Teachers’ use of new standards, frameworks, and assessments: Local cases of NYS elementary grade teachers

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-148

  McGill Franzen, Anne ^a   Ward, Naomi ^b   Goatley, Virginia ^c   Machado, Vanessa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Ithaca ^*  (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 4644294900     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070209558362     Document Type: Article

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