Early reading programs in high-poverty schools: A case study of beating the odds

Reading Teacher

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 616-619

  Adler, Martha A ^a   Fisher, Charles W ^c   Pearson, P David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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