Environmentally based assessment practices: Viable alternatives to standardized assessment for assessing emergent literacy skills in young children

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-24

  Thurman, S Kenneth ^a   McGrath, Marie C ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37849004694     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560701753021     Document Type: Article

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