Comparing four literacy reform models in high-poverty schools: Patterns of first-grade achievement

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 419-441

  Tivnan, Terrence ^a   Hemphill, Lowry ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHEELOCK COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 21344469924     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431885     Document Type: Article

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