Preventing youth incarceration through reading remediation: Issues and solutions

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-176

  Christle, Christine A ^a   Yell, Mitchell L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 40349098788     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573560701808437     Document Type: Article

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