Reviewing Core Kindergarten and First-Grade Reading Programs In Light of No Child Left Behind: An Exploratory Study

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-400

  Al Otaiba, Stephanie ^a   Kosanovich Grek, Marcia L ^a   Torgesen, Joseph K ^a   Hassler, Laura ^a   Wahl, Michelle ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947522392     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560591002286     Document Type: Article

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