Balanced Literacy in an Urban School District

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 272-280

  Frey, Bruce B ^a   Lee, Steve W ^a   Tollefson, Nona ^a   Pass, Lisa ^a   Massengill, Donita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced literacy; Program evaluation; Reading; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844403570     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOER.98.5.272-280     Document Type: Article

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