Using classroom assistants to tutor struggling third graders: How long will it take to read at grade level?

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-246

  Miller, Samuel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability policies; Classroom assistants; Struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449635400     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070802226238     Document Type: Article

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