The reliability and validity of curriculum-based measurement readiness probes for kindergarten students

School Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 363-382

  VanDerHeyden, Amanda M ^a   Witt, Joseph C ^b   Naquin, Gale ^b   Noell, George ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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