard errors for the percentage of first-time kindergartners in fall 1998 who demonstrated specific mathematics knowledge and skills, by grade level and selected characteristics: 1998–2002
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Ordinality and sequence
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Addition and subtraction
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Multiplication and division
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Characteristic |
Spring kinde- rgarten |
Spring 1st |
Spring 3rd |
Difference |
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Spring kinder- garten |
Spring 1st |
Spring 3rd |
Difference |
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Spring kinder- garten |
Spring 1st |
Spring 3rd |
Difference |
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Total |
0.85 |
0.56 |
0.01 |
0.85 |
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0.50 |
0.89 |
0.24 |
0.55 |
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0.12 |
0.87 |
0.98 |
0.99 |
Sex |
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Male |
0.99 |
0.87 |
0.02 |
0.99 |
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0.68 |
1.30 |
0.48 |
0.83 |
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0.21 |
1.11 |
1.46 |
1.48 |
Female |
1.05 |
0.43 |
0.02 |
1.05 |
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0.54 |
0.82 |
0.27 |
0.60 |
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0.09 |
0.81 |
0.96 |
0.96 |
Difference |
1.44 |
0.97 |
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1.44 |
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0.87 |
1.54 |
† |
1.03 |
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0.23 |
1.37 |
1.75 |
1.76 |
Race/ethnicity |
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Asian/Pacific Islander |
3.61 |
1.34 |
0.08 |
3.61 |
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2.43 |
2.47 |
0.65 |
2.52 |
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0.58 |
2.27 |
2.04 |
2.12 |
Black |
1.92 |
1.26 |
0.04 |
1.92 |
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0.83 |
1.89 |
0.62 |
1.04 |
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0.08 |
0.85 |
2.09 |
2.09 |
White |
0.92 |
0.52 |
0.01 |
0.92 |
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0.64 |
1.13 |
0.26 |
0.69 |
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0.18 |
1.14 |
1.01 |
1.03 |
Other |
3.50 |
1.87 |
0.05 |
3.50 |
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1.36 |
3.58 |
1.35 |
1.92 |
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0.30 |
2.61 |
5.22 |
5.23 |
Hispanic |
1.90 |
1.00 |
0.02 |
1.90 |
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0.87 |
1.85 |
0.25 |
0.91 |
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0.20 |
1.26 |
1.80 |
1.81 |
Family risk factors |
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Zero |
0.81 |
0.25 |
0.01 |
0.81 |
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0.63 |
0.95 |
0.25 |
0.68 |
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0.18 |
0.98 |
0.93 |
0.95 |
One |
1.30 |
0.77 |
0.04 |
1.30 |
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0.59 |
1.41 |
0.40 |
0.71 |
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0.13 |
1.18 |
1.58 |
1.59 |
Two or more |
1.39 |
0.86 |
0.05 |
1.39 |
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0.67 |
1.45 |
0.64 |
0.93 |
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0.14 |
0.91 |
1.86 |
1.87 |
Difference |
1.61 |
0.90 |
0.05 |
1.61 |
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0.92 |
1.73 |
0.69 |
1.15 |
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0.23 |
1.34 |
2.08 |
2.09 |
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† Not applicable.
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SOURCE: Rathbun, A., and West, J. (2004). From Kindergarten Through Third Grade: Children’s Beginning School Experiences (NCES 2004–007), table A-11a and previously unpublished tabulation (November 2004). Data from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998 (ECLS–K), Longitudinal Kindergarten-First Grade Public-Use Data File and Third Grade Restricted-Use Data File.
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