Defining literacy: Lessons from high-stakes teacher testing

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 276-288

  Luna, Catherine ^a   Solsken, Judith ^a   Kutz, Eleanor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0034258357     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487100051004003     Document Type: Article

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