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School readiness indicators at age 5 by parent report of how the child was doing in school at age 9

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School readiness indicators at age 5 by parent report of how the child was doing in school at age 9
  School readiness indicator at age 5
Receptive vocabulary score Number knowledge score Copying and symbol use score
  mean standard error mean standard error mean standard error
How is the child doing at school overall?  
Not well 96.7 1 0.75 92.7 1 0.60 93.6 1 0.77
Well 103.2 0.46 101.3 0.40 103.1 0.39
Girls  
Not well … … … … 97.1 1 1.01
Well … … … … 106.4 0.47
Boys  
Not well … … … … 91.1 1 1.08
Well … … … … 99.5 0.61
1.
Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels.
Note(s):
Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between levels. Substantive differences are defined as mean differences of 0.25 of a standard deviation (0.25 SD) or more, as follows: for receptive vocabulary score at age 5, 0.25 SD=3.81; for number knowledge score at age 5, 0.25 SD=3.51; for copying and symbol use score at age 5, 0.25 SD=3.68.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada: National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth 2006/2007.