Improving early school success

Educational Leadership

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 24-29

  Pianta, Robert C ^a   La Paro, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037398672     PISSN: 00131784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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2. La Paro, K. M., & Pianta, R. C. (2001). Predicting children's competence in the early school years: A meta-analytic review. Review of Educational Research, 70(4), 443-484.
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