Reading fluency assessment and instruction: What, why, and how?

Reading Teacher

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 702-714

  Hudson, Roxanne F ^a   Lane, Holly B ^b   Pullen, Paige C ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 20744438928     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.58.8.1     Document Type: Review

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