A comparison of Spanish-speaking and English-speaking children in reading and arithmetic

Abstract

The New Stanford Achievement Test given in grades 2 to 8 reveals that (1) Spanish-speaking children are on the average a year lower in reading than arithmetic, (2) slightly better in arithmetical reasoning than in computation, and (3) about one-fourth of a year lower in paragraph meaning than in word meaning. "If our results are typical there is no doubt that the average Spanish-speaking child suffers a serious and persistent language handicap at least as high as the eighth grade." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)