Choice of action: Using data to make instructional decisions in kindergarten

Reading Teacher

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 770-776

  Reilly, Mary Ann ^a  

^a MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34249308544     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.60.8.7     Document Type: Article

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