Using Authentic Assessment to Document the Emerging Literacy Skills of Young Children

Childhood Education

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 66-69

  Ratcliff, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 49249089349     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2002.10522706     Document Type: Article

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