Elementary and Secondary Education

Assessments

Table S16-1. Standard errors for the percentage of children who demonstrate specific reading knowledge and skills, by child, family, and school characteristics: Spring 5th grade, 2004

Characteristic	Understanding words in context	Making literal inference	Deriving meaning from text	Interpreting beyond text	Evaluating nonfiction

Total	0.16	0.47	0.82	0.61	0.36
Child’s sex
Male	0.24	0.67	1.06	0.81	0.51
Female	0.20	0.60	1.15	0.92	0.53

Child’s race/ethnicity
White	0.18	0.51	0.93	0.82	0.59
Black	0.38	1.14	1.77	1.25	0.55
Hispanic	0.26	0.76	1.28	0.84	0.55
Asian	0.51	1.25	2.09	1.85	1.16
Other	1.22	4.10	6.84	4.39	1.61

Mother’s highest level of education, spring 2004
Less than high school	0.64	1.48	1.90	1.11	0.18
High school diploma or equivalent	0.33	0.96	1.55	1.10	0.78
Some college or vocational technical degree	0.20	0.63	1.18	0.89	0.41
Bachelor’s degree or higher	0.11	0.33	0.75	0.97	1.01

Primary home language at kindergarten entry
English	0.17	0.49	0.84	0.66	0.42
Not English	0.41	1.02	1.79	1.16	0.44

School type, spring 2004
Public	0.17	0.52	0.92	0.69	0.38
Private	0.30	0.90	1.76	1.72	1.51

Poverty status, kindergarten through spring 2004
Below, all rounds	0.61	1.84	2.38	1.22	0.23
In and out of poverty	0.43	1.19	1.85	1.33	0.83
At or above, all rounds	0.10	0.35	0.71	0.70	0.54

Family type, kindergarten through spring 2004
Two parents, all rounds	0.15	0.40	0.78	0.78	0.63
Single parent, all rounds	0.42	1.37	2.50	1.90	1.17
Other, all rounds	2.71	7.07	9.24	6.39	0.47
Change in family type	0.25	1.04	1.93	1.43	0.67

School type, kindergarten through spring 2004
Public school, all rounds	0.18	0.54	0.97	0.73	0.39
Private school, all rounds	0.11	0.36	0.86	1.18	1.06
Change in school type	0.38	1.11	2.06	1.97	1.60

Grade level of child, spring 2004
Below grade level	0.62	1.87	2.60	1.41	0.37
Fifth grade	0.12	0.41	0.84	0.66	0.41
Above grade level	0.12	0.74	2.34	5.19	13.55

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K), Longitudinal Kindergarten–Third Grade Public-Use Data File, and Fifth-Grade Restricted-Use Data File.

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