Monitoring basic skills acquisition through rapid learning assessments: A case study from Peru

Prospects

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-156

  Abadzi, Helen ^b   Crouch, Luis ^a   Echegaray, Marcela ^b   Pasco, Consuelo ^b   Sampe, Jessyca ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Word Bank ^*

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EID: 28144453083     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11125-005-1817-3     Document Type: Review

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