Table 5 Mean Scores for Student...

Table 5

Mean Scores for Student Proficiency at Specific Online Reading Comprehension Skills by Racial Group

Skill	n	All Groups Mean Score	African American Mean Score	Asian Mean Score	Caucasian Mean Score	Hispanic Mean Score	Other Mean Score	Possible Scores
Formulating questions	1,025	1.15	1.04	1.16	1.24 [A, D]	0.97	1.20 [D]	0-2
Searching	1,025	1.40	1.03	1.52	1.71 [A, D, E]	1.08	1.27	0-4
Locating	1,025	0.69	0.55	0.77	0.80 [A, D, E]	0.52	0.72	0-2
Reading and evaluating	1,025	0.76	0.55	1.10	0.92 [A, D]	0.54	0.67	0-6
Communicating	1,025	0.39	0.26	0.81 [A, D]	0.49 [A, D, E]	0.27	0.28	0-2
Total skill	1,025	4.39	3.44	5.35 [A, D]	5.15 [A, D, E]	3.39	4.15	0-16

Skill	n	All Groups Mean Score	African American Mean Score	Asian Mean Score	Caucasian Mean Score	Hispanic Mean Score	Other Mean Score	Possible Scores
Formulating questions	1,025	1.15	1.04	1.16	1.24 [A, D]	0.97	1.20 [D]	0-2
Searching	1,025	1.40	1.03	1.52	1.71 [A, D, E]	1.08	1.27	0-4
Locating	1,025	0.69	0.55	0.77	0.80 [A, D, E]	0.52	0.72	0-2
Reading and evaluating	1,025	0.76	0.55	1.10	0.92 [A, D]	0.54	0.67	0-6
Communicating	1,025	0.39	0.26	0.81 [A, D]	0.49 [A, D, E]	0.27	0.28	0-2
Total skill	1,025	4.39	3.44	5.35 [A, D]	5.15 [A, D, E]	3.39	4.15	0-16

Note: Letters in brackets indicate that the score was significantly higher (p < .05) than that of the group indicated by the letter(s) in brackets. [A] = African American, [B] = Asian, [C] = Caucasian, [D] = Hispanic, [E] = Other.

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