Evidence-Based Reading Policy in the US

Dyslexia in Context: Research, Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 161-176

  Lyon, G Reid ^a,e,f,g   Shaywitz, Sally E ^b   Chhabra, Vinita ^c   Sweet, Robert ^d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)   (United States)

^d The Committee on Education and the Workforce within the US House of Representatives   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Content domains; Educational policy; Legislation; Quality of life; Reading failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444418610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470777916.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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