Effective reading programs for the elementary grades: A best-evidence synthesis

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1391-1466

  Slavin, Robert E ^a   Lake, Cynthia ^a   Chambers, Bette ^a   Cheung, Alan ^a   Davis, Susan ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Success for All Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary schools; Meta analysis; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649134847     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654309341374     Document Type: Article

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