60 boys and 55 girls in Grade 1 (and 6 to 7 yr. old) showed similar symbol reversal errors on the Jordan Left-Right Reversal Test Level 1 and reading achievement on the Gates-MacGinitie tests by handedness. These data confirm prior work.
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