Measuring basic early literacy skills amongst year 1 students in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-106

  Schaughency, Elizabeth ^a   Suggate, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Literacy; Measurement; Reading development; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649136564     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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