Enhancing validity in phonological awareness assessment through computer-supported testing

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2005, Pages

  Cassady, Jerrell C ^a   Smith, Lawrence L ^a   Huber, Linda K ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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