How one elementary school uses data to help raise students' reading achievement

Reading Teacher

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-337

  Mokhtari, Kouider ^a   Thoma, Jennifer ^b   Edwards, Patricia ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Westwood Elementary School   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 75249101200     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.63.4.10     Document Type: Article

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