Curriculum-based measurement in writing: Predicting the success of high-school students on state standards tests

Exceptional Children

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-193

  Espin, Christine ^a,d,e   Wallace, Teri ^a   Campbell, Heather ^b   Lembke, Erica S ^c   Long, Jefprev D ^a   Ticha, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Department of Educational Psychology ^*

^e 250B Burton Hall   (United States)

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EID: 38349068925     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290807400203     Document Type: Article

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