Can the computer-based academic assessment system (CAAS) be used to diagnose reading disability in college students?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 599-620

  Cisero, Cheryl A ^a   Royer, James M ^b   Marchant III, Horace G ^c   Jackson, Stanley J ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031314069     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.89.4.599     Document Type: Article

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