Identifying key early literacy and school readiness issues: Exploring a strategy for assessing community needs

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Weigel, Daniel J ^a,b   Martin, Sally S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

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