Exploring the role of teacher quality in predicting reading outcomes for first-grade English learners

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 197-206

  Gersten, Russell ^a,b,f   Baker, Scott K ^c   Haager, Diane ^d   Graves, Anne W ^e  

^a Instructional Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Pacific Institutes for Research   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

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EID: 24644515434     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/07419325050260040201     Document Type: Article

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