Monitoring reading standards in year 6: A 7-year cross-sectional study

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 615-622

  Davies, Julie ^a   Brember, Ivy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031505304     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192970230505     Document Type: Article

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