TERRA NOVA LANGUAGE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
NP 2-6 Summary
NP 2-6 Summary 2003 Z- Score 1994 Z- Score Maximum Minimum Effect Size Difference
Language Total 80.9 0.84 71.5 0.55 99 1 0.29 Performance is much better
Language Mechanics 74.9 0.64 72.7 0.61 99 1 0.03 Not enough to mention
Language Expression 66.3 0.41 67.6 0.44 99 1 0.03 Not enough to mention
NP 7-11 Summary
NP 7-11 Summary 2003 Z- Score 1994 Z- Score Maximum Minimum Effect Size Difference
Language Total 71.5 0.55 50.6 0.00 99 1 0.55 Performance is substantially better
Language Mechanics 68.1 0.47 50.0 0.00 99 1 0.47 Performance is substantially better
Language Expression 67.3 0.44 50.0 0.00 99 1 0.44 Performance is substantially better
NP 2-6 Summary Average
NP 2-6 Summary Average 1999-03 Z- Score 1994-98 Z- Score Maximum Minimum Effect Size Difference
Language Total 78.4 0.77 73.3 0.61 99 1 0.16 Better by enough to mention
Language Mechanics 55.3 0.13 58.0 0.20 99 1 -0.07 Not enough to mention
Language Expression 76.6 0.71 75.1 0.67 99 1 0.04 Not enough to mention
NP 7-11 Summary Average
NP 7-11 Summary Average 1999-03 Z- Score 1994-98 Z- Score Maximum Minimum Effect Size Difference
Language Total 65.0 0.39 56.04 0.15 99 1 0.24 Performance is much better
Language Mechanics 64.5 0.36 54.4 0.10 99 1 0.26 Performance is much better
Language Expression 64.5 0.36 54.7 0.10 99 1 0.26 Performance is much better
NP 2-6 Sci/Math/SS Comparison
NP 2-6 Sci/Math/SS Comparison Language Total Z- Score Sci/Math/SS Z- Score Maximum Minimum Effect Size Difference
1994-98 Group Summary 73.3 0.61 77.4 0.74 99 1 -0.13 Worse by enough to mention
1999-03 Group Summary 78.4 0.77 72.5 0.58 99 1 0.19 Better by enough to mention
NP 7-11 Sci/Math/SS Comparison
NP 7-11 Sci/Math/SS Comparison Language Total Z- Score Sci/Math/SS Z- Score Maximum Minimum Effect Size Difference
1994-98 Group Summary 56.0 0.15 70.1 0.52 99 1 -0.37 Performance is substantially worse
1999-03 Group Summary 65.0 0.39 70.7 0.52 99 1 -0.13 Worse by enough to mention