Table 5 Differences in mean scores DST subtests between non-dyslexic and dyslexic third and fifth graders

Naming Pictures

9.58

8.94

.22

9.63

8.35

.41*

Naming Letters

11.27

9.11

.76**

10.48

9.43

.36

One-Min. Reading

8.50

4.72

1.39***

10.18

6.43

1.68***

Phon. Segmentation 1

9.50

8.78

.29

10.03

8.52

.61*

Phon. Segmentation 2

9.33

8.89

.35*

9.87

7.74

.90***

Two-Minutes Spelling

9.93

8.44

.71**

10.08

7.65

1.38***

Backward Digit Span

9.00

9.06

-.02

9.68

10.09

-.14

Nons. Passage Reading

9.92

8.11

.95**

10.59

7.87

1.19***

Non-Word Reading

9.11

6.22

1.30***

9.91

5.26

2.20***

One-Minute Writing

10.60

8.94

.63*

10.20

7.83

.89***

Verbal Fluency

10.57

9.44

.31

10.45

9.96

.15

Semantic Fluency

9.62

10.00

-.14

9.78

9.48

.13

PLQ

99.32

84.56

1.16***

101.10

82.70

1.48***