Reading fluency as a predictor of reading proficiency in low-performing, high-poverty schools

School Psychology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-37

  Baker, Scott K ^a,c   Smolkowski, Keith ^b   Katz, Rachell ^c   Fien, Hank ^b   Seeley, John R ^d   Kame'Enui, Edward J ^c   Beck, Carrie Thomas ^c  

^a Pacific Institutes for Research

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d United States Department of Education   (United States)

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EID: 42549117084     PISSN: 02796015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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