Creating the conditions for success with early learning standards: Results from a national study of state-level standards for children's learning prior to kindergarten

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Scott Little, Catherine ^a,c   Kagan, Sharon Lynn ^b,d,e   Frelow, Victoria Stebbins ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SERVE   (United States)

^d SERVE ^*  (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 15944373193     PISSN: 15245039     EISSN: 15245039     Source Type: Journal    
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