Using nonsense word fluency to predict reading proficiency in kindergarten through second grade for English learners and native English speakers

School Psychology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-408

  Fien, Hank ^a   Baker, Scott K ^a   Smolkowski, Keith ^b,c   Mercier Smith, Jean L ^a   Kame'enui, Edward J ^a   Beck, Carrie Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Abacus Research LLC

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