PIRLS before swine: A critique of New Zealand's national literacy strategy

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-119

  Tunmer, William E ^a   Nicholson, Tom ^a   Greaney, Keith T ^a   Prochnow, Jane E ^a   Chapman, James W ^a   Arrow, Alison W ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Home literacy; Literacy achievement; Literacy instruction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549140057     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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