Curriculum-based measurement in reading: A comparison of similar versus challenging material

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-46

  Dunn, Erin K ^a,b   Eckert, Tanya L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0036104582     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.17.1.24.19904     Document Type: Article

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