Does DIBELS put reading first?

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-148

  Shelton, Nancy Rankie ^a   Altwerger, Bess ^b   Jordan, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Comprehension; DIBELS; Fluency; Miscue analysis; Reading assessment; Reading first; Reading rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449644564     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070802226311     Document Type: Article

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