The influence of public policy on reading research and practice

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-171

  Foorman, Barbara R ^a   Nixon, Stephanie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Disability gap; Dyslexia; Early reading intervention research; Educational reform; Right to education movement; Standards based educational reform; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745371140     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200604000-00007     Document Type: Review

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