Combining RTI and Psychoeducational assessment: What we must assume to do otherwise

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 797-806

  Wodrich, David L ^a,b   Spencer, Marsha L S ^a   Daley, Kelly B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 870611   (United States)

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EID: 33748957706     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20189     Document Type: Review

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