Teachers' Perceptions of Students' Reading Abilities: An Examination of the Relationship Between Teachers' Judgments and Students' Performance Across a Continuum of Rating Methods

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-55

  Begeny, John C ^a   Eckert, Tanya L ^b   Montarello, Staci A ^b   Storie, Michelle S ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LaFayette Central School District   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum based measurement; oral reading fluency; teacher judgments; teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849168476     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1045-3830.23.1.43     Document Type: Article

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