Examination of the predictive validity of preschool early literacy skills

School Psychology Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-452

  Missall, Kristen ^a   Reschly, Amy ^b   Betts, Joseph ^c   McConnell, Scott ^d   Heistad, David ^e   Pickart, Mary ^e   Sheran, Christina ^e   Marston, Doug ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Renaissance Learning Inc

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Minneapolis Public Schools   (United States)

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